Mild dyslexia can be a disability, Employment Appeal Tribunal has ruled

A Metropolitan Police officer had his mild dyslexia recognised as a disability in a legal test case.

Chief Inspector David Paterson won a ruling from the Employment Appeal Tribunal that his mild dyslexia makes him a ‘disabled person’.

Paterson joined the police in 1983, became a sergeant in 1989, and was made a Chief Inspector in 1999. In 2004, he discovered that he was dyslexic. Whilst Peterson had no problem with report-writing or financial literacy, he needed extra time i... (303 more words)

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