Dyslexia Awareness Week 5-11 October HWDA Students, Friends and Families Share Their Stories

This year, Dyslexia Awareness Week (DAW) will focus on dyslexic adults and their experiences of work and the workplace. 

The theme, Dyslexia in real life: At work, will look at how recruitment, communication, workplace systems, management and access to adjustments can affect dyslexic employees. 

Dyslexia is often associated with school, reading and spelling, but it is lifelong and can affect many parts of working life. This may include completing applications, processing information, managing workloads, using workplace systems and progressing in a career. 

For more information about what activities and events the British Dyslexia Association are running for this year’s DAW follow this link: https://www.bdadyslexia.org.uk/support-us/awareness-events

As HWDA celebrates its 50th anniversary, we continue to share inspirational stories of students, friends and families past and present.

The theme of the 2024 Dyslexia Awareness Week was What’s Your Story? HWDA believes that sharing the personal stories of our students, families, friends and members of the wider community is an effective and inspirational way of raising awareness of dyslexia. We have already compiled a great selection of ‘stories’ but we will continue to add to the interesting and varied accounts as an ongoing, long-term project. We look forward to sharing as many My Story accounts as possible during HWDA’s celebrations for its 50th anniversary year in 2026 so please share yours if you can. We were delighted to share the stories so far on a presentation at the 2025 AGM. Follow this link to watch it: https://www.canva.com/design/DAGpSmAVw5E/nP_srt-92wYA8dCSImvPHQ/edit?utm_content=DAGpSmAVw5E&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link2&utm_source=sharebutton

My Story: You can share your own story by sending us a photo of yourself doing something you enjoy / are good at doing or a picture or a model which represents your strengths. The possibilities are endless: Lego model, cake making, painting, sports achievements… Add a few sentences to explain what your story is. Please share your story by sending it to media@hwda.org.uk

As well as your own story, you might like to share those of dyslexic family members and friends. You might like to ‘interview’ them. If you would like to make a short video that would also be great.

HWDA Students: Ask your Senior Tutor for a form that can be signed to give permission for us to share any stories on our social media platforms.

Have a look at some of the stories we have so far. These include those of current and former students, family and friends. There are also updates on what past students are doing now and how HWDA helped them achieve their goals.

At the 2026 AGM, tribute was paid to two former parents with long-term associations at Bromsgrove Workshop.