Tynwald asked to consider setting up dyslexia committee

Court to make decision in November

Tynwald will be asked to consider setting up a select committee to examine dyslexia, dyscalculia and dyspraxia on the Isle of Man.

It follows a petition of redress which was presented on Tynwald Day calling for improvements in education settings.

Onchan MHK Rob Callister will ask the court at the November sitting to set up the committee and consider and the petition.  

It would be tasked with examining the incidence of dyslexia, dyscalculia, dysgraphia and dyspraxia in the Isle of Man and the provision for assisting said population groups in education.

Three members would then review possible solutions, which are documented in the petition, and submit a report to Tynwald by the end of April next year.

Mr Callister is asking that no member of the Department of Education, Sport and Culture or Treasury is allowed to sit on the committee.

Julia Bell set up the Dyslexia Advocacy Group IOM which is committed to improving education for children with the conditions.

She handed in the petition at Tynwald Hill and told Manx Radio more could be done to support neurodiverse students: