Dyslexia

Some of my friends and a number of my ex students in Scotland and Russia have dyslexia.  As a result of working with one particular student, who was having problems with the ECDL tests, I did quite a lot of research and started to learn about the difficulties experienced by dyslexic people.

In the future I hope to make this site dyslexic friendly, but the software I need to do that is quite expensive. In the meantime, there are a few freebies that you can put on your own computer.  As I find them, I will put links here so that you can decide if they will help your particular circumstances.

Have a look at the Textic website and look at the toolbar along the bottom of the page.  I would love to have that on this site, but licences cost £499, which is beyond my reach at the moment.  However, they do have a personal option which you can download for a free 30-day trial period.  If it helps you can then buy it for £24.99

Please e-mail me with any suggestions.

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Dyslexia Facts

Source- Dyslexia Action

• About 10% of the population have some form of dyslexia. About 4% are severely dyslexic.
• Dyslexia causes difficulties in learning to read, write and spell.
• Short-term memory, mathematics, concentration, personal organisation and sequencing may be affected.
• Dyslexia is biological in origin and tends to run in families, but environmental factors may also contribute to it.
• Dyslexia affects all kinds of people regardless of intelligence, race or social class.
• The effects of dyslexia can largely be overcome by skilled specialist teaching and the use of compensatory strategies.