Dyslexia — Introduction.

1. Introduction.

People with dyslexia can have enormous difficulties in making sense of reading, writing and spelling.

Nowadays there is much that can be done. Dyslexia is a recognised condition and, if identified early, people can generally be helped to find ways to cope with their problems and acquire the skills we all need to reach our potential.

This site aims to raise awareness about dyslexia. It discusses possible causes of the condition. It provides practical advice to enable people to recognise dyslexia and suggests ways to deal with problems before school, at school and later in life. It also includes a comprehensive resource section with details of the many organisations which offer help, as well as lists of further reading and websites.

A dyslexia friendly site.

Some dyslexic people experience visual discomfort when they read. Experts have produced design guidelines to alleviate these problems and make reading materials more accessible to dyslexic readers. This website has been designed to be as user friendly as possible. It has the following features.

Some dyslexic people can read more easily when there is less glare and find different coloured text and backgrounds can make a great difference. On this module the background colour can be changed to suit individual readers.

A large simple type face has been used.

The text has been well spaced with extra space given after each paragraph, around headings and in any lists.

Links to other sections have been given at the end of each section — again well spaced.

Sentence structure has been kept as simple as possible.

Full stops have been put at the end of headings. This is an aid for people using speech software. The software will recognise this text as a heading.

The text can be printed out easily.

1. Introduction.

A dyslexia friendly site.

Contents of this site.