Expert Resources: dyslexia
These are the items that relate to dyslexia found on the AbilityNet website. They may be factsheets, webinars, news stories, blog posts or reports.
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Sarah Botterill | 08 Mar 2021The BBC shares information creating a digitally friendly, inclusive typeface. This article is based on a session aired at TechShare Pro 2020.
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Alex.Barker | 07 Mar 2021Dyslexia is a learning difference that primarily affects the processes involved with fluent reading and writing. It is estimated that dyslexia affects approximately 1 in 10 people, with 1 in 25 classed as severely dyslexic. It is what we now recognise as a neurodivergent condition. Neurodivergence...
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Annie Mannion | 27 Aug 2020This webinar took place on Tuesday 29 September 2020, at 1pm BST.Dafydd Henke-Reed, Principal Accessibility and Usability Consultant with AbilityNet shared his expert advice about dyslexia and technology.
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Annie Mannion | 27 Aug 2020Learn about the benefits of tech and the digital barriers to avoid to aid dyslexic users online, in AbilityNet's free webinar on 29 September.
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Annie Mannion | 04 Mar 2020Read about the key accessibility-related talking points from the event including its focus on inclusion, Accessibility Statement regulations, and EdTech provision improvements.
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Annie Mannion | 08 Nov 2019Christopher Patnoe from Google chats with AbilityNet about how machine learning helps improve Google's accessibility prowess.
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Alex.Barker | 29 Oct 2019With all the goings on in Westminster recently you can be forgiven for not having noticed the Tweet from Labour MP for Hove and Portslade Peter Kyle about having acute dyslexia. In the post which has been retweeted over 3,000 times Peter explains how having acute dyslexia has made his life as an MP...
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Jessica Doyle | 24 Jun 2019“I didn't realise quite how much value this could add to my life" - JamesPeople with dyslexia make up around 10% of the UK population, according to the British Dyslexia Association.
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Adam Tweed | 14 Jun 2019For Chris Hughes, founder of Estendio and creator of Present Pal; presentations were his nemesis at university. Chris has dyslexia and as a result of the difficulties he experienced, he created Present Pal, presentation support software that enables you to deliver a more confident and prepared...
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Alex.Barker | 12 May 2019This factsheet provides an overview of how you can use voice recognition. It can be used to control smart homes, issue commands to phones and tablets, set reminders and interact hands free with personal technologies. The most significant use is for the entry of text without having to use an...
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