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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Alex.Barker | 26 Sep 2023Millions of people around the world have dyslexia. AbilityNet's Disability Consultant, Alex Baker, takes a look at how technology can help dyslexic people, whether that's in work, education or for personal use.
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Freya Robinson | 15 Sep 2023Dyslexia is a learning difference that can affect, amongst other things, reading and writing skills, organisation skills, and the processing and remembering of information.
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Alex.Barker | 11 Aug 2023This factsheet provides an overview of how you can use voice recognition. You can use voice recognition to control a smart home, instruct a smart speaker, and command phones and tablets. In addition, you can set reminders and interact hands-free with personal technologies. The most significant use...
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Annie Mannion | 24 May 2023Download Easy Read formats of Dyslexia and technology, Sight loss and Computing and more free disability and technology factsheets from the AbilityNet website.
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Alex.Barker | 17 May 2023Dyslexia 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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Kelly Chan | 23 Mar 2023We live in a neurodiverse population, which consists of both neurodivergent and neurotypical individuals. We wanted to share some resources to help you embrace neurodiversity at home, in the workplace and in education.
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Robin Christopherson | 14 Dec 2021Discriminating against your employees with dyslexia has been against the law since the first disability discrimination legislation was introduced over 20 years ago. But it's in the news today as a result of Starbucks employee Meseret Kumulchew winning her disability discrimination case.
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Sophie Stevens | 03 Nov 2021During our recent webinar, Dafydd Henke-Reed shared his insights into top resources and tools, and how technology revolutionised his own experience of dyslexia.
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Kelly Chan | 02 Nov 2021AbilityNet volunteer Mick has unlocked the potential of a tablet for a military veteran with dyslexia through a local partnership with Age UK, Wiltshire.
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Annie Mannion | 29 Sep 2021Learn from Dafydd about how technology has revolutionised his experience of dyslexia in AbilityNet's free webinar on Tuesday 5 October 2021.
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