Articles: Accessibility

We are constantly championing accessibility – it’s what we've aimed to do at dyslexic.com! Read our articles on how to make your site dyslexia friendly and accessible to all.

Accessibility statement

Published: 17 Mar 2006

Find out more about the accessibility guidelines we try to follow on dyslexic.com.

Alternative formats - your country needs you

Published: 31 Oct 2008

The proportion of published material available as Accessible Format Materials (AFM) to those who can't read is still tiny

Alternative Formats

Published: 10 May 2010

This is a starting page for our resource on alternative accessible formats for people with dyslexia, visual impairments and other reading difficulties.

Providing text in an accessible, electronic format can be the answer for many people with dyslexia or other reading impairments. So what tools are available for creating accessible formats and what are the difficulties in doing so?

IT Help for Employers and the Workplace

Published: 19 Oct 2005

Dyslexia is likely to be one of the most common disabilities affecting your employees. According to the British Dyslexia Association, around 10% of people are dyslexic with about 4% (one in twenty-five) severely affected. How can you, as an employer, help them?

Speech Recognition, Dyslexia and Disabilities

Published: 20 Nov 2006

"Dictating to your computer is so easy. No typing, no more spelling mistakes, it's the dyslexic person's dream."

Typefaces for Dyslexia

Published: 10 Nov 2003

Dyslexia is a disability which is very sensitive to particular typefaces, both in print and on screen. We look at some of the typefaces we recommend to ensure that whatever materials you are creating, they are accessible to as broad an audience as possible.

Visual Stress and Dyslexia

Published: 07 Jun 2005

If you suffer from reading difficulties, you may first want to investigate whether or not you have a visual stress problem. Many children and adults with reading difficulties can benefit from a number of aids designed to help individuals who suffer from visual stress.

WCAG2 Conformance

Published: 14 Aug 2006

The following is the conformance claim that we intend to make for WCAG2 for all our websites (dyslexic.com is cited in this example). Testing and development are ongoing. Please let us know if you find any areas of non-conformance.

Web Design for Dyslexia

Published: 14 Aug 2006

We try to keep the needs of our visitors in mind at all times.

Copyright and Dyslexia

Published: 18 Oct 2005

UK copyright law, the rights of the visually-impaired, and the implications for people with dyslexia. The Right to Read Campaign.

The Right to Read: Reasonable Adjustments for Reading Impaired Students.

Published: 25 Jul 2007

It is now very clear that a school management has a legal duty to provide reading impaired students with reading matter in a format that they can use.

Dealing with PDFs:

Published: 08 Dec 2006

PDF is an increasingly popular format for publishers to use for web versions of printed documents. What are they? How can reading impaired people read them?

Common Misspellings

Published: 05 Oct 2005

The correct spellings of product names with a list of the most common misspellings

Copyright and visually impaired people

Published: 20 Nov 2006

A response by our managing director to the consultation paper on copyright exemption for visually-impaired people, which eventually resulted in the Copyright (Visually Impaired Persons) Act 2002.