RE: Text accessibility for people with dyslexia

Hi Mike and All,



I added that resource to the Learning Disabilities section of our Research Sources page. See https://www.w3.org/WAI/PF/cognitive-a11y-tf/wiki/Research_sources#Learning_Disabilities

John

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-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Pluke [mailto:Mike.Pluke@castle-consult.com]
Sent: Monday, November 30, 2015 6:26 PM
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Subject: Text accessibility for people with dyslexia



During a Skype discussion with Lisa Seeman and Neil Milliken I mentioned research that (amongst many other things) showed evidence that highlighting key words in text enhances comprehension for people with dyslexia. Lisa proposed that I send this to the list, so here is the link to it:





http://grupoweb.upf.edu/WRG/thesis/Luz_Rello-PhD_Thesis-2014.pdf .





The key recommendations from the research are included in Luz Rello's DysWebxia model which is summarized in chapter 16.





Best regards





Mike