Re: Accessibility of two extremes

Here’s a blog post by someone I used to work with, who needs low contrast colours to work:
https://accessibility.blog.gov.uk/2016/05/26/accessibility-and-me-marian-foley/ <https://accessibility.blog.gov.uk/2016/05/26/accessibility-and-me-marian-foley/>

“I've been partially sighted since I was 9, and need large text and low contrast colours to be able to work. My requirements are quite unusual for someone with sight loss, as most visually impaired users need high contrast colours. My retinas can't process colour contrast properly, and spending more than a couple of minutes looking at high contrast material (web pages, documents, anything with regular stripes, spots or checks) gives me a splitting headache and motion sickness."



> On 2 Sep 2020, at 13:31, Alastair Campbell <acampbell@nomensa.com> wrote:
> 
>  > I have a vague memory of talking to people who actually find it helpful to reduce contrast, in a quick search I can't find any information about a condition that makes that important, so I hope someone can bring some more information to the discussion.
> 
> I've usually come across that as part of a cognitive issue, similar to someone with dyslexia needing a pastel background, but there are more extreme versions. It varies a lot by person, so it's hard to find from googling/research.
> 
> There is also Irlen Syndrome which came across my radar recently:
> https://twitter.com/DannyBittman/status/1292538843594395649 
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> -Alastair