Dyslexia on the Job
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Seek Out Helpful Tools
According to some research estimates, 10 percent of the population has dyslexia in some form. The marketplace has responded with a range of tools that can help you in your work.
IBM Research offers Web adaptation software that lets you customise your browser to help make information easier to read and access. "For example, you can magnify text, increase the spacing between letters and words, change the colour of the text and the background, turn off animation and sharpen images," according to Shon Saliga, director of IBM's Worldwide Accessibility Center, and himself dyslexic. And some Web sites, like ReadPlease, offer software that allows your computer to read Web pages to you.
Nonprofit organisations like Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic offer educational materials for people with dyslexia and other learning disabilities. Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic maintains a library of 93,000 educational materials and textbooks on tape and CD in many subject areas.
