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Permalink Reply by Nina on April 27, 2012 at 9:28am

Hi

I would like to know the advantage of having Dyslexia, however when i found this book in the shop and then flicked through it, i was disappointed to learn that the text was not in a format suitable to dyslexics.

There is also no audio book, no larger font and the text it written in something similar to times new roman, (apparently one of the most difficult fonts to read if you have dyslexia and irlen's syndrome as I do).

It would be great to learn the Dyslexic advantage.

Yet again, a mistake made by many books on dyslexia (and the irony may i add) is that it is presented in a way that is not the most accessible to those with dyslexia who want to make improvements.

Why is this the case?

Please could this be passed on to someone who can do something about it.  We always hear about the apparent vast amount of help out there yet it is rarely in a useful format for dyslexics.

Permalink Reply by Drs. Fernette and Brock Eide on April 28, 2012 at 10:51am

Nina, This is your second post about the subject. Did you see my reply in another thread?

It is in a format accessible to some dyslexics - there is no single font that is best for all. There is too much information to put in all bullet points and some dyslexics have trouble reading all bullet points.

If you have glare problems, perhaps you can use a filter from recordedbooks.com or some people have told us that any colored report sheet from an office supply store (doesn't have to be the Irlen filters) will help.

The book is also available on audio CD through Amazon as well as iTunes as an MP3 download, and text-to-speech Kindle. Will these work for you? If you are in the US, you may be able to order the audiobook through your library.