Design for Disability Access.

Dyslexia Friendly Web Design.

There are two basic groups to consider when designing a dyslexic friendly website. 

Those who use text to speech software to read a website.

Those who read a site on their own.

Text to Speech Users.

Dyslexic users often rely on text to speech software to read pages. 

Our "Text Only" pages, designed for the vision impaired are also dyslexic friendly. 
See Design for the Vision Impaired.

Dyslexics who read a site on their own.

For Dyslexics who read a site on their own. We ensure:

• Clear concise language.

• No large blocks of text. 

• Short paragraphs.

• Text on white background toned down in intensity to not have too high contrast, yet enough contrast to be vision impaired friendly.

• Simple graphics.

• Consistent navigation structure. 

• No flashing text.

• No distracting sounds.

• No absolute fonts or font variations, all our accessibility pages allow for the user to set font type, size and colour and use of personal style sheets.

• No distracting patterned or textured backgrounds.

• Left justified text 99.9 % of the time.

• Consistent layout.

• Clearly described links.

• Text description under all images.

• Animations used only via described links and only when absolutely necessary.

Design for Poor or No  Hand Movement - Design for Sight Impairment - Design for Colour Vision Impairment - Design for Dyslexia - Design for Hearing Impairment - Design for Epilepsy - Design for Cognitive Impairment.  - Tips and Hints  

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