Thank you, Judy. I have found some interesting things on Tech-Dis, which
is a great site, but nothing on dyslexia and fonts.
Evelyn
;)
Judy Evans wrote:
> http://www.techdis.ac.uk/ may be useful (it's on a dyslexia web page
>owned by a US dyslexic I know, but of course it's UK HE)
>
>Judy Evans
>Cardiff (UK)
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>From: "Evelyn Toseland" <[log in to unmask]>
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>Sent: Tuesday, September 17, 2002 11:40 PM
>Subject: Re: Call for Papers: Disability Studies: Theory, Policy and
>Practice
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>>Hi, all.
>>I have been following your debates with interest.
>>I'm not an academic, just a a poor AS techie who has not any of the
>>academic high-falutin' stuff or pieces of paper but who just needs
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>to
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>>get the job done? I have already built a website on disabilities and
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>the
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>>Internet for those of us who make Web pages, and am now making one
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>for
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>>the University where I work. Problem is that the academics want me
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>to
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>>cite references. They don't seem to know what to do without a long
>>bibliography, and it seems common sense and lots of weblinks won't
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>do.
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>>What I really need is references for any papers, journals,
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>peer-reviewed
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>>links, whatever that you may have come across on _why_ people with
>>disabilities need to see text in certain formats.
>>I know a fair bit about people with partial sight and completely
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>blind
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>>people and their assistive technology, though I would be grateful
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>for
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>>references, but I need info particularly on Dyslexia. I have been
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>told
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>>dyslexics need wider line-spaced text, plain, light or white
>>backgrounds, open. large fonts, but have no academic material to
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>back it up.
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>>I have access to university library and interlibrary loans but our
>>university has very little on this. I suspect it might be buried
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>deep in
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>>obscure journal articles and is such common sense that it hasn't
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>been
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>>cited?
>>The purpose of the (non-profit) website is to be a resource for the
>>academics and other staff in the institution to refer to in order to
>>provide a better service for the students with disabilities we
>>increasingly have.
>>Many thanks for any suggestions.
>>Evelyn Toseland
>>;)
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