Evelyn
>>>
Thank you, Judy. I have found some interesting things on Tech-Dis,
which
is a great site, but nothing on dyslexia and fonts.
Evelyn
;)
>>>
http://www.techdis.ac.uk/seven/ is the web site accessibility section
of techdis. I didn't check it for references you could use -- it has
its own References and Resources link, here it is
http://www.techdis.ac.uk/seven/references_resources.html
this has its own links including one to the British Dyslexia
Association's paper on dyslexia-friendly text -- here it is
http://www.bda-dyslexia.org.uk/d07xtra/x09frend.htm
("text" includes web text and names fonts) but I suggest you check the
other links too.
Of course you may already have that British Dyslexia Association page;
I think I gave it in my first reply to you. I'll check.
I haven't been through all the references I gave you (as I said, this
is not my field; I help people to use voice software). So I don't
know where you'll also have really useful links Jim ( the dyslexic)
told me (and a dyslexic with dysgraphia) about:
http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/solutionsacc.html and more
specifically (for what he and I were working on)
http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/access_onlinetools.html
-- the page says "for the visually disabled"; it has a wider reference
than that.
Somewhere at Adobe there is also a web page design section (I thought)
but I can't find it. When I have time I'll do some more checking.
Here (below sig.) is my first post to you; it may not have reached
the List, I'm having List problems. I've changed the subject line in
the hope of getting through (though as my List post re problems
getting through hasn't reached the List, goodness only knows)
Judy Evans
Cardiff (UK)
*first post begins*
>>>>
www.dyslexics.com (one of various web pages on dyslexia; it's a
commercial one, I know it because it's a speech software place) has
information on this
http://www.dyslexic.com/about.php
and on web accessibility
http://www.dyslexic.com/articlelist.php?section=webaccess
this is their UK web page; that might be useful too (sorry, it's a
long time since I dropped in on them).
http://www.iansyst.co.uk/home.php
I can find you others but a good starting point too -- and one the
University should take seriously -- is the assessor for dyslexia to
whom your University refers dyslexic students; the University's
Disability Adviser will know who that is. S/he will be an expert on
this.
Let me know if you need more refs etc., I am not an expert in that
particular field but I can probably find someone who is
Judy Evans
Cardiff (UK)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Evelyn Toseland" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, September 17, 2002 11:40 PM
Subject: Re: Call for Papers: Disability Studies: Theory, Policy and
Practice
> 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
to
> get the job done? I have already built a website on disabilities and
the
> Internet for those of us who make Web pages, and am now making one
for
> the University where I work. Problem is that the academics want me
to
> 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
do.
> What I really need is references for any papers, journals,
peer-reviewed
> 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
blind
> people and their assistive technology, though I would be grateful
for
> references, but I need info particularly on Dyslexia. I have been
told
> dyslexics need wider line-spaced text, plain, light or white
> backgrounds, open. large fonts, but have no academic material to
back it up.
> I have access to university library and interlibrary loans but our
> university has very little on this. I suspect it might be buried
deep in
> obscure journal articles and is such common sense that it hasn't
been
> 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
> ;)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Evelyn Toseland" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, September 21, 2002 9:40 PM
Subject: Re: Call for Papers: Disability Studies: Theory, Policy and
Practice
> 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)
> >
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Evelyn Toseland" <[log in to unmask]>
> >To: <[log in to unmask]>
> >Sent: Tuesday, September 17, 2002 11:40 PM
> >Subject: Re: Call for Papers: Disability Studies: Theory, Policy
and
> >Practice
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >>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
> >>
> >>
> >to
> >
> >
> >>get the job done? I have already built a website on disabilities
and
> >>
> >>
> >the
> >
> >
> >>Internet for those of us who make Web pages, and am now making one
> >>
> >>
> >for
> >
> >
> >>the University where I work. Problem is that the academics want me
> >>
> >>
> >to
> >
> >
> >>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
> >>
> >>
> >do.
> >
> >
> >>What I really need is references for any papers, journals,
> >>
> >>
> >peer-reviewed
> >
> >
> >>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
> >>
> >>
> >blind
> >
> >
> >>people and their assistive technology, though I would be grateful
> >>
> >>
> >for
> >
> >
> >>references, but I need info particularly on Dyslexia. I have been
> >>
> >>
> >told
> >
> >
> >>dyslexics need wider line-spaced text, plain, light or white
> >>backgrounds, open. large fonts, but have no academic material to
> >>
> >>
> >back it up.
> >
> >
> >>I have access to university library and interlibrary loans but our
> >>university has very little on this. I suspect it might be buried
> >>
> >>
> >deep in
> >
> >
> >>obscure journal articles and is such common sense that it hasn't
> >>
> >>
> >been
> >
> >
> >>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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