I'm visually impaired and need print to be on a bright yellow
background.  I have four problems with acetate: they wrinkle/damage
easily and then aren't very effective, they are relatively expensive
(I think I last paid £25 for 10 sheets), and for me they don't go
bright enough - all the ones I've tried are the wrong colour, also,
they are meant to reduce glare etc but since they are shiny they
reflect light in a way that causes problems for me.  Also, all the
ones I've tried have come in sheets smaller than A4 so you have to
keep moving them about.  I definitely prefer coloured paper, and many
other people I've spoken to during my research have said the same.
However, many students may want coloured paper in some instances and
acetates in others (like for using with books as you suggest).  For me
the choice is easy as everything I read has to be scanned, enlarged
and printed anyway so the cost of changing the colour paper it's
printed on is fairly small.  I guess it comes down to the time old
question, 'what does the student prefer'?!  I certainly wouldn't
advocate a blanket policy for either alternative.

Emma
On 17/05/07, Helen Williams <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>
> We currently provide different colour paper copies for student who have
> dyslexia and have a preference for specific colour (blue, pink and yellow
> currently being used).  It makes it complicated as we do have a high number
> of students with dyslexia, and it has been suggested that students could or
> should use coloured acetate with white paper as an alternative which also
> has the advantage that it can also be used with books.
>
> I just wondered what other institutions used and if acetate is an acceptable
> alternative to coloured paper if anyone could recommend anywhere we could
> obtain this from.
>
> Thanks
>
> Helen Williams
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University of Nottingham

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