Alison Doyle

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• Alison Doyle
• Disability Officer
• Print Accessibility

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Accessibility

• Everyone benefits from clear, readable text
  content. People with visual impairments benefit
  particularly.
• Dyslexia is a disability which is very sensitive
  to particular typefaces, both in print and on
  screen. Whatever materials you are creating, they
  should be accessible to as broad an audience as
  possible.
• Many of the difficulties that occur with dyslexia
  result in a barrier, although symptoms can vary
  between individuals, difficulties do result in
  similar patterns of problems.

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Neurological

• Experimental studies now provide evidence of some
  perceptual difficulties in dyslexia for tasks
  involving the processing of rapidly changing
  information, such as the perception of flicker or
  motion (Stein, 1994).
• Such difficulties in processing rapid visual
  information implicate the magnocellular visual
  system (Stein and Walsh, 1997). The magnocellular
  system is particularly important for the control
  of eye movements and visual attention.
• Neuroanatomical abnormalities relating to this
  visual pathway have been reported in the brains
  of dyslexic people (Livingstone et al., 1991).

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Wash-Out-effect
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River effect

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Swirl effect
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Blurry effect
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Fonts

• Serif
• Serif fonts have worked well for hundreds of
  years. They tend to look more old-fashioned and
  'establishment'. The serifs - the flowing marks
  at the points of letters - work by leading the
  eye on to the next letter, making for a smoother
  and easier read. However, this only works at high
  resolutions (e.g. print). At low resolutions, the
  extra complexity decreases clarity, and the
  reduced whitespace between letters makes
  recognition slower.
• Sans-serifs are literally fonts that don't have
  serifs. They look more modern and open.
  Sans-serif fonts are more readable than serifs on
  pixel-based displays, because they are simpler,
  which translates well to low-resolutions.

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Page format

• Text should be justified to the left hand side
  only as fully justified blocked text disrupts the
  spacing like this
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• When what it really says is this
• Identify the benefits of delegation for both the
  organisation and its employees and outline the
  reasons for any lack of delegation that may occur
  from either the superiors or subordinates
  perspective

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Universal Design

• "Im surrounded by thousands of books and not
  able to read any of them. Im not asking for
  anything special, just the same as everyone else
  to be able to read the book I want.

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What information should be accessible?

• All information circulated within, and outside
  College should
• be accessible, including
• academic materials (including lecture notes and
  handouts)
• administrative information (including website
  material, prospectuses, course handbooks and
  timetables)
• general information, including that from student
  services, the Students Union and clubs and
  societies.

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Colour Contrast (black and white) Black font on
white background can give too much reflection.
This is a particular difficulty for dyslexic
students, especially those who also suffer from
scotopic sensitivity syndrome. The following are
some suggestions for visually impaired and
dyslexic readers.
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DO NOT USE ENTIRELY BLOCK CAPITALS VERY
DIFFICULT TO READ

• IT IS NOT POSSIBLE TO DISTINGUISH BETWEEN LETTERS
  WITH UPSTROKES AND DOWNSTROKES WHEN ALL LETTERS
  ARE THE SAME SIZE.
• USE CAPITAL LETTERS FOR ISOLATED LETTERS ONLY AND
  FOR SOME HEADINGS
• FOR MAIN TEXT USE UPPER AND LOWER CASE LETTTERS,
  AS WORDS RETAIN THEIR SHAPE FOR EASY READING
• USE LETTERS IN A PLAIN TYPE FONT (ARIAL), ITALICS
  CAN BE DIFFICULT
• FAT LETTERS ARE MORE EASILY SEEN THAN THIN
  LETTERS. KEY WORDS SHOULD BE HIGHLIGHTED IN BOLD
  TYPE
• COLOUR CONTRASTING OF THE LETTERING AND THE
  BACKGROUND SHOULD BE CONSIDERED

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Colour Contrast (green and navy) More muted
colours can improve visibility
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Colour Contrast (green and black) More muted
colours can improve visibility, they remove the
glare.
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Colour Contrast (dark red and cream) More muted
colours can improve visibility
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Colour Contrast (grey and red) More muted
colours can improve visibility
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Can you see the difference?