New website, search engine optimisation and hosting for Dyslexia Support Cornwall.

This was an interesting project in that the design needed to incorporate features that made the website easier to view for those with a history of dyslexia. The font, size of text, layout and background colours all needed to be taken into consideration.

Nancy, a fully qualified dyslexia tutor with more than 20 years experience working alongside and supporting learners with specific learning difficulties, is based in Newlyn.

Dyslexia is an umbrella term which is used to describe a difficulty with the written word. People with dyslexia often have trouble spelling words correctly and sometimes have problems with reading and handwriting.

Often people with dyslexia find it difficult telling their left from right, reading clock faces, learning their times tables as well as struggling with auditory short term memory and some aspects of numeracy. Often people with dyslexia are innovative thinkers.

They can be very creative and holistic in the way they think and imagine things. Dyslexia does not affect intelligence, which is why it is also referred to as a “specific learning difficulty”. With the right help, people with dyslexia can learn and develop specific strategies in order to better cope with their difficulties.