Dyslexia

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What people with dyslexia have to say about it

Designer Daniel Britton creates font to show what it's like to have dyslexia by James Bullen on Stuffdescribes a font that Daniel Britton, a dyslexic designer, created to try to help others empathize with how dyslexia alters the ability to read. The article also includes paragraphs written in the font.

Research

The Advantages of Dyslexia by Matthew H. Schneps on Scientific American. Tagline is "With reading difficulties can come other cognitive strengths" and that pretty much sums up the article.

Design Tips & Guidelines

Typography

Good Fonts for Dyslexia - An Experimental Study by Abigail Marshall at Dyslexia the Gift Blog

Text-to-speech

This software guy accidentally designed an app that is saving my dyslexic son by Jenn Choi on Quartz