Glossary
Searchable terminology from accessibility, web standards, and related fields.
4 results found in Dyslexia.
- Character Recognition
- In the context of reading and cognitive accessibility, character recognition refers to the ability to correctly identify and distinguish individual letters and numbers. People with dyslexia often expe…
- Fixation Problem (Reading Fixation Difficulty, Visual Fixation Issue)
- A difficulty in maintaining stable visual focus on a specific point or line of text during reading. People with fixation problems may lose their place frequently, skip lines, or re-read the same passa…
- Letter Reversal (Mirror Writing, Character Reversal)
- A reading or writing difficulty where visually similar letters are confused or substituted for one another, such as swapping b for d, or p for q. Letter reversal is commonly associated with dyslexia a…
- Meares-Irlen Syndrome (Irlen Syndrome, Visual Stress Syndrome, Scotopic Sensitivity Syndrome)
- Meares-Irlen Syndrome is a perceptual processing disorder that affects how the brain processes visual information, causing symptoms of visual stress including pattern glare, perceptual distortions, ey…