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Step 4: Choose the Accommodation

Reading Text from a Print Copy

People with learning disabilities may have limitations that result in difficulty reading text from a paper copy. Due to the difficulty in discriminating letters and numbers, such characters may appear jumbled or reversed. Entire words or strings of letters may be unrecognizable. Accommodations may include:

• Convert text to audio
• Provide larger print
• Double space the text on print material
• Use color overlays (Irlen lenses) to help make the text easier to read
• Provide materials that are type-written, in a font that is not italicized; if handwritten material must be provided, use print, not cursive
• Have someone read the document aloud to the individual
• Scan the documents into a computer and use Optical Character Recognition (OCR), which will read the information aloud via speech output software
• Use a reading pen, which is a portable device that scans a word and provides auditory feedback