Eide Neurolearning Blog: Visual Overload and Visual Crowding - When More Means Less

Eide Neurolearning Blog: Visual Overload and Visual Crowding - When More Means Less:

"Take-home points:
- Critical print size is larger for dyslexics than controls
- Critical spacing between characters is larger for dyslexics than controls
- Reading rate improves with print size to a critical point
- Explains why many dyslexics with excellent verbal funds of knowledge still have trouble reading long words

Classroom and Test Accommodations

In the classroom, more attention should be paid to print size and spacing in daily classroom (worksheets, handouts) and testing materials (as many as 1 in 5 students are dyslexic), and print size and spacing should be considered when purchasing books for students."