search with dyslexia, a challenge

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Dyslexia: News from the web:

As many as 20% of English speakers have dyslexia, a language disability that impacts reading and spelling. Web search is an important modern literacy skill, yet the accessibility of this language-centric endeavor to people with dyslexia is largely unexplored. We interviewed ten adults with dyslexia and conducted an online survey with 81 dyslexic and 80 non-dyslexic adults, in which participants described challenges they face in various stages of web search

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Scholarship despite Dyslexia

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Benjamin Hamler, 18, of Rockford, a senior at Rockford High School, has been awarded a National Honor Society scholarship for college courses while studying Engineering at Kent County Technical Center.He received a letter in the mail and thought it would be recognition of the Student of the Month award, but instead it was notification of an $8,000 scholarship to Ferris State University. Benjamin has struggled to work through extreme dyslexia and has been in a special program since third grade, it has been very tough, and even the act of learning to read was a major process.

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