| A lot of adults that have dyslexia have learned to | | | | waste your time looking through unorganized |
| device ways on how to manage their condition. | | | | material. |
| One of the methods commonly done is the use | | | | Highlighters |
| of colors. | | | | Since most printed material in the market are |
| A Fight With White | | | | usually on white paper, highlighters can become |
| According to research, disorders like dyslexia are | | | | your best friend, if you want to read the page |
| occasionally affected by color. It is believed that | | | | with some color. You can have several highlighters |
| the 'glare' of white paper is the culprit on why | | | | close by when reading books. This can also be |
| children and adults with this condition have a hard | | | | helpful when you often lose track of the meaning |
| time reading the page. | | | | of what you are reading and what part of the |
| People that have this kind of dyslexia are not able | | | | book are you already. |
| to focus on the information they are reading on | | | | This may seem messy for some people, but it |
| plain white paper. Thus, they have a hard time | | | | can be very helpful for dyslexics. However, be |
| memorizing or learning the information that is | | | | sure that whatever it is that you are highlighting is |
| written on the paper. White paper is considered to | | | | yours. Avoid highlighting library books since this |
| be very aversive, which is the same reason why | | | | can cause you to pay fines or even replace the |
| learning has become aversive as well. | | | | book. |
| Putting Some Color Into Your World | | | | Colored Paper |
| Due to this aversion that the color white brings | | | | If you don't like highlighting data that you have |
| upon, the use of color has been practiced in able | | | | written, then writing it down or printing it on |
| to make reading somewhat more pleasant, | | | | colored paper would be useful. This can help you |
| especially to a dyslexic reader. So here are some | | | | read more effectively, since there is no glare |
| ways on how putting color into your life can | | | | from white colored paper. You can do this if you |
| change your reading and organizational skills | | | | have to print out some data on the computer. |
| dramatically! | | | | Contrasting Colors |
| Color Coding | | | | If you have problems with differentiating right |
| This method has been proven effective by a lot | | | | from left, then you can try using colors to help |
| of dyslexics. This can have a great effect on | | | | you discriminate so. The use of contrasting colors, |
| your organizational skills. For example, color coding | | | | such as red and blue, would be best. For example, |
| your computer disks by class can be helpful. You | | | | wearing a blue sock on your right foot and a red |
| can also try making specific colored labels to stick | | | | sock on your left can help you remember which |
| to your disks, or CD's so that you know which | | | | is which. |
| one is for which use. | | | | This can be useful if direction is important with |
| Buying color coded notebooks can be done too. In | | | | what you do, like in sports. When in training, |
| this way, you know which notebook is for what | | | | instead of directing you with right and left, your |
| class by simply looking at the color. Color coding | | | | coach can simply say the color, since it can be |
| saves you a lot of time, since you don't have to | | | | one way of associating direction for you. |