This online resource, from BRITE, tackles the subject of dyslexia in an informal but informative way. College students introduce the guide in a friendly and reassuring manner. They describe what the condition means to them, how it affects their experiences of learning and what helps them to cope with studying. The guide has been designed with further education in mind, but students in higher education and senior pupils in school are likely to find the resource useful as well.

If you have recently discovered that you have dyslexia, or you are helping someone else to come to terms with the diagnosis, you'll find common sense advice here. The resource is like a self-help guide, but you access it without wading through page after page of text! It contains good ideas about how to cope with studying, how to explain your dyslexia to others (including lecturers, fellow students and family) and how to make the best of your strengths.

You don't have to access the whole guide at once. Pick out the sections that interest you most, or go through it gradually - dipping in and out as often as you like.


In order to access the guide, you will need to have the latest version of the Macromedia Flash player installed. This can be downloaded by clicking here or by clicking on the icon on the left. You may need administrative privileges to install any software.

A few words about using this guide.

Once a topic has been selected, the entire section will download before it starts playing. Whilst the download takes place, you will see a spinning wheel (shown on the right) informing you of the download progress. Please be patient! - downloading the section will allow the information to play smoothly and greatly enhance your experience of using the guide.

However, although the guide can be viewed on slower connections, a DSL connection or greater is recommended. The guide is also optimised to work in Interner Explorer 5 or above.

The guide makes extensive use of an audio commentary. Although the text of this commentary appears on screen, it is recommended that speakers or headphones be used.

If you have any problems running the guide, or wish to contact us regarding the guide, please email us here.

Click here to launch the guide.
(note: opens in a new browser window)