Oswestry School in Shropshire caters for students with a wide range of abilities between the ages of four and 18. They chose to implement Read&Write across the school to develop literacy strategies, as these underpin all other areas of the curriculum. In doing this the school enables students of all abilities to perform to the highest level across a broad range of subjects.
Firefighters are required to constantly update their knowledge and qualifications. In the past they would have attended short intensive courses in a classroom with face-to-face tuition, but now are often required to follow online courses. Web-based materials can be a barrier to those who have dyslexia as the Fire Brigades Union discovered.
Chris Pickup, a Finance Administrator with Dyslexia, has revealed how our market leading assistive technology, Read&Write, removes some of his workplace challenges and makes tasks like reporting that little bit easier.
Jumeirah English Speaking School (JESS) always works at the leading edge of 21st century teaching and have always been early adopters of new assistive technology programmes and apps to support students with specific learning needs.
Tristan Young is a 3L Year law student at Arizona Summit Law School. She is a bright student who was diagnosed with dyslexia and other learning disabilities after her frustration with scores on her LSAT exams. Tristan purchased a single user license of Read&Write for Mac and began seeing changes almost immediately.
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