└── README.md /README.md: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | # Coding and Dyslexia 2 | This repo is collate coding support for those who have neurodiversity (dyslexia, ADHD etc), 3 | 4 | ## Notes 5 | - [OpenDyslexic](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5629233/) has shown that it may not work for all dyslexics. 6 | 7 | ## Supporting Articles 8 | - [What we can do in workshops to help people with dyslexia](https://datacarpentry.org/blog/2017/09/coding-and-dyslexia) [Accessed: 2021-02-12] 9 | - [Why dyslexics make good coders](https://www.bcs.org/content-hub/why-dyslexics-make-good-coders/#:~:text=Thus%2C%20dyslexics%20make%20great%20system,and%20notation%20is%20totally%20predictable.) [Accessed: 2021-02-12] 10 | - [Supporting Dyslexia in the Programming Classroom](https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1877050914000489) [Accessed: 2021-02-12] 11 | - [Dyslexia and learning computer programming](https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.11120/ital.2004.03020005) [Accessed: 2021-02-12] 12 | - [The Dyslexic Programmer](https://blog.bethcodes.com/the-dyslexic-programmer) 13 | 14 | ## Actual assistive technologies / techniques 15 | - [Supporting Dyslexia in the Programming Classroom](https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1877050914000489) [Accessed: 2021-02-12 16 | - [Have Dyslexia? Make Coding Easier In Visual Studio Code](https://dev.to/deadlybyte/have-dyslexia-make-coding-easier-in-visual-studio-code-4kmg) [Accessed: 2021-02-12] 17 | - [Coding with Dyslexia, Making it easier in Visual Studio Code](https://medium.com/@luke.skelhorn/coding-with-dyslexia-making-it-easier-in-visual-studio-code-eeeb1dbb7bfc) 18 | - [Tabnine AI_support_for_coding](https://www.tabnine.com/) 19 | - [Dyslexic Friendly Fonts](https://www.bdadyslexia.org.uk/advice/employers/creating-a-dyslexia-friendly-workplace/dyslexia-friendly-style-guide#:~:text=Readable%20fonts,may%20request%20a%20larger%20font.) 20 | - [Font Swithing VS Code](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=evan-buss.font-switcher#:~:text=Static%20Font%20Switcher,preview%20menu%20breaks%20existing%20functionality.&text=Simply%20open%20the%20command%20pallete,P%20and%20select%20Switch%20Font%20.) 21 | 22 | ## Fonts 23 | - [Lexend](https://www.lexend.com/) 24 | - [Font Anonymous Pro](https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Anonymous+Pro?preview.text_type=custom&sidebar.open=true&selection.family=Anonymous+Pro) 25 | - [OpenDyslexic](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5629233/) has shown that it may not work for all dyslexics. 26 | 27 | ## IDEs which support Semantic Highlighting 28 | 29 | - [Scala IDE for eclipse](http://scala-ide.org/docs/current-user-doc/features/typingviewing/semantic-highlighting/index.html) [Accessed: 2021-02-12] 30 | - [Eclipse](http://wiki.eclipse.org/PDT/Dev2Dev/Semantic) [Accessed: 2021-02-12] 31 | - [Qt Creator](http://doc-snapshot.qt-project.org/qtcreator-2.8/creator-highlighting.html) [Accessed: 2021-02-12] 32 | - [emacs (sort of)](https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/semantic/Highlight-Func-Mode.html) [Accessed: 2021-02-12] 33 | - [vim (via plugins)](http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=3169) [Accessed: 2021-02-12] 34 | - [Code::Blocks (via plugin)](http://forums.codeblocks.org/index.php/topic,16249.0.html) [Accessed: 2021-02-12] 35 | - [NetBeans (for Python and possibly others)](http://wiki.netbeans.org/Python#Semantic_highlighting) [Accessed: 2021-02-12] 36 | - [Visual Studio](http://blogs.msdn.com/b/vcblog/archive/2011/08/24/10200097.aspx) [Accessed: 2021-02-12] 37 | - [Visual Studio Code](https://code.visualstudio.com/api/language-extensions/semantic-highlight-guide) [Accessed: 2021-02-12] 38 | - [IntelliJ IDEA (via plugin)](http://blog.jetbrains.com/kotlin/2012/04/kotlin-m1-is-out/) [Accessed: 2021-02-12] 39 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------