This Artist Demonstrates How Dyslexia Is Far More Frustrating Than You Might Think
Dyslexia, which has sadly been satirized over the years, may seem funny to someone who doesn't have it, but for someone who does, it's anything but.
Diagnosed with Dyslexia, London artist Dan Britton realized that at the root of the deriding was a complete lack of understanding around the sheer complexities and reality of the disorder. So, he came up with a way to show people.
Britton told Dezeen that he wanted to "simulate the emotions of reading with dyslexia to try and put across how frustrating it is to try and read something simple."
Forty percent of each letter and number was deleted, eliminating their key characteristics but leaving enough to make them barely legible.
Maddening right? This is precisely the kind of frustration a person with Dyslexia has to deal with each time they read.
Thanks to Britton's work, it becomes clear why " the school drop-out rate of dyslexics [in the U.S.] can be a high as 35%, twice the national average school drop-out rate of many countries."
Hopefully now, with Britton's Dyslexia typeface, those sort of responses, and the overall misunderstandings around Dyslexia, will be things of the past.