So, I'm a math professor, and sometimes I have students with dyslexia. I know that dyslexia varies and something that helps one person doesn't help the next, and the best way is for the student to get hooked up with the disability services office. That said, does anyone have any recommendations on things I could do that could be helpful for a student with dyslexia -- eg, print their exams in OpenDyslexic or ComicSans, or on colored paper?
is it at all possible for you to let your students type the written parts of their exams? I don't know what type of math you teach, so you may not actually have written portions on your exams, but being able to use a word processor (to type in a readable font so they can read their own work as well as for spellcheck) can really help some people's writing speed. (disclaimer that I'm not dyslexic; I just know a little bit about accommodations due to my own need for them, and I've heard that one can be helpful.) also, if you can it'd be best to check in with students individually once you've formulated a list of accommodations you can provide—like, find out who's dyslexic and then give them a list of possible accommodations and ask what would help. that should help make sure that students' individual needs are met as well as that your workload is as light as possible. (also, it's super cool that you're a math prof! :D do you teach undergrad or grad students or both? what kind of courses do you teach? what's being in math academia like?)
