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Choosing the Best Paper Color for Dyslexia can be a daunting task, but it doesn't have to be. As someone who has struggled with dyslexia, I understand the importance of finding the right paper color to make reading easier. According to research, certain paper colors can reduce visual stress and improve reading speed and accuracy. Since establishing the company in 1993, Crossbow Education has won numerous awards for both its customer service and its products, including awards from the Education Resources Awards, Business and Industry Today and Global Educational Supplies and Services.Wilkins A. J., Lewis E., Smith F., Rowland E., Tweedie W. (2001). Coloured overlays and their benefit for reading. J. Res. Read. 24 Wilson, C. (2015, May 25). Forget colour overlays – dyslexia is not a vision problem. New Scientist. https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn27588-forget-colour-overlays-dyslexia-is-not-a-vision-problem/

Despite the research suggesting colored overlays is not an effective treatment for dyslexia, colored overlays continue to be used as an intervention to improve reading skills of individuals with dyslexia. The authors of this study sought to add to the literature regarding the effect of colored overlays on reading fluency for individuals with dyslexia, as well as extend the literature by investigating the effectiveness across age levels, ranging from 7 to 32 years old. When colored overlays were ineffective, the authors then investigated the effects of research-based reading interventions on oral reading fluency for the same individuals. The results of this study indicate that colored overlays either had no effect on words read correctly per minute (as was the case for Emily and Lindsay) or resulted in a decrease in words read correctly per minute (as was the case for Lisa). These results support the previous research demonstrating colored overlays have little effect on reading fluency (e.g., Ritchie et al. 2011). Further, whereas previous research has suggested that colored overlays have greater effect on children with dyslexia than adults (Singleton and Trotter 2005; Singleton and Henderson 2007), this study suggests that colored overlays may have a deleterious effect on adults. Although colored overlays did not improve reading fluency for the children in this study, the adult’s performance actually worsened with the colored overlay intervention.

DeLeon IG, Iwata BA. Evaluation of a multiple-stimulus presentation format for assessing reinforcer preferences. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis. 1996; 29:519–533. doi: 10.1901/jaba.1996.29-519. [ PMC free article] [ PubMed] [ CrossRef] [ Google Scholar] Scott, L., McWhinnie, H., Taylor, L., Stevenson, N., Irons, P., Lewis, E., . . . Wilkins, A. (2002). Coloured overlays in schools: Orthoptic and optometric findings. Opthalmic and Physiological Optics, 22, 156 –165. [ PubMed] Wilkins A. J. (2002). Coloured overlays and their effects on reading speed: a review. Ophthal. Physl. Opt. 22 Some of the symptoms of visual stress as blurring and illusory migrations of letters are similar to those reported in presence of magnocellular dysfunctions ( Stein and Walsh, 1997). A dysfunction of the magnocellular pathway would produce long lasting, anomalous visual traces which would interfere – by masking – with the visual processing of the stimulation thus causing blurring and distortions. The empirical evidence here is once more inconsistent ( Skoyles and Skottun, 2009). In conclusion, choosing the right paper color for dyslexia is crucial for individuals who experience reading difficulties. It can greatly improve their reading speed, accuracy, and overall comfort while reading. Don't be afraid to experiment with different approaches and find what works best for you.