Children with specific learning disabilities need some extra help to succeed at school. Here are some compensating tools that help them to read better, to write more easily, to learn faster, to cope with everyday life problems. This mind map is a MOOC Dys tool and is published under Creative Commons Attribution, Non Commercial and Share Alike. You can use it for your child, your classroom or your association.

1. Reading
Voice over r
Balabolka r
Natural Reader r
iPad reader r
Claro Read Chrome r T
Aidodys Free for Chrome r T
Reading rulers
r Cartable fantastique r
Portrait rulers r
Landscape rulers r
Writing
Special fonts r
Open Dyslexic r T
Open Dyslexic for Chrome r T
Special sheets r Paper sheets generator r
Mathematics
Geometry r Geogebra r
House of numbers r
Shoestrings
How to r
Article on Dyspraxia Kids r T
Tools to
compensate
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2. Open Dyslexic
Open Dyslexic is an open source font designed by Abelardo Gonzalez and based on the
font Bitstream Vera Sans.
This font is free and can be used at home, for school and even for business.
Paper sheets generator
This paper sheets generator has been created by a French blogger.
It generates paper sheets for dyspraxic children, with a number of coloured lines, etc.
Voice over
Those programs read the text for your child.
Instead of struggling to read his or her course, your child can listen to the text through an
electronic voice that sounds like a human one.
How to
For dyspraxic children, it is often very difficult to tie shoestrings.
Here are some tips that can help your child to cope with this somewhat challenging task.
Balabolka
Balabolka is a Russian word that means "word mill".
This little programme allows you to listen to any written text on a Microsoft computer.
It is the most complete free vocal reader.
It can work not only with English but with a lot of languages including Russia, Romanian,
Polish, Portuguese, French, Chinese, etc.
Geogebra
Geogebra is a mathematics application available in different languages.
It can be used on a computer but also on a smartphone or a tablet.
Geometry
Geometry requires some movement precision and coordination, which is a real problem for
dyspraxic children.
A geometry program can help your child to better understand and be active in this
important subject.
Cartable fantastique
Le Cartable fantastique is a French website dedicated to dyspraxic children.

3. It offers a lot of resources to help children, families and teachers alike.
Portrait rulers
You can download, print and cut out those rulers in portrait format.
Natural Reader
Natural Reader is also a text to speech application.
But some of its features are paying options.
Very complete application but with a limited free version.
House of numbers
For dyspraxic or dyscalculic children, it is difficult to understand that the value of a number
varies according to its position.
The house of numbers helps the children understand what is the real value of a number.
Special fonts
For dyslexic children, some fonts are more readable than others.
Some special fonts have also been created to match the Dys children special needs. Those
fonts have a better contrast between b and d, for instance, and that helps the dyslexic
persons to distinguish more easily those letters.
Open Dyslexic for Chrome
If you use the Chrome browser, you can add this extension and read all the web pages with
that special font.
Aidodys Free for Chrome
Aidodys is a Chrome extension that allows you to adapt any text to dys children by
changing the colours, the fonts, the space between the letters, etc.
Landscape rulers
You can download, print and cut out those rulers in landscape format.
Article on Dyspraxia Kids
This web page shows different methods to tie your shoelace when you are a dyspraxic
child.
But those tips can help other children as well.
iPad reader
You can adjust the settings of your iPad so a voice reads all the texts on your tablet.
You can also use the voice over feature to read the ebooks in iBooks.
Reading rulers
The reading rulers are small bands of paper or of cardboard with a hole in shape of a text

4. line in the middle.
Children can read a line at a time with those rulers, but some dyspraxic children can have
difficulties to manipulate the ruler along the page.
Special sheets
Those sheets cannot "cure" dyspraxia: they constitute a support for the children to write
and to participate to school activities.
Claro Read Chrome
This Chrome extension reads out loud all the Web pages you explore with your favorite
browser.