Girl who could only read upside down cured by color orange
Published: July 5, 2006
THE future’s bright for Gemma Williams…the future’s orange.
Until now, a rare form of dyslexia meant the 17-year-old could read a book only if it was upside down. Her computer monitor had to stand on its head and she wrote the wrong way up, too.
But now she can read and write in the conventional way thanks to using orange paper and filters.
Tutors at Hopwood Hall College in Middleton, Greater Manchester, solved the sports student’s problem. Gemma, from Rochdale said: “Before, when I turned a book upside down, it made sense.
“Now I can read and write the right way up. It’s done using an orange filter which I put over the words I want to read. I use orange paper to write the right way up.”
Sue Fowler of the Dyslexia Research Trust said: “We know amber makes things clearer by increasing the contrast.”
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