Dyslexia Child Aide – a Mobile Application to Aid in Learning for Children with Dyslexia Utilizing the Orton-Gillingham Approach

The Dyslexia Child Aide is a mobile application that is developed in order to
serve as a platform in which can help children with dyslexic condition in learning
especially language learning. The children with dyslexic condition have learning
disabilities in which they find it hard to distinguish between similar forms of letters.
For example, they cannot differentiate the letter ‘b’ and ‘d’. This condition occurs
not because of sight impairment but because of genetic disorder. The Dyslexia Child
Aide mobile application will be developed utilising the Orton-Gillingham approach.
The approach is a very famous and successful approach and it has been practice by
teachers around the world for almost 50 years. The approach is not a technique but
merely act as a guideline for the teachers to develop their teaching plan. The
Dyslexia Child Aide mobile application has been developed on iOS platform. This is
because the iOS devices, issued by Apple Inc. are known for their quality in graphics
display. The good and sharp images in the mobile app will help the student more.
The testing has been done with the help from special education student and also from
the special education teachers that specializes in teaching the dyslexic children. Their
reactions and feedback has been recorded and the collected data has determined that
the mobile app is a success in achieving its objectives.