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[[Dyslexia]] primarily involves difficulties with reading, spelling and sentence structure, transposition, memory, organization and time management, and lack of confidence.<ref name="Woodfine 2006">Woodfine, et al. (2006). Text-based synchronous e-learning and dyslexia: Not necessarily the perfect match!. Science Direct, 703-717.</ref> Dyslexia has in the past two decades become increasingly present in research and legislation. The United Kingdom passed the [[Disability Discrimination Act 1995]] in which institutions were required to "reasonably adjust" instruction for students with disabilities, particularly physical and sensory disabilities; in 2002, the [[Special Educational Needs and Disability Act 2001|Special Education Needs and Disabilities Act]] adjusted the legislation to include learning disabilities.

The [[Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990]] (ADA) established that all students with disabilities must be included in all state and districtwide assessments of student progress. The ADA also guarantees equal accommodation for the disabled people in, "employment, public accommodations, state and local government services, transportation, and telecommunications."<ref name="Woodfine 2006"/>

In recent years, tools such as WebHelpDyslexia and other capabilities of web applications have increased the availability of tools to provide coping skills for students with dyslexia.<ref>{{cite journal | last1 = Avelar | first1 = L. O. | last2 = Rezende | first2 = G. C. | last3 = Friere | first3 = A. P. | year = 2015 | title = WebHelpDyslexia: a browser extension to adapt web content for people with dyslexia | journal = Procedia Computer Science | volume = 67 | pages = 150–159 | doi = 10.1016/j.procs.2015.09.259 }}</ref>