Take the 2-minute tour ×  I have very severe Dyslexia along with
Dysnomia and Dysgraphia. I have known about it since I was a
child. My reading and writing skills are pretty crippled, but I
have learned to deal with it.  However, with today's IDEs, I
find it very easy to stay focused and in the zone when I code.
But when I write text (like this post) I find it much harder to
stay focused.  In general, do dyslexics find it easier to read
and write code compared to general reading and writing? What
types of tricks and tools do dyslexics use to help them master
programming better than normal reading and writing?
share|improve this question I've tutored a number of dyslexic
programmers and it has always surprised me that they find it
easier to write/type when using an IDE as opposed to say a text
doc. Naturally they found refactoring support really handy and
maybe the IDE structure helps? I'm no expert in this field at
all, but maybe it's also got to do with the fact that it's more
or less short sharp discrete e