Add this dyslexia emoji to your keyboard!
Rebecca Warner from pqbd.org allowed me to turn the symbol she created for dyslexia into an emoji! I added it to the access and advocacy discord hosted by Nixon Speech and Language, LLC, but we would love to share this with those who have or know someone who has dyslexia!
Android Phone Directions
- Save the file to your phone and/or a cloud drive you can access with your phone
- Start a text to someone and select to use an emoji
- Select create
- Select folders
- Select browse
- Select the file
It will post it to the person you’re texting, but as you can see in the image, it is useable as a react to a text!
iOS 18 Directions
This description is taken from Google AI Overview. If someone could send me screengrabs as they create the file, then I would be grateful!
My understanding is this is only available for iOS18, but if you learn otherwise, please comment below!
Gmail and Google Workspace Directions
- Within gmail, open google chat
- Select emoji
- On the right, select create
- Upload the image file
- Name it pqbd dyslexia
Now you can use the file in your emails and chats!
Note. For Google Workspace, staff need permissions to “create” new emojis. So, if you are unable to create one following these instructions, then ask a network administrator.
Thank you to Rebecca Warner and pqbd.org for making this symbol available to everyone!
Rebecca Warner is a 2012 founding member of the Virginia chapter of Decoding Dyslexia, DDVA. Active in legislative efforts in the VA General Assembly as well as a co-host for DDVA meetings, her experience includes speaking engagements, fundraising, and events. Owner and designer of the dyslexia symbol pqbd ®, she advocates for awareness and training in dyslexia both on a national and international level with projects that include the Dyslexia Friendly Library, Police National Dyslexia Association in the UK, Learning Disabilities Conference Japan, Dyslexia Organization Kenya, and the marketing committee for Riverside School. Most importantly, she is the mother of two neurodiverse sons, a dyslexic junior at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology and an ADHD sophomore at the University of Virginia. She and her husband live in Richmond, VA.