With WordQ, you can leap over the blank page barrier.

How WordQ Empowers Learners with Autism. A young girl with autism looks happy. Dark blue background, faded WordQ Q.

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An interview with Asperger Dynamo, a wrestler in our recent charity event.

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WordQ’s Exam Mode can help make writing tests and exams more accessible, while accommodating the needs of students and teachers.

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Neurodiverse talent will play a vital role in future business environments, in part due to lateral thinking. Learn how WordQ can improve accessibility in the workplace and facilitate lateral thinking.

Meet Aviva, a 14-year-old who loves journaling. Before Aviva – who has Down’s Syndrome and scoliosis – started using WordQ to support her, the physical act of writing or typing wasn’t just hard, it was painful.

Not everyone learns to read and write the same way. For 20% of kids, the way that we’re traditionally taught to read and write doesn’t work. LiteracyQ is different.

WordQ is a state-of-the art literacy support software that has helped millions of users around the world read and write better. WordQ works virtually anywhere that you type or read on a PC or Mac, running overtop of word processors like Word or Pages, design software like Photoshop or InDesign, and even social networks like Facebook or Twitter. Whether you’re planning to use WordQ at school, home, or work here are some tips to get you started.

Quillsoft has been creating assistive technology, accessibility, and literacy support products for over 20 years. Our foundation is in equity and accessibility. Just as we are committed to ensuring digital accessibility in the products we create, today we are thrilled to share our commitment to making Quillsoft.ca as as possible for anyone who visits us online. Our team is working to assess and improve our user experience by applying WCAG (Web Content Accessibility Guidelines) to our digital spaces.

WordQ [wurd-kyoo] is an award-winning assistive technology software that was developed right here in Ontario, by Dr. Frasier Shein in partnership with Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital. In the simplest terms, WordQ helps people read better and write better and, because of that, it increases confidence and independence in the students that use it. Regardless of whether they have an IEP in place or not, whether they are neurodiverse or neurotypical, or whether they have a physical disability or are non-disabled, students that use WordQ improve their writing skills and communicate more effectively.

Today is the tenth annual Global Accessibility Awareness Day. GAAD is a day to take time to learn more about digital accessibility, who it helps, why it matters, and what you can do to help make digital spaces more accessible and inclusive. At Quillsoft we understand the importance accessible digital spaces, and the technologies that help make all digital spaces more accessible for disabled people. For over twenty years Quillsoft’s focus has been on equity, inclusivity, and accessibility in education and beyond, for everyone who struggles to read, write, or communicate.