APPENDIX 1: Interview Questions / Guide

• Thank you for agreeing to help us with our research. You are helping us because you feel you have some trouble with reading and writing. Can you tell us how you think your trouble with reading and writing has made a difference in your life?
• How is your reading and writing? Which of these sentences describes your reading and writing best?
      (1) I can’t read or write at all
      (2) I have a lot of trouble reading and writing anything
      (3) I can read and write some things but have problems with others
• Would you like to be able to read and write better? If yes, why? If no, why not?
• How has learning to read and write been for you? Would you say it has been easy or difficult hard?
• Have other people tried teaching you to read and write in the past? Who were they?
• How do you feel about being able to read and write?
• What has made it hard for you to learn to read and write?
• Do you think your physical disability made it harder for you to learn to read? If yes, how?
• Has it made it harder for you to learn to write? If yes, how?
• What helped you to learn to read the way you can now? (Were there books, tools/equipment, people etc.)?
• What do you think would help you to improve your reading skills in the future?
• How do you think reading and writing better would change your life?
• Have you ever been told you have a learning disability? If yes, do you know what kind(s)?
• If yes, did the places where you learned to read and write know that you have a learning disability?
• Do other people know you have trouble reading and writing? If so, what do they think? If not, why don't they know?
• Do you know anyone else who has trouble reading and writing who might be interested in helping us with this research?
• Once we have some more information to share, would you like to take part in a group discussion about what we learned?