Dyslexia-Friendly Home Checklist

🏡 Dyslexia-Friendly Home Checklist

Simple strategies for a calmer, more organised home

Does your home sometimes feel overwhelming, difficult to organise, or hard to keep on top of?

The Dyslexia-Friendly Home Checklist has been created to provide practical, manageable ideas that can make everyday life a little easier.

Rather than expecting you to change everything at once, this resource encourages you to make small, achievable changes that work for you and your home.

What's inside?

✔ Reduce clutter & overwhelmSimple ideas for keeping everyday items visible, accessible and easier to manage.

✔ Support memory & routinesUse calendars, reminders, alarms and simple checklists to support memory and daily routines.

✔ Use visual cues & remindersIdeas for labels, pictures, symbols, colour coding and visible reminders.

✔ Organise important thingsCreate consistent places for paperwork, keys, chargers, wallets and other important belongings.

✔ Kitchen checklist Practical prompts to make food storage, shopping, cooking and household tasks easier.

✔ Household tasks Break cleaning and other jobs into smaller, more manageable steps.

✔ Bedroom & morning routine Simple suggestions for reducing decisions and making mornings easier.

✔ Study / work space Consider lighting, distractions, equipment, stationery, timers and assistive technology.

✔ Make Your Home Work for You Reflect on what causes the most difficulty and identify what could be simplified, automated or made more visible.

✔ Create Your Dyslexia-Friendly Home Plan Choose just three small changes to begin with.    

💜 There's also a confidence check-in

The resource doesn't just focus on organisation. It encourages you to recognise what is already working well, what you are proud of managing and what support could make life easier.