Caitie Glover is seeking funds for her idea to use gaming headsets to spot early signs of the learning difficulty

A schoolgirl’s idea to use computer games to screen children for dyslexia has won the support of entrepreneurs and a leading charity.

Caitie Glover, 12, from Chelmsford, Essex, devised the system after drawing on her own experience of struggling with the learning difficulty that affects up to one in ten people. She believes that the games could be used by primary school children to identify early signs of dyslexia.

The games, which can be played wearing headsets, would ask children to match written words to sound recordings. “Staring at text like that can be difficult and upsetting if you’re dyslexic, but if the words were in colourful 3D letters and the exercise was made into a fun game it would be a different experience,” Caitie