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There are different approaches used to reduce reading skills deficits. One such approach, which belongs to the group of visual adaptations, is to change the font used in the texts. The main research goal is to assess the level of reading success in people with dyslexia (reading difficulties) by using a specialized Cyrillic font - Dyslexic FZF. The research was conducted on 24 persons with dyslexia from North Macedonia and obtained data about oral reading fluency and reading lists of meaningful and meaningless words with the Dyslexic FZF font and the font Times New Roman. The data of the two consecutive readings were compared. Results suggest that when using the new dyslexia typeface, Dyslexic FZF, participants were able to read more words per minute than with the Times New Roman font. A statistically significant difference in the results occurs in the errors made while reading.

This year as well, the Institute of Special education and rehabilitation celebrated the International day of persons with disabilities. In that occasion, two different events were organized by the Institute at the Faculty of Philosophy. The first event was held on 03.12.2015 and was organized in collaboration with the students of the Institute of Special education and rehabilitation, Faculty of pedagogy “St. Kliment Ohridski” form Skopje, Faculty of architecture, Faculty of Fine Arts and Faculty of Music. In the official part of the program, speeches were held by Stefani Nakova, student at the Institute of Special Education and rehabilitation, dr. Zora Jachova, PhD, head of the Institute of special education and rehabilitation and dr. Velimir Stojkovski, PhD, rector of the University “Ss Cyril and Methodius” – Skopje. Beside the mentioned speeches, the event was enriched by the students from the Faculty of pedagogy “St. Kliment Ohridski” from Skopje with the performance of “Tajno moja” in sign language by Dzengis Memedovski and the presentation of Aleksandar Matovski called “Youth and the Down syndrome”.

On December 2nd 2016 in the main amphitheater at the Faculty of Philosophy in Skopje, was held the celebration of December 3rd, the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, in organization of the Institute of Special Education and Rehabilitation. The official part of the program was started with a speech by Goran Ajdinski, PhD, the Dean of the Faculty of Philosophy in Skopje. The guests at the celebration were also greeted by the Rector of the University “Ss. Cyril and Methodius” – Skopje, Nikola Jankulovski, PhD and the Minister of Labor and Social Policy of Republic of Macedonia, Frosina Tashevska-Remenski, PhD. After the speeches, which highlighted the current efforts and future commitment to inclusion and accessibility of persons with disabilities, two awards were presented by the Humanitarian foundation “Prof. d-r Ljupco Ajdinski”. The first award was given to Simona Kostadinova as the student with achieved highest grade point average of 9.65 in the generation 2011/12 during the studies of Special education and rehabilitation. The second award was intended for the highest ranked student at the university admission in 2016/2017. This award belonged to Nadica Gjerasimova who had 97.70 points on the official rank list. Beside the awards, two acknowledgements for humanity were also given by the Foundation “Prof. d-r Ljupco Ajdinski”. For the longstanding human activity in preparation of special education and rehabilitation staff and education and rehabilitation of persons with disabilities, the first acknowledgement was given to the Institute of Special education and rehabilitation. The second acknowledgement was meant for Kiril Temkov, PhD, about his numerous initiated and organized human activities, especially for the published paper on the ethical dimensions of special education and rehabilitation and introduction of Ethics in the education system in Republic of Macedonia. The last part of the program was intended for cultural and art performances of the students from special and regular schools and institutions for education and rehabilitation in the country. In this part of the celebration, the students from the Institute for Rehabilitation of Children and Youth-Skopje took part by poetry reading, the students form DUCOR “Partenija Zografski” performed a dance on music from Michael Jackson, and the students from the elementary school “Vlado Taseski” had a music performance of two songs with sign language translation. The program was enriched with the ballet performance of the students from the special school “Idnina” and the students from DURDMOV “Dimitar Vlahov” had two music performances, vocal and instrumental. The program was completed with a folklore dance of the students from the Center for rehabilitation of children with impaired hearing, speech and voice and other development problems “Kocho Racin” – Bitola.

Traditionally, this year as well, during the period from 7th to 9th November 2014, the 8-th International scientific conference “Special education and rehabilitation today” was held at the Faculty of Special Education and Rehabilitation in Belgrade, Republic of Serbia,. During the three conference days, many papers were presented by reputable researchers and practitioners form Republic of Serbia, but also form the abroad countries Montenegro, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slovenia, Macedonia, Russia, Italy and Greece. All paper presentations were separated in the following fields, according to which the conference sessions were organized: Assessment techniques in special education and rehabilitation; Forms of treatment in special education and rehabilitation; Behavioral disorders, delinquency, addictive behavior and crime: prevention and early intervention; Behavioral disorders, delinquency, addictive behavior and crime: treatment and relapse prevention; Education of persons with disabilities and developmental disorders; Quality of life of persons with disabilities.