This is actually a Senate committee hearing, and this is the protocol and format by which we will abide.
What is the cost to society of the child not being identified and not receiving what that child needs?
In the House of Representatives, I started the congressional Dyslexia Caucus to raise awareness.
the problem, as Senator Cassidy outlined, is that there is really a national epidemic of reading and academic failure.
dyslexia is defined as an unexpected difficulty in reading for an individual who has the intelligence to be a much bette...
the Cassidy office has been in the forefront of supporting students in terms of accommodations.
I think we have an obligation to our children and to our teachers to identify this at the earliest possible time.
Again, could you just speak to that?
It just strikes me as somehow odd, because I've heard that in Louisiana people entering prison are screened for dyslexia...
I congratulate Senators Cassidy and Mikulski who have come together to sponsor the bipartisan Senate Resolution 275.
dyslexia is not, and should not, be used as a political issue.