This morning we are having a hearing titled 'Educational Milestones of Dyslexia' that will highlight the importance of early identification of students with dyslexia.
If everyone is thinking like this, the dyslexic is the out-of-the-box thinker who thinks so creatively when others are just in a path.
You can look at poor reading rates in 3d grade and predict the number of prison cells you need 20 years later.
The absence of early screening intervention ends up having persistent effects into adolescence.
Let me also ask you to comment. Derrius' testimony spoke to how once he was identified, it sounds like it was boot camp for reading.
Waiting is harmful and not acceptable.
dyslexia is not, and should not, be used as a political issue.
the Cassidy office has been in the forefront of supporting students in terms of accommodations.
dyslexia is defined as an unexpected difficulty in reading for an individual who has the intelligence to be a much better reader.
the problem, as Senator Cassidy outlined, is that there is really a national epidemic of reading and academic failure.
In the House of Representatives, I started the congressional Dyslexia Caucus to raise awareness.