The Wrightslaw Way

The International Dyslexia Association (IDA) is conducting reviews of university-based teacher training programs in reading using the criteria set in the IDA Knowledge and Practice Standards. This is good news! On this blog we have often discussed how alarming it is that children are NOT learning how to read. Dyslexics or children with reading disorders […]

Meet a dedicated Youth Ambassador for dyslexia awareness – Anthony True. Pete met Anthony and heard his impressive presentation in April 2012 at the Wrightslaw Special Education Law and Advocacy Conference in Colorado. Youth Ambassadors travel around CO to give presentations that include research based evidence about learning disabilities. Combined with their individual stories, their […]

Knowledge and Practice Standards for Teachers of Reading – from the International Dyslexia Association (Executive Summary) “Reading difficulties are the most common cause of academic failure and underachievement. The NAEP consistently finds that about 36% of all fourth graders read at a level described as “below basic.” Between 15 and 20% of young students are […]

I am a special education teacher of 30 years. I have taught every category of students with disability, including autism.  But it seems now that autism is everyone’s main focus. Lobbying groups are huge – they receive everything.  On the contrary, these same advantages are not enjoyed by the dyslexic population of special ed.  Dyslexia […]