{"id":6900,"date":"2014-01-20T10:00:06","date_gmt":"2014-01-20T14:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/?p=6900"},"modified":"2014-01-20T12:19:42","modified_gmt":"2014-01-20T16:19:42","slug":"transforming-dyslexia-from-a-liability-to-an-asset","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/transforming-dyslexia-from-a-liability-to-an-asset\/","title":{"rendered":"Transforming Dyslexia from a Liability to an Asset"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_pop\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/gallery\/share-button-gray.png\" style=\"border:0px\" alt=\"Share\" \/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\",\"StumbleUpon\",\"Digg\",\"Reddit\",\"Bebo\",\"Delicious\");var hupso_icon_type = \"labels\";var hupso_background=\"#FFFFFF\";var hupso_border=\"#FFFFFF\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_twitter_via=\"wrightslaw\";var hupso_url=\"\";var hupso_title=\"Transforming%20Dyslexia%20from%20a%20Liability%20to%20an%20Asset\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" style=\"border: 1px solid black; margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 5px; float: right;\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/nltr\/img\/read.boys.jpg\" width=\"113\" height=\"150\" \/>&#8211; From the Yale Center for Dyslexia &amp; Creativity Community, Sally Shaywitz, MD and Bennett Shaywitz, MD<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are at a very special time for all those who care about dyslexia and a child (or an adult) who is dyslexic \u2014 and it is a time that demands our action.<\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"http:\/\/dyslexia.yale.edu\/cassidy-house-dyslexia-resolution-january-10-2014.pdf\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Resolution on Dyslexia<\/span><\/a> presented to Congress by Representative Bill Cassidy represents the breakthrough that we have all been waiting and hoping for. This well thought-out resolution breathes fresh air and energy and yes, joy, into our mission to have dyslexia recognized so that the millions of deserving boys and girls, men and woman who are dyslexic can be diagnosed and receive the evidence-based services they deserve and require.<\/p>\n<p>This is a time that calls for action \u2014 your action \u2014 to make sure that this Resolution becomes a reality. Yes, dreams can come true. Please act.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/dyslexia.yale.edu\/CassidyHResJan2014.html\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Urge Your Congressional Rep. to Support House Resolution on Dyslexia, #456<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/dyslexia.yale.edu\/CassidyHResJan2014.html\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">http:\/\/dyslexia.yale.edu\/CassidyHResJan2014.html<!--more--><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Yale Center for Dyslexia &amp; Creativity congratulates Rep. Bill Cassidy for the House Resolution on Dyslexia (H.Res. 456, 113th Congress), at long last, recognizing that dyslexia is an unexpected difficulty that has profound educational implications.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Cassidy\u2019s Resolution recognizes each major element of dyslexia:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>high prevalence (1 in 5)<\/li>\n<li>cognitive and neurobiological bases<\/li>\n<li>unexpected nature<\/li>\n<li>persistence and profound impact on education<\/li>\n<li>critical need for action by schools<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Dyslexia impacts your child\u2019s education and can be properly and successfully addressed by schools. There is no excuse not to, our children and our nation\u2019s futures are at stake. Schools must take their heads out of the ground and look up \u2014 to science and morality \u2014 and move forward.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Cassidy gets it!<\/p>\n<p>Dyslexia is real and US Public Schools are moving too slow to address it properly.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.house.gov\/representatives\/find\/\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Find your rep here<\/span><\/a>. \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/dyslexia.yale.edu\/cassidy-house-dyslexia-resolution-january-10-2014.pdf\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Resolution on Dyslexia<\/span><\/a><\/span><span style=\"color: #000080;\"> (PDF). \u00a0 <span style=\"color: #000000;\">Find a<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/dyslexia.yale.edu\/CassidyHResJan2014_what2write.html\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Sample Letter<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; From the <a href=\"http:\/\/dyslexiacaucus-cassidy.house.gov\/\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Congressional Dyslexia Caucus<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Dyslexia robs individuals of their ability to read quickly and automatically and to retrieve spoken words easily but it does not dampen their creativity and ingenuity \u2013 skills important for America to prosper.\u00a0 A recent <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gao.gov\/products\/GAO-12-40\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">GAO report (GAO-12-40)<\/span><\/a> found that many students with learning and other disabilities, including dyslexia, are not receiving accommodations, such as extended testing time, required by the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) when they take high stakes examinations such as the SAT, GRE, LSAT, or US Medical Licensing Examinations and others.<\/p>\n<p>This is unacceptable, and by working together we can make sure that those with learning abilities are receiving their proper and legal accommodations.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/dyslexiacaucus-cassidy.house.gov\/\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">http:\/\/dyslexiacaucus-cassidy.house.gov\/<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8211; From the Yale Center for Dyslexia &amp; Creativity Community, Sally Shaywitz, MD and Bennett Shaywitz, MD &#8220;We are at a very special time for all those who care about <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/transforming-dyslexia-from-a-liability-to-an-asset\/\">Continue Reading \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1362,1273,33,1375],"tags":[1134,1133,1308,1300,1056],"class_list":["post-6900","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-learning-disabilities-dyslexia","category-political-action","category-reading","category-research","tag-congressional-dyslexia-caucus","tag-dr-sally-shaywitz","tag-dyslexia","tag-reading","tag-yale-center-for-dyslexia-and-creativity"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6900","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6900"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6900\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11014,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6900\/revisions\/11014"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6900"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6900"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6900"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}