{"id":9624,"date":"2013-04-02T11:55:58","date_gmt":"2013-04-02T15:55:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/?p=9624"},"modified":"2013-04-02T11:55:58","modified_gmt":"2013-04-02T15:55:58","slug":"need-your-help-please-sign-petition-to-legalize-dyslexia-accommodations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/need-your-help-please-sign-petition-to-legalize-dyslexia-accommodations\/","title":{"rendered":"Need Your Help! Please Sign Petition to Legalize Dyslexia &#038; Accommodations"},"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=\"Need%20Your%20Help%21%20Please%20Sign%20Petition%20to%20Legalize%20Dyslexia%20%26%20Accommodations\";<\/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=\"alignleft\" style=\"border: 1px solid black; margin-left: 9px; margin-right: 9px; float: left;\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/nltr\/img\/testing.sm.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"107\" \/>We need your help.<\/p>\n<p>Please join the\u00a0<span style=\"color: #000080;\"><a title=\"Yale Center for Dyslexia and Creativity\" href=\"http:\/\/www.change.org\/organizations\/yale_center_for_dyslexia_creativity\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Yale Center for Dyslexia and Creativity<\/span><\/a><\/span>\u00a0and\u00a0<span style=\"color: #000080;\"><a title=\"Wrightslaw.com\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Wrightslaw<\/span><\/a><\/span>\u00a0by signing this\u00a0<span style=\"color: #000080;\"><a title=\"Petition to Congress\" href=\"http:\/\/www.change.org\/petitions\/united-states-congress-legalize-dyslexia-grant-accommodations-to-dyslexic-students\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Petition to Congress<\/span><\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<span style=\"color: #000080;\"><a title=\"Petition to Congress\" href=\"http:\/\/www.change.org\/petitions\/united-states-congress-legalize-dyslexia-grant-accommodations-to-dyslexic-students\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Petition<\/span><\/a><\/span>\u00a0asks Congress to<strong>\u00a0require<\/strong>\u00a0testing agencies to provide accommodations for dyslexic students so their high stakes tests assess their abilities, not their disabilities.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.change.org\/petitions\/united-states-congress-legalize-dyslexia-grant-accommodations-to-dyslexic-students\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" style=\"margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 5px; float: right;\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/nltr\/img\/take.action3.gif\" width=\"132\" height=\"33\" \/><\/a>More than 18,000 people have signed the\u00a0<span style=\"color: #000080;\"><a title=\"Petition to Congress\" href=\"http:\/\/www.change.org\/petitions\/united-states-congress-legalize-dyslexia-grant-accommodations-to-dyslexic-students\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Petition<\/span><\/a><\/span>. We need another\u00a06,809 supporters. Please join us. It&#8217;s time to right this wrong. <!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The law requires high stakes tests to be reliable, valid, and accessible to students with disabilities, including students with dyslexia. When students are denied appropriate accommodations, they are also denied the chance to show what they can achieve. This is wrong.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Although dyslexia is a lifelong condition, testing agencies often require students to be retested before granting accommodations. This is wrong.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Schools often tell parents that students with dyslexia are not entitled to special education services under the IDEA or accommodations under Section 504. This is wrong.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">The Petition<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To:<br \/>\nUnited States Congress<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>I just signed the following petition addressed to: United States Congress<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Legalize&#8221; Dyslexia: Grant Accommodations to Dyslexic Students.<\/p>\n<p>WE, the undersigned urge Legislative Action to &#8220;Legalize Dyslexia&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re asking that Congress require that testing agencies grant accommodations for dyslexic students so that high stakes tests assess ability and not disability, and students are allowed to go forward and succeed in life. High stakes tests must be reliable, valid and accessible to dyslexic children and adults. Without accommodations, highly capable, intelligent students are being denied the opportunity to show what they can achieve.<\/p>\n<p>We support a much-needed Bill of Rights for Dyslexic Children &amp; Adults, that affirms the following:<\/p>\n<p>-Accommodations required so that high stakes tests assess ability and not disability<\/p>\n<p>-High stakes tests must be reliable, valid and accessible to dyslexic children and adults<\/p>\n<p>-Dyslexia is real: schools must accept the diagnosis of dyslexia<\/p>\n<p>-Dyslexia is a Clinical Diagnosis<\/p>\n<p>-Diagnosis\/Identification reflects that it is an unexpected difficulty<\/p>\n<p>-Instruction is evidence-based (proven to be effective)<\/p>\n<p>-Dyslexia is persistent, no need to retest after high school<\/p>\n<p>Sincerely,<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Sincerely,<br \/>\n[Your name]<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.change.org\/petitions\/united-states-congress-legalize-dyslexia-grant-accommodations-to-dyslexic-students\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" style=\"margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 5px; float: right;\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/nltr\/img\/take.action3.gif\" width=\"147\" height=\"37\" \/><\/a>Our thanks to the Yale Center for Dyslexia and Creativity for sponsoring this <span style=\"color: #000000;\">Petition<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.change.org\/petitions\/united-states-congress-legalize-dyslexia-grant-accommodations-to-dyslexic-students\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">http:\/\/www.change.org\/petitions\/united-states-congress-legalize-dyslexia-grant-accommodations-to-dyslexic-students<\/span><\/a>?<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We need your help. Please join the\u00a0Yale Center for Dyslexia and Creativity\u00a0and\u00a0Wrightslaw\u00a0by signing this\u00a0Petition to Congress. 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