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We have a handy printable on the Signs of Dyscalculia that is available on our website to print and take to meetings with you. The link to the pdf version is here: https://www.thedyslexiainitiative.org/posters-and-fliers.

Michelle Carter is a three-time Olympian who struggled a great deal in school.

As a child, Carter was diagnosed with dyslexia. Fortunately, her parents were very supportive, and she received tutoring three to four times a week. By middle school, Carter’s grades improved.

Carter had a propensity for track and field, excelling in shot put. At 15, she made the U.S. National Team. After high school, she was awarded a full track and field scholarship to the University of Texas.

In 2016, at the Olympic games in Rio, Carter became the first U.S. woman ever to win a gold medal in the shot put competition.

In 2018, she was inducted into the Texas Track and Field Hall of Fame.

Carter credits her success to her parents and her faith. “God has given me the ability to do all things through him.”

School of hard knocks: Kiwi Olympian surfer Saffi Vette on tragedy, dyslexia and bullying 'Whatever is challenging you, there will be a light at the end of the tunnel.'

If your child struggles in school and has 3 or more of the warning signs of dyslexia, there's a good chance your child has dyslexia.

If it is dyslexia, seek help right away. Do not wait to see if they will grow out of it.

For a list of dyslexia warning signs, go to:
https://bit.ly/35fqQvX

Congratulations to Adelle Tracey for securing her spot at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.

Illiteracy And Crime

Bright Solutions for Dyslexia is pleased to announce that, under the First Step Act, the U.S. Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP), has adopted the Barton Reading & Spelling System as its reading intervention program across all 122 institutions nationwide.

Research indicates a strong connection between illiteracy and criminal behavior. The U.S. Department of Justice states, “The link between academic failure and delinquency, violence, and crime is welded to reading failure.”

According to the National Adult Literacy Survey, 70% of the U.S. prison population cannot read above a fourth-grade level, “meaning they lack the reading skills required to navigate many everyday tasks or hold down anything but lower (paying) jobs.”

As of November 4, 2023, 29% of the designated adults in custody were enrolled in one or more education/recreation programs. The BOP’s Office of Research has found that participation in education programs leads to a 16% reduction in recidivism.

Data also supports the following:
• Individuals without sufficient income from work are the most likely to commit crimes.
• Dyslexia is the leading cause of reading failure and school dropouts in our nation.
• 48% of adults in custody have dyslexia.
• 85% of offenders in the juvenile court system are functionally illiterate.
• High school dropouts are 5 times more likely to go to prison than high school graduates.

Sources:
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An early and accurate diagnosis of dyslexia is invaluable.

Thank you, Dyslexia Training Institute, for this graphic.

No matter how much we think we know, there is always something new to learn.

Adopting a lifelong learning mindset keeps us open to new experiences, ideas, and perspectives, fostering personal and professional growth.

Just imagine

Thank you, Dyslexia Inspired, for this graphic.

Dyslexia and Fatigue

Children with dyslexia may experience fatigue because they are working harder and longer than any other student in the classroom.

Please do not confuse their exhaustion with laziness or indifference.

What we say to our children matters

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I Wish People Knew…

Telling a child with dyslexia to “try harder” or “it’s easy” is not helpful.

Trust me, they are trying. In fact, they are trying harder than everyone else. Reading, writing, and spelling are not easy for them.

Thank you, Dyslexia Inspired, for this wonderful graphic.

To every parent, grandparent, teacher, and tutor who advocates for a child with dyslexia, thank you.

Believe it or not, you are making a difference.

Do not let dyslexia limit your future.

When Dr. Carol Greider was in elementary school, she struggled with spelling and sounding out words because of her dyslexia.

In 2009, she was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. The Academy recognized Dr. Greider for her 1984 discovery of telomerase, an enzyme that maintains the length and integrity of chromosome ends and plays a critical role in the health and survival of all living cells and organisms.

Spring has sprung...

Holly Branson praises her dad Richard for talking about his dyslexia The mother-of-three, 42, revealed that her son, Artie, nine, is dyslexic like his billionaire grandfather, 73, so it 'means a lot' to her for the businessman to talk about it.

Yes, yes and YES!

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Dyslexia

We need to go back ...

Thank you, LD Expert, for this graphic.

Too Many Schools Are Misdiagnosing Dyslexia Changing how dyslexia is diagnosed could help many more children learn to read

I Wish People Knew…

Telling a child with dyslexia to “try harder” or “it’s easy” is not helpful.

Trust me, they are trying. In fact, they are trying harder than everyone else. Reading, writing, and spelling are not easy for them.