Resources


“When we tackle our obstacles, we find hidden reserves of courage and resilience we did not know we had.”

Websites

Decoding Dyslexia Iowa

Decoding Dyslexia Iowa is a grassroots movement driven by Iowa families and professionals concerned with the limited access to educational interventions for dyslexia within our public schools.

link: decodingdyslexiaiowa.org

Iowa Reading Research Center

The Iowa Reading Research Center strives to improve the literacy skills of all students through research with students, professional learning for educators, and technical assistance for school districts.

link: irrc.education.uiowa.edu


Understood

To help those who learn and think differently discover their potential, take control, find community, and stay on positive paths along each stage of life’s journey.

link: understood.org

Videos

What is Dyslexia?

by Kelli Sandman-Hurley, Ed.D.

link: www.youtube.com/watch?t=13s&v=zafiGBrFkRM

The True Gifts of the Dyslexic Mind

by Dean Bragonier

link: www.youtube.com/watch?t=5s&v=_dPyzFFcG7A

A Novel Idea: The History of the Science of Reading

host: Meg Mechelke

link: https://anovelidea.buzzsprout.com


Dyslexia is heritable. It crosses all racial, ethnic and socioeconomic lines. Dyslexia is not related to IQ.