Advocacy
Most rose to their positions, not by accident, but by a careful navigation of barriers.
DSM-5 Criteria have Potential to do Harm and Must be Modified — Please click here to read our comments on Proposed DSM-5 Criteria for Specific Learning Disorder from a Legal and Medical/Scientific Perspective.
Stark and Cassidy: Dyslexia Is Bipartisan Issue With Solutions
"Prompted by concerns about our own children and our constituents' children, we set out to learn as much as we could about dyslexia and were amazed at how much is known and yet, far too often, not incorporated into policy." Click here to read more.
About Policy
Why Policy Change is So Important
Dyslexia & the Americans with Disabilities Amendment Act: A Q & A with Dr. Sally Shaywitz
What you can do
Help Legalize Dyslexia by Urging Congress to Grant Accommodations to Dyslexic Students
Read Our Joint Response to the DSM-5 Criteria
News & Issues
Video: "The Big Picture" Movie Goes to D.C.
Video: Dyslexia Caucus Awareness Event
Court Ruling Could Bring More Effective Testing Accommodations
Higher Education Admissions & Testing
Summary of the Comments of Drs. Sally
& Bennett Shaywtiz on Dyslexia & ADAAA
Educating Lawmakers for Positive Change
Pictured, from L to R: Rep. George Miller, Sally Shaywitz, Joe Courtney, Bennett Shaywitz, Sam Gejdenson