What is Dyslexia?

Dyslexia is an unexpected difficulty in learning to read. Dyslexia takes away an individual’s ability to read quickly and automatically, and to retrieve spoken words easily, but it does not dampen one’s creativity and ingenuity.

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Shaywitz DyslexiaScreen

The Shaywitz DyslexiaScreen™ for the first time enables schools nationwide and internationally to quickly and reliably screen all kindergarten and first grade students for dyslexia, allowing early support and intervention.

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News & Press

YCDC Co-Director Dr. Sally Shaywitz’s testimony before the Georgia Senate Study Committee on Dyslexia was highlighted in a recent story from WABE.

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Who we are

Our mission is to illuminate the creative and intellectual strengths of those with dyslexia, to disseminate the latest scientific research and practical resources, and to transform the treatment of all dyslexic children and adults.

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Successful Dyslexics

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John Hickenlooper, Governor of Colorado

If Coloradans wanted the kind of governor they could have a beer with, they elected him. In fact, many had already knocked down a few with three-term governor John Hickenlooper, who was a brewpub owner before he became mayor of Denver at age 50. Even his tongue twister of a name didn’t stop his unlikely ascent up the political ladder.

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