Dyslexia
Dyslexia is a learning disability in reading. People with dyslexia have trouble reading at a good pace and without mistakes. They may also have a hard time with spelling and writing. These resources can help.
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- Celebrity spotlight: Anderson Cooper no longer hides his dyslexia
- More states mandate screenings for reading challenges in young kids
- Dyslexia fact sheet
- How to teach kids with dyslexia to read
- Why doesn’t dyslexia go away after proper reading instruction?
- Can dyslexia cause headaches in kids?
- Needles on my brain dyslexia art
- Video: Gavin Newsom opens up about his dyslexia
- My 6 stages of grief: The path to understanding my son’s dyslexia
- Can I get an fMRI scan to show that my daughter has dyslexia?
- My middle-schooler doesn’t want to talk about dyslexia with teachers. What can I do?
- Can kids with severe learning issues get government assistance?
- Do kids with dyslexia have trouble following directions?
- What I’ve seen: 7 signs a student needs explicit reading instruction
- The question I’m always asked about my son’s dyslexia
- Henry Winkler provides a deeper look at his struggles with dyslexia
- Video: A parent-expert team on the importance of finding support
- When my son with dyslexia wouldn’t read with me, we found another way to connect
- Dyslexia testing results: What they mean for instruction and supports
- Video: A doctor learns about dyslexia through his daughter’s reading struggles
- Video: Why is dyslexia diagnosed more often than dyscalculia?
- Video: Navigating life’s changes with dyslexia
- Assistive technology for reading
- 8 study tips to help middle-schoolers with dyslexia
- Video: A mom and son on their homeschooling experience
- Video: How art helped a struggling student better understand himself
- Video: Meet child entrepreneur Max Ash (and Mom)
- Video: Michelle Carter wins Olympic gold with dyslexia and ADHD
- Understanding dyslexia in your child
- Dyslexia: Questions from families answered
- A day in the life of a child with dyslexia
- My advice on how to enjoy reading with ADHD or dyslexia
- Dyslexia and depression
- Video: New England Patriot Lawrence Guy on overcoming stigma and being your best
- Anxiety Mimi started with math but became much more
- Video: Elijah Ditchendorf, a high school science whiz who has dyslexia
- Video: Inside a dyslexia evaluation
- Thanks, Mom: Quotes from celebrities who learn and think differently
- Video: Teen with dyslexia shares what he wishes people knew about him
- 7 study tips to help grade-schoolers with dyslexia
- 6 surprising ways dyslexia affects me
- Video: Activist David Flink on growing up with ADHD and dyslexia
- Video: Mario Ornelas, chef and college student with dyscalculia, dyslexia, and weak working memory
- Celebrity quotes: Learning from challenges
- Video: Stanley Cup champ Brent Sopel on hiding reading struggles “behind his stick”
- Video: Brad Falchuk on thriving with dyslexia
- Video: Being a scientist with dyslexia
- Video: The journey from student with dyslexia and ADHD to special education teacher
- Video: LeDerick Horne, poet and activist with learning disabilities
- Video: A high-schooler with dyslexia discovers her passion
- Understanding why kids struggle with writing
- Video: A Harvard graduate on growing up with dyslexia
- Video: Dyslexia and the fear of reading
- Video: How does dyslexia play out in different languages?
- Video: Dyslexia and the brain
- Video: The journey from a child with dyslexia to an illustrator teaching through comics
- Video: How a great teacher helped a student with dyslexia find her path
- Video: Middle-schooler teaches future teachers about dyslexia
- 10 Oscar winners with dyslexia
- Elected officials with dyslexia
- Max Ash: Taking dyslexia to the net
- Celebrity spotlight: Superstar Cher triumphs with dyslexia and dyscalculia
- Video: Dav Pilkey, creator of Captain Underpants, on growing up with ADHD and dyslexia
- Video: The journey from a child with dyslexia to an award-winning researcher
- How my husband and I told the grandparents about our kids’ learning differences
- Celebrity spotlight: “Henry Danger” actor Jace Norman uses dyslexia to his advantage
- Video: Talent agent Ari Emanuel on having dyslexia and raising kids with dyslexia
- Video: Parenting a daughter with dyslexia and ADHD
- Dav Pilkey sees ADHD and dyslexia as his superpowers
- Thicko: A personal story by Dekko Comics’ Rossie Stone
- High school sports star with dyslexia shares how he overcame reading struggles
- The long, winding road to identifying my son’s learning issues
- 5 things not to say to your child about dyslexia
- Make dyslexia about strengths, not shame
- My kids’ experience with special education at Catholic school
- 5 questions with Sean Douglas, media maker with dyslexia
- “Dear teacher, I have dyslexia,” explains fifth grader in self-advocacy video
- 5 questions with Sarah Entine, documentary filmmaker with dyslexia
- How 6 days of dyslexia training made a big impact on a school district
- 5 self-advocacy sentence starters for grade-schoolers with dyslexia
- I used to think my daughter with dyslexia just needed to try harder
- How my son with dyslexia became an early self-advocate
- When a child has dyslexia and dyscalculia, treat the math challenges separately
- 8 tips for talking to your child’s teacher about dyslexia
- Learning a foreign language with dyslexia
- How dyslexia affects speech
- Reading to my son: 5 ways I get ready as a dyslexic dad
- To be Black in America with a learning disability
- Types of reading disabilities
- How to build confidence when you know you’re different
- 5 drawings of my dyslexic superpowers
- Escape from confusion dyslexia art
- Teacher to teacher: How I use dyslexia as my teaching superpower
- How I owned it: 3 college application essays
- The question my parents asked that helped me become a self-advocate
- How a student with dyslexia changed my teaching career (and my life)
- Skills that can be affected by dyslexia
- Why I love my dyslexic brain
- What are learning disabilities?
- Why I’m open about my daughter’s dyslexia
- 7 things I wish people knew about parenting kids with dyslexia
- 5 self-advocacy sentence starters for middle-schoolers with dyslexia
- What my daughter with dyslexia taught me about learning to read
- “Am I cheating?” Why I felt ashamed to use dyslexia accommodations
- Video: College students on how they found their confidence
- FAQs about vision and dyslexia
- Stealth dyslexia: How some dyslexic students escape detection
- Video: Interview with Silvia Ortiz-Rosales, teen with dyslexia
- Dyslexia laws: What they are and how they work
- First dyslexia, now ADHD: Facing my son’s second diagnosis
- Being open about dyslexia at my job is an advantage
- Alaskan family uses passion for longboard skateboarding to put the spotlight on dyslexia
- My voice does the writing — with a little help from dictation technology
- One of my scariest moments as a child with dyslexia? Reading aloud during Passover
- How my career ambition got in the way of helping my daughter with dyslexia
- Treatment for kids with dyslexia
- FAQs about dyslexia and learning music
- Why I celebrate technology as a go-to for kids with dyslexia
- Types of tests for dyslexia
- Video: A mom shares why she kept her dyslexia a secret
- 5 adults with dyslexia share the first book they loved
- Dyslexia and anxiety in kids
- 5 ways dyslexia can affect kids socially
- Classroom accommodations for dyslexia
- A day in the life of an employee with dyslexia
- Signs of dyslexia at different ages
- 7 secret fears about dyslexia
- After one IEP meeting, my husband and I were finally on the same page
- Dyslexia tutoring: What families need to know
- FAQs about reversing letters, writing letters backwards, and dyslexia
- My child was just diagnosed with dyslexia. Now what?
- Did Albert Einstein have dyslexia? 4 reasons I think it’s possible
- At the heart of it: 30 personal stories about learning and thinking differently
- We can’t all be Richard Branson: The case for expanding dyslexia success stories
- Parent pep talk: Coping with your child’s diagnosis
- The difference between dyslexia and dyscalculia
- Video: My experience with dyslexia and bullying
- What is dyslexia?
- Dyslexia signs in adults
- How dyslexia is diagnosed in adults
- The difference between dysgraphia and dyslexia
- 5 questions with the author of “The Spy Who Couldn’t Spell”
- Top WNBA prospect A’ja Wilson wants you to know dyslexia is real
- Dyslexia in adults