What Is Dyslexia? 

​"Dyslexia is an unexpected difficulty in learning to read. 

Dyslexia takes away an individual's ability to read quickly and retrieve spoken words easily, but it DOES NOT dampen one's creativity and ingenuity."
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​-The Yale Center for Dyslexia and Creativity

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Current Events

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Henry Winkler talks about dyslexia

'Barry' and 'Happy Days' star Henry Winkler talks about how his lifelong learning challenge as something that’s inspired him to achieve so much. “I might be successful because I am dyslexic,” says Winkler.​
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View his video.

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California Senator Portantino talks about dyslexia

Senator Portantino has introduced California Senate Bill 237, "Universal Screening in Grades K-2 for Risk of Dyslexia".  He recently gave a speech in San Francisco in which he speaks from personal experience about the need and importance of early diagnostic screening for dyslexia.
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View his speech.

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Paulette Selman gave a wonderful talk at The Blosser Center recently, titled
"Special Education 101:
How Parents Can Be Their Child's Best Advocate."

The handout for this talk is available here.

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