Dyslexia is a specific learning disability in reading. People with dyslexia have trouble reading accurately and fluently. They may also have trouble with reading comprehension, spelling and writing. Source: www.understood.org
Recommended Resources from http://decodingdyslexiact.org/
Connecticut Resources
- Yale Center for Dyslexia & Creativity – www.dyslexia.yale.edu
- SpEd Connecticut, Inc. – www.spedconnecticut.org
- Connecticut Parent Advocacy Center – www.cpacinc.org
- SERC – www.ctserc.org
- Dyslexia Society of Connecticut – www.dyslexiasocietyct.org
Videos
- Headstrong Nation: Inside the Hidden World of Dyslexia & Attention Deficity Hyperactivity Disorder
- What is dyslexia? – Kelli Sandman-Hurley
Websites
- Bright Solutions for Dyslexia, dys-add.com
- Decoding Dyslexia, decodingdyslexia.net
- Dyslexia Help, dyslexiahelp.umich.edu
- Eye to Eye, eyetoeyenational.org
- FDU Center for Dyslexia Studies, fdu.edu
- Florida Center for Reading Research, fcrr.org
- Headstrong Nation, headstrongnation.org
- International Dyslexia Association, eida.org
- International Multisensory Structured Language Education Council, imslec.org
- Learning Ally, learningally.org
- Learning Disabilities Association of America, ldaamerica.org
- LD Online, ldonline.org
- Literate Nation, literatenation.org
- National Center for Learning Disabilities, ncld.org
- National Center on Intensive Intervention, intensiveintervention.org
- RTI Action Network, rtinetwork.org
- Smart Kids with LD, smartkidswithld.org
- Understood, understood.org
- Wrightslaw, wrightslaw.com
- Yale Center for Dyslexia & Creativity, dyslexia.yale.edu
Apps
- Apps for Dyslexia and LD | dyslexiahelp.umich.edu/tools/apps
- Assistive Technology Blog | bdmtech.blogspot.com
- Assistive Technology Solutions for Dyslexia | atdyslexia.com
Adult Books
- The Dyslexic Advantage by Brock and Fernette Eide
- The Dyslexia Empowerment Plan by Ben Foss
- Parenting the Struggling Reader by Susan Hall and Louisa Moats
- Essentials of Dyslexia Assessment and Intervention by Nancy Mather and Barbara J. Wendling
- Overcoming Dyslexia by Salle E. Shaywitz
- Proust and the Squid: The Story and Science of the Reading Brain by Maryanne Wold and Catherine J. Stoodley
- Wrightslaw: From Emotions to Advocacy by Peter W.D., Esq. Wright and Pamela Darr Wright
- Wrightslaw: Special Education Law by Peter W.D., Esq. Wright and Pamela Darr Wright
Children’s Books
- If You’re So Smart, How Come You Can’t Spell Mississippi? by Barbara Esham
- Junkyard Wonders by Patricia Polacco
- Thank You, Mr. Falker by Patricia Polacco
- The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
- Trapped by Judy Spurr
- The World’s Greatest Underachiever (series) by Henry Winkler
Movies
Articles
- Unraveling the Myths Around Reading and Dyslexia
- A Field Guide to the Literacy Tsunami
- Dyslexia Warning Signs by Ages
- Dyslexia Awareness Month
