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Bravo Luca! You are an Ambassador for Dyslexic students here in Rhode Island. Your mom, Stacy is a warrior to fight as she has. I know, I too am fighting here in Cranston. Earlier this year I founded Decoding Dyslexia RI, however it is not recognized here in Rhode Island. Until July of last year it wasn't even in our State regs, only federal. Here is the problem, doctors do not typically diagnose as such, rather "Language Based Disability" a/k/a Dyslexia which is not reading backwards. It is inability to process and Decode within Reading, Spelling, Writing, Math. It can be any one or all of those along with Executive Function, low working memory and 60% of those kids are ADD.

Currently our Education System ("RIDE") here in Rhode Island will have you believe that the root of your child's problem is ADD, and they can't pay attention. RIDE will have you believe that they have a behavior problem and fight giving you services. They are self-proclaimed Experts, yet they do not know the signs, nor symptoms of Dyslexia. It is no wonder since they have had no training. As Stacy points out in the article there are 1in5 Dyslexics and it is the most common Learning Disability (LD=Learning Difference) in Special Ed. Yet, rather than use the Standardized Tests that ARE available...and the argument would be they choose knowingly to not recognize a suspected disability. When our children are receiving Response to Intervention (RTI) or they have a Personal Literacy Plan (PLP) THAT is a dyslexic child. It pains me to know the science has been around for a long time and yet our education system hasn't caught up and continues to create a society of 'Gap Kids'.

Look up the words 'Child Abuse' and you will see that denial of "Education" is under the definition. When a school knowingly and intentionally doesn't provide the children the science based tools in order to be successful and allows them to continue to fail...that is abusive and negligent.

I hope people see the upcoming Rally for Dyslexia (Language Based Learning) on October 18th from 12-1:00PM at State House (smith st. side) and bring a bandana and book.