Alabama’s Need For Dyslexia Legislation
Children with dyslexia are often invisible in Alabama classrooms as they fail to learn to read like other children. Alabama’s children with dyslexia have a right to be recognized, to be reached, and to be taught to read!
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Dyslexia impacts between 10% and 20% of children in Alabama schools (9, 10)
| Individuals with dyslexia are usually very intelligent, but without early identification and intervention, they are:
| Early identification and appropriate dyslexia-specific early intervention provided through general education in Alabama schools will:
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Dyslexia impacts between 10% and 20% of children in Alabama schools (9, 10)
- Only identified after years of failure and frustration in schools (7)
- Can be identified as early as kindergarten (3, 5, 7)
- Early identification will result in success in school and in life for many children with dyslexia (5, 7)
Individuals with dyslexia are usually very intelligent, but without early identification and intervention, they are:
- Much more likely to drop out of high school (1, 2, 7)
- Much more likely to be unemployed or underemployed (5)
- Much more likely to be disconnected from society (5)
- May be more likely to be incarcerated(1, 2, 8)
- More than half of all inmates in the United States are illiterate (2)
Early identification and appropriate dyslexia-specific early intervention provided through general education in Alabama schools will:
- Reduce the negative academic and social impacts of dyslexia (3, 4)
- Equip individuals with dyslexia to be literate, productive Alabama citizens realizing their full potential contributing to the economic well-being of Alabama (4, 6, 7)
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The Alabama Branch of the International Dyslexia Association | Roundtable Solutions | Alabama Game Changes |
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Alabama Scottish Rite Foundation | Decoding Dyslexia Alabama | #ALDyslexiaBill |
