Urgent Action Needed: Please ask your Representative to Support H. Res.456 on Dyslexia

The Yale Center for Dyslexia and Creativity drew my attention to this urgent issue.

January 2014:  Resolution on Dyslexia Introduced to Congress by the Bipartisan Dyslexia Caucus

Please consider asking your Representative in Congress to Support H. Res.456 on Dyslexia. See my letter below and The Yale Center for Dyslexia and Creativity for more information.

The Yale Center for Dyslexia and Creativity   http://dyslexia.yale.edu/CassidyHResJan2014.html

Here is my letter to my Representative, based heavily on the sample letter found at The Yale Center for Dyslexia and Creativity. To write your own letter, follow the link to get their sample letter, or use mine, substituting your own story (or just eliminating that sentence.)

Dear Rep. McCollum,

Rep. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) needs the support of at least 100 U.S. Congress members to bring to a vote H. Res.456 in the House Education and the Workforce committee.  As one of your constituents concerned with the education of all of our children, I am counting on you to support this resolution.

My family lives with the challenges of my daughter's dyslexia every day.

Rep. Cassidy’s Resolution recognizes each major element of dyslexia: its prevalence (1 in 5);  the cognitive and neurobiological bases; its unexpected nature and persistence; its profound impact on education and the critical need for action by schools.

Rep. Cassidy gets it. I hope you also recognize the importance of this issue for so many families.  The Bipartisan Dyslexia Caucus which he co-founded was a major step forward and now the Dyslexia Resolution brings light and understanding, and hopefully action, to ensuring that children who are dyslexic receive the understanding and evidence-based programs and accommodations that they deserve.  Please act now to support Resolution #456 — it will make a difference!

Signed,

Susan Austin
(your address here)


The Yale Center for Dyslexia and Creativity,  http://dyslexia.yale.edu/CassidyHResJan2014.html

Website: Bipartisan Dyslexia Caucus, http://dyslexiacaucus-cassidy.house.gov/

Read the Text of Resolution 456 here, http://beta.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-resolution/456/text