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Reading, spelling and the dyslexic brain: what the research says and what to do at home this week.

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July 11
Dyslexia California Got Dyslexia Screening Right. What Happens After Is the Harder Question. California’s $2.4 billion special education increase includes one standout item: free statewide dyslexia screening for K-2 students via UCSF’s Multitudes tool. The screener is the right call. What happens after…
July 10
Dyslexia Schools Grade Your Child ‘Proficient’ in Reading. The National Data Says Otherwise. Your child's school report says proficient. The Nation's Report Card says something different. In three-quarters of U.S. states the gap is at least fifteen percentage points — and a new… Dyslexia Modern School Design Overwhelms Kids with Dyslexia, ADHD, and Autism, Scientists Find A 2026 peer-reviewed study found that modern school environments, including glass facades, striped patterns, and high-contrast screens, overload the visual brains of children with dyslexia, ADHD, and autism. The word… Dyslexia UK Report: Dyslexia Attainment Gap Unchanged After Ten Years of Reform A British Dyslexia Association report finds that students with dyslexia sit 30 percentage points below their peers at national exams, and that gap has held for a decade. The research…
July 9
Louisville School’s Rhythmic Reading Classes Show What Phonics Alone Misses Dyslexia Louisville School’s Rhythmic Reading Classes Show What Phonics Alone Misses A Louisville school for students with dyslexia has been chanting word families in reading classes for years — and a 2025 randomized trial explains why it works for stuck readers.…
July 7
Dyslexia Stanford Research Shows Reading and Math Run on Separate Brain Chemistry A Stanford study of 991 children just showed that reading and math rely on different neurochemical circuits in the developing brain. If your child struggles with both, here is why…
July 5
A Festival for Neurodiverse Kids Does Something a Diagnosis Never Can Dyslexia A Festival for Neurodiverse Kids Does Something a Diagnosis Never Can When a child files “I’m not a reader” as a prediction about their future, every hard lesson confirms it. Ireland’s first Midlands NeuroArt Festival on August 22 is a community… Excluded at 16 for Being Undiagnosed, He Earned a Neuroscience Degree Dyslexia Excluded at 16 for Being Undiagnosed, He Earned a Neuroscience Degree Faysal Yusuf was permanently excluded from school at 16, his dyslexia and dyscalculia undiagnosed for years. He is now finishing a neuroscience degree. His story is not an inspiration —…
July 4
Dyslexia Ohio Puts $2.5 Million Behind Reading Help for Students Schools Forgot Ohio's $2.5 million investment in Structured Literacy Centers includes a program targeting grades 4-8 specifically. Most state reading laws do not go there. Here's what that means for your child.
July 1
Dyslexia Dyslexia and the Creativity Gift: What the Second Study Actually Found A 2022 Cambridge study proposed dyslexia confers an explorative creativity advantage. A meta-analysis the same year found no consistent evidence. Both studies belong in any honest conversation about what this…