Supporters say the change would improve dyslexia identification practices, but critics worry it could delay interventions and ...

At 4, Kate Cassidy didn’t know the alphabet. In first grade, she still couldn’t read. Testing identified her as a “struggling reader” — a diagnosis that was “of no help,” said Dr. Laura Cassidy, ...

In a talk titled “Disability Bioethics: Toward Theory and Practice,” Rosemarie Garland-Thomson, an English professor and the co-director of the Disability Studies Initiative at Emory University, ...

Mount Saint Vincent University provides funding as a member of The Conversation CA. Mount Saint Vincent University provides funding as a member of The Conversation CA-FR. As fall school routines ...

January 22, 2026 - Fausto Lopez finished high school, got an associate degree and applied to attend a four-year college - all while inside juvenile detention. Este artículo está disponible en español.

Jonathan Reovan picks his daughter up from school to take her to a reading tutor. The family has spent tens of thousands of dollars trying to get reading support for their two children. Credit: ...

When students cannot access reading instruction, it affects their confidence, mental health and long-term opportunities. Learning disabilities are the most prevalent disability in the K-12 education ...

Just 1.2% of public school third graders were held back after a controversial reading and retention law took effect in Tennessee this year. In May, the Tennessee Department of Education reported that ...

You, your child, or someone you know has dyslexia. More than 40 million US adults and 15% to 20% of the kids in our schools have dyslexia, with only 5% receiving a diagnosis. Dyslexia is a ...

Julia Watts Belser has written a book about joy, a political manifesto, a cry from the heart, and a spiritual companion. A queer and feminist rabbi, spiritual teacher, scholar of disability in both ...