Learning Ally Blog: Access and Achievement

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Now more than ever, people with learning and visual disabilities are flourishing in the classroom, launching productive careers and becoming assets in their communities. This blog spotlights remarkable individuals who demonstrate that having a visual or print disability is no barrier to educational success.


Jurassic Dreams Bigger than Dinosaurs
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June 12, 2015 by User

My 9 year old son is red-headed, charming, highly intelligent, loves dinosaurs, and is also severely dyslexic. Dyslexia is just ... Read More about Jurassic Dreams Bigger than Dinosaurs

Enter Dexter the Dyslexian. . .
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June 8, 2015 by User

One of the newest additions to the Learning Ally student services family is our fun alien friend, Dexter the Dyslexian. ... Read More about Enter Dexter the Dyslexian. . .

In a 9th Grader's Own Words: School Experiences with Dyslexia
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June 8, 2015 by User

More often than not, our blogging stream is full of interviews from parents, specialists and teachers.  Today we want to try something ... Read More about In a 9th Grader's Own Words: School Experiences with Dyslexia

"The Test Score May Not Be Representative of Student's Ability."
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June 4, 2015 by User

Parent and teacher Mary Alice Landis recently wrote us to ask: "Is Learning Ally aware of the fact that PARCC ... Read More about "The Test Score May Not Be Representative of Student's Ability."

What a Test Doesn't Measure
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June 3, 2015 by User

Parent Michelle Lewis writes, "I'm in tears. My dyslexic 3rd grader is testing for the first time today. His teacher ... Read More about What a Test Doesn't Measure