Your experiences illustrate the human cost of this problem better than any powerpoint or analysis. Help make the need for action clear: The most impactful way for students, families, teachers, and other professionals to influence the process and the outcome is to speak up in large numbers. Young people's firsthand accounts are especially powerful.

​Here are the methods we recommend to make yourself heard. It's as easy as 1-2-3!

1. Signup to support the bills and get updates...

2. Share your support online...

Help spread the word about the new Dyslexia legislation online. Here is an example message to post:

Tweet to @MIDyslexiaLaws

I support #Dyslexia legislation for #Michigan... Less than 6 states lack this key educational progress. Find out more at midyslexialaws.com. Please help pass these bills @MISenate, @MISenDems, @MIHouseDems, @MIGOP, @GovWhitmer!

3. Write, call, and email your lawmakers...

Mailing addresses for postal mail letters:

For all State Senators:
Michigan Senate
P.O. BOX  30036
Lansing, Michigan  48909

For all State Representatives:
Michigan House of Representatives
P.O. Box 30014
Lansing, MI 48909-7514

Sharing your personal story is best, but here is a template to help you start:

Dear Senator/Representative____________,

Legislation has been introduced in the Michigan Legislature that will make a positive difference for those with the characteristics of dyslexia and that struggle with decoding and word recognition.  These bills will change the Revised School Code to identify and intervene with these children, many of which have dyslexia. The bills also provide training to teachers in the characteristics and accommodations for students with dyslexia and reading instruction based on cognitive science.  I ask that you support these bills. Teachers deserve to be highly trained so they may use effective instruction and interventions to help ALL students across Michigan become proficient readers. Only then will ALL students reach their full potential academically and personally.

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Our family has spent years in school systems that did not offer structured literacy as well as thousands of dollars on testing and tutoring, while our daughter suffered anxiety and lowering self-esteem related to learning to read.  Had schools offered structured literacy from kindergarten, years of stress and loss of learning time could have been avoided. Our daughter and others like her could have become confident readers earlier on and spent their energies on learning math, science, history, writing - all of which were road-blocked due to reading difficulties. If a child struggles with reading, every area of her academic life will suffer. Structured literacy in every school, for all children, would create the opportunity for every student to thrive.
— Cindy

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