HB187 has been signed by our Governor, April 2, 2018
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Summary
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to define "dyslexia" and "qualified dyslexia screening tool"; require the Department of Education to make available a dyslexia toolkit that includes guidance on the instruction of students displaying characteristics of dyslexia; require the Department of Education to collaborate with the Kentucky Collaborative Center for Literacy Development to update professional development for teachers related to dyslexia; require each local board of education to develop policies for identifying and assisting students in kindergarten through grade three with dyslexia and other learning disabilities; require school districts to report data to the Department of Education regarding dyslexia screening and results; require teacher preparation programs to include instruction on dyslexia; require the commissioner of education to select three school districts to serve as dynamic laboratories of learning. Amend KRS 158.305 to revise the definition of "dyslexia"; require local boards of education to develop policies related to the implementation of response-to-intervention; require the Department of Education, in collaboration with the Kentucky Center for Education and Workforce Statistics, to report to the Interim Joint Committees on Education and Health and Welfare by November 30 of each year regarding school districts' implementation of response-to-intervention.
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Is My Child Dyslexic? 
Individuals with dyslexia have trouble with reading, writing, spelling and/or math even though they have the ability and have had opportunities to learn. Individuals with dyslexia can learn, but they often need specialized instruction to overcome the problem. Often these individuals, who have talented and productive minds, are said to have a language learning difference. 

Click here for a list of common characteristics of dyslexia:
http://www.interdys.org/ewebeditpro5/upload/IsMyChildDyslexic.pdf

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Even though mother's issues are not front page news,
 they touch us all personally, some more than others, and I believe passionately in the power of grassroots engagement.
– Joan Blades

"Science had moved forward at a rapid pace so that we now possess the data to reliably define dyslexia... For the student, the knowledge that he is dyslexic is empowering... [It provides him] with the self-understanding and self-awareness of what he has and what he needs to do in order to succeed."  
- Sally Shaywitz, M.D., Co-director of Yale Center for Dyslexia nad Creativity

If children can’t learn the way we teach,
then we have to teach the way they learn.

– Robert Buck

In dyslexia, there's not a knowledge gap but rather an action gap.

– Yale Center for Dyslexia & Creativity

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Decoding Dyslexia in Action

We love parades! Spreading Dyslexia Awareness!

DD-KY Team Members meeting and planning events to help spread awareness.

Independence Day Parade in Fort Thomas, Kentucky One of our awesome kiddos - she is great at self-advocating!

Our Beautiful Miss Kentucky spreading Dyslexia Awareness as she prepares for Miss America events. September 2015

Decoding Dyslexia KY & KY IDA Movie Night - April 2015 Dislecksia: The Movie Packed theater!

Decoding Dyslexia Kentucky & KY IDA joining together to spread dyslexia awareness.

Decoding Dyslexia KY in Frankfort meeting with Kentucky Department of Education. Students and parents advocating for Teacher Training, Early Identification, Appropriate and Effective Intervention and Accommodations for all students struggling with Dyslexia.

Dyslexia Awareness - Dyslexia on display to show Dyslexia Is Real and impacts one in five individuals. It's a big deal!