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TALKING ABOUT INVISIBLE ILLNESS VIDEO: Max Silverman is the founder of the Bates College chapter of Active Minds, a national organization dedicated to raising campus awareness of mental health and stigmatization. He underscores how "Invisible illness" (mental health, learning differences like dyslexia etc.) are medical conditions yet society as a whole has a long way to go as far as de-stigmatizing and supporting.
Decoding Dyslexia “… a network of parent-led grassroots movements across the country concerned with the limited access to educational interventions for dyslexia within the public education system.”
SEPAC (town based) A SEPAC is a Special Education Parent Advisory Council
SPEDWatch Special Education Activism (MA) - Mission: To secure the educational rights of all Massachusetts schoolchildren with disabilities.
International Dyslexia Association (MA)
The Dyslexic Advantage Newsletter
Headstrong Nation Headstrong Nation is a movement dedicated to a radical new approach to dyslexia. We empower adult dyslexics to own their dyslexia, to understand it, and to develop new ways of learning and working based on their individual profiles. Ben Foss, author of The Dyslexia Empowerment Plan and inventor of the Intel(r) Reader is one of its founders.
Children’s Dyslexia Centers The Children’s Dyslexia Centers are nationally recognized for their dyslexia tutoring locations that provide intensive reading instruction for children in grades 1 through 12.
National Center for Learning Disabilities We’re working to create a society in which every individual possesses the academic, social and emotional skills needed to succeed in school, at work and in life.
LD Online All about Learning Disabilities and ADHD
Don’t IEP Alone: A Day In Our Shoes Support, information, resources and advocacy assistance for parents who are raising children with disabilities and IEPs.
Federation for Children with Special Needs The Federation empowers families so that they have the information and resources they need for their children.
NoticeAbility NoticeAbility is a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping students with dyslexia thrive by identifying their unique strengths and building self-esteem. We incorporate the neuroscience of dyslexia, the best practices of special education, and the power of EdTech to construct enrichment curricula and teacher training programs for global distribution.
Understood for Learning & Attention Issues
Active Minds Changing the conversation about mental health