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What Happens When You’re Disabled But Nobody Can Tell (New York Times)

Baker approves plan for dyslexia screening (Salem News)

For schoolchildren struggling to read, COVID-19 has been a wrecking ball (Boston Globe)

Why Cursive Handwriting Is Good for Your Brain (Psychology Today) “Karin James and Laura Engelhardt found that handwriting (but not typing or tracing letter shapes) activated a unique "reading circuit" in the brain. "These findings demonstrate that handwriting is important for the early recruitment in letter processing of brain regions known to underlie successful reading. Handwriting, therefore, may facilitate reading acquisition in young children," the authors noted.”

The Dyslexia-Stress-Anxiety Connection (International Dyslexia Association)

Q&A: Gov. Newsom talks about his children’s book to help those, like himself, with dyslexia (Los Angeles Time)