Stories We Tell Ourselves
| September 15 2023
As humans, we inherently want to make sense of the world and our experiences in it. Doing this often shapes the stories we tell ourselves. The gifts of dyslexia are woven into the fabric of the stories many of us in the dyslexia community tell. The idea of these gifts as being confined to a list of traits we are supposed to possess is a point of great happiness and hope in the stories that some of us tell. But in others, it is another heartbreaking point of shame – they can not check any of those traits off on their dyslexic membership card. 
How well does dyslexia fit into the Simple View of Reading?
| March 12 2023
The simple view of reading is ever present in the Science of Reading movement. But does it fully capture those of us with dyslexia?
An Enabling Context for Hard Work
| April 6 2022
I challenge us to collectively stop and reflect on the work needed to enable kids to develop into independent learners equipped with the life skill of literacy. Much of the discussion on social media and elsewhere around this work is adult-focused. Well-meaning adults ponder, speculate, and debate a host of questions. W...
Dueling Views of Dyslexia
| October 21 2021
Cultivating dialogue around dyslexia requires an honest discussion of assumptions and perspectives.
The more things change, the more they stay the same
| July 25 2021
We disagree on how to address this problem with warring factions camped out within the educational landscape. Part of this entrenchment results from dissent that arises about how best to understand and teach reading. There may be a consensus that reading matters, but there is also disagreement about how we should go about teaching reading. And dissent around this topic is made just that much worse by the complexity of what it takes to educate children to read..
