Decoding Dyslexia

Decoding Dyslexia is a grassroots movement focused on improving access to educational interventions for students with dyslexia in the public education system.{{cite web|last1=Sprei|first1=Doug|title=Overcoming Dyslexia NJ: A New Model of Grassroots Power and Persuasion|url=https://learningally.org/Blog/overcoming-dyslexia-nj-a-new-model-of-grass-roots-power-and-persuasion|website=Learning Ally|access-date=1 September 2019|date=20 November 2011}} Formed in 2011, the organization's mission is to "raise dyslexia awareness, to empower families to support their children and to inform policy-makers on best practices to identify, remediate and support students with dyslexia".{{cite web |last1=Pollard |first1=Lyn |title=Decoding Dyslexia - A Grassroots Movement on a Mission |url=http://www.ncld.org/blog/decoding-dyslexia-a-grassroots-parent-movement-on-a-mission/ |website=National Center for Learning Disabilities |access-date=March 14, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150126073636/http://www.ncld.org/blog/decoding-dyslexia-a-grassroots-parent-movement-on-a-mission |archive-date=January 26, 2015 }}{{cite web|last1=Redford|first1=Kyle|title=Decoding Dyslexia: How a New Jersey Parents' Group Started a Movement|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/kyle/decoding-dyslexia_b_2718729.html|website=Huffington Post|date=22 February 2013 |access-date=February 22, 2013}}

Decoding Dyslexia was established by several New Jersey parent advocates of dyslexic children. The organizational idea was conceived from the parents' conversations during a train ride to a luncheon hosted by the National Center for Learning Disabilities (NCLD) in New York City. Decoding Dyslexia originated in New Jersey and later expanded to all fifty U.S. states,{{cite web|last1=Sprei|first1=Doug|title=The DNA of Decoding Dyslexia|url=https://go.learningally.org/the-dna-of-decoding-dyslexia/|website=Learning Ally|access-date=May 22, 2015}} Washington D.C., four Canadian provinces and Bermuda.{{Cite book|last=Poole|first=Jennifer|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Gnr6chRpaB4C&q=Decoding+Dyslexia&pg=PP1|title=Decoding Dyslexia: 14 Programmes for Helping Dyslexia & the Active Ingredient They Share|date=2008|publisher=Troubador Publishing Ltd|isbn=978-1-906510-51-0|language=en}} The organization also has a specialized branch that serves military families.{{cite web |title=DD State Movements |url=http://www.decodingdyslexia.net/dd-states.html |website=Decoding Dyslexia |access-date=1 September 2019}}

Decoding Dyslexia raises awareness by using social media to connect with other families and people interested in changing the perception of dyslexia.{{cite web|title=The Social Side of Advocacy: Decoding Dyslexia Conference|url=https://go.learningally.org/decoding-dyslexia-conference-2/|website=Learning Ally|access-date=March 11, 2014}} The network of groups advocate for change locally in their respective states and in Washington D.C.{{cite web|title=Decoding Dyslexia Families Gather in Washington|url=http://www.dyslexia.yale.edu/DD_DC_Photos.php|website=The Yale Center for Dyslexia and Creativity|access-date=27 July 2015}}{{cite web |last1=Pollard |first1=Lyn |title=Hill Day 2015: A Rallying Cry |url=http://www.ncld.org/action-center/what-we-ve-done/hill-day-2015-a-rallying-cry/ |website=National Center for Learning Disabilities |access-date=July 30, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150803015211/http://www.ncld.org/action-center/what-we-ve-done/hill-day-2015-a-rallying-cry/ |archive-date=August 3, 2015 }}{{cite web |last1=Weigel |first1=Dessie |title=The Future of LD Advocacy |url=http://www.ncld.org/action-center/what-we-ve-done/the-future-of-ld-advocacy/ |website=National Center for Learning Disabilities |access-date=July 28, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150803015216/http://www.ncld.org/action-center/what-we-ve-done/the-future-of-ld-advocacy/ |archive-date=August 3, 2015 }}{{cite web|last1=Attebery|first1=Liz|title=Decoding Dyslexia Organized To Promote Dyslexia Awareness and Support in Public Schools|url=http://dyslexia.yale.edu/DecodingDyslexiaNJ.html|website=The Yale Center for Dyslexia and Creativity|access-date=27 July 2015}}