What you should know.

by Her Excellency M. Jodi Rell, Governor; an
Official Statement

WHEREAS, Dyslexia ia a language-based learning difference resulting in difficulties with specific language skills, particularly reading, and may also experience difficulties in skills such as spelling, writing, and speaking; and

WHEREAS, Dyslexia can make it very difficult for a student to succeed academically in the typical instructional environment; and

WHEREAS, Dyslexia is a lifelong condition with approximately 15-20 percent of the United States population having some form of reading disabilities, of which roughly 85 percent are dyslexic; and

WHEREAS, Dyslexia does not discriminate, affecting people of all background and intellectual levels; and

WHEREAS, The International Dyslexia Association, founded in 1949, is a nonprofit organization that promotes the understanding, treatment and prevention of the problems of Dyslexia; and

WHEREAS, the Connecticut Chapter of the International Dyslexia Association provides dyslexia information, helps with appropriate remediation, and assists Connecticut residents with resources to help in the understanding of the problems involved with dyslexia; now

THEREFORE, I, M. JODI RELL, Governor of the State of Connecticut, in recognition of the need to understand this learning difference, do hereby officially proclaim the month of October, 2006, as

DYSLEXIA AWARENESS MONTH
in the State of Connecticut.