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Dyslexia Awareness Month

Floor Speech

Date: Oct. 23, 2015
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Health and Health Care

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Mr. WESTERMAN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today because October is Dyslexia Awareness Month.

According to the National Center for Learning Disabilities, nearly 5.8 million students in the U.S. have been diagnosed with a learning disorder. Up to one in five of these students suffers from dyslexia.

This learning disability causes difficulty with reading comprehension, math, and a variety of other subject areas. More research is needed to understand dyslexia so students receive research-based instruction and have the best opportunities to learn and succeed in the 21st century.

That is why I have cosponsored the READ Act of 2015, a bill that requires the National Science Foundation to fund dyslexia research. This bill is good for students, good for educators, and good for America.

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