Mission
Awareness
Empowerment
Empowerment
If you don't know... now you know!
We want to raise awareness about what dyslexia is and the vital importance of early diagnosis and remediation.
Empowerment
Empowerment
Empowerment
Dyslexia is our superpower!
Dyslexics are creative and effective problem solvers. Our goal is to encourage and empower dyslexic students about their superpower.
Advocacy
Dyslexic Equity
Dyslexic Equity
It starts with just one letter!
Through letter (and postcards and video cards) we are reaching out to our local, state, and national legislators to encourage them to write, pass, and sign legislation that help dyslexic students everywhere.
Dyslexic Equity
Dyslexic Equity
Dyslexic Equity
For all dyslexics, everywhere
Working for educational equity for all students, everywhere, is our mission.
Advocacy
Current Legislation: The Focus Goes Federal
Now Washington is catching up to Georgia. Two bipartisan bills in Congress would align federal literacy funding with the science of reading nationwide. Both need your voice.
The READ Act (U.S. Senate)
The Reading Excellence and Achievement for Development (READ) Act, introduced in June 2026 by a bipartisan group of senators, would modernize the federal government's largest literacy grant program, the Comprehensive Literacy State Development program, for the first time in roughly a decade. States receiving federal literacy grants would be required to build instruction plans grounded in the science of reading, including phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension. The bill requires early screening for reading difficulties like dyslexia, strengthens teacher preparation, expands access to high-quality instructional materials, and sets aside dedicated funding for the lowest-performing states. The READ Act is currently before the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee. Ask your senators to cosponsor and support the READ Act (links below).
The Science of Reading Act of 2026, H.R. 7890 (U.S. House)
This bipartisan bill would amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act so that federal comprehensive literacy funds support only evidence-based instruction aligned with the science of reading, and would formally exclude the three-cueing model, the same discredited approach Georgia banned in 2025. In March 2026, H.R. 7890 passed the House Education and Workforce Committee with unanimous bipartisan support and now awaits a vote by the full House.
Ask your representative to vote yes on H.R. 7890 (links below).
Federal dollars flow through these grant programs into Georgia classrooms. When Congress aligns that money with the science of reading, it reinforces everything our state has fought for. Enter your address in our contact tool below to send your message to Washington in under two minutes.
Georgia Legislative Wins
Georgia has transformed legislation for how children are taught to read, and advocates like you made it happen. In back-to-back legislative sessions, the General Assembly passed two landmark laws that put the science of reading at the center of every Georgia classroom.
HB 307: The Georgia Early Literacy and Dyslexia Act (2025)
Signed into law in April 2025, HB 307 drew a bright line around how reading is taught in Georgia. The law bans the discredited "three-cueing" method, which teaches children to guess at words from pictures and context instead of sounding them out, as a primary means of reading instruction, and removes Reading Recovery from the state's approved intervention programs. It also strengthens protections for struggling readers: every K-3 student is screened for reading difficulties three times a year, parents must be notified within 15 school days when their child is identified as at risk, and students showing characteristics of dyslexia receive support plans. To make sure the change reaches the classroom, the law required science-of-reading training for all K-3 teachers and instructional materials grounded in the evidence.
HB 1193: The Georgia Early Literacy Act of 2026
Signed into law in May 2026, HB 1193 answers the question every reform faces: who will help teachers do this well? The law creates a grant program to place a trained literacy coach in every Georgia elementary school, supported by roughly $70 million added to the state's education funding formula plus funding for regional coaches, reaching more than 400,000 elementary students statewide. It also expands kindergarten offerings, strengthens literacy training in teacher preparation programs, creates a statewide literacy task force to vet screeners and instructional materials, and directs a unified state literacy plan so every district is rowing in the same direction.
These laws exist because parents, teachers, and advocates kept showing up. But a law is a promise, and promises need funding every single year. Use our contact tool below to tell your state legislators to keep Georgia's literacy investment fully funded.
Postcard Campaign
Support Our Work
We are mobilizing students, teachers, parents, and those affected by dyslexia to sign postcards to send to local, state, and national officials to support legislation and policies that affect dyslexic students.
WriteToRead will send postcards to your school for your community to sign and send back to us to deliver to your representative.
We've sent thousands of postcards to amplify our message that supporting dyslexic students changes lives and social outcomes across all backgrounds.
Visit our blog to read more.
POSTCARD COUNTER (as of 5/01/26):
5,205 postcards signed!
About Us
We're dyslexic too.
WriteToRead was founded by Max & Anselm Bell, high school students with dyslexia. We are passionate about advocating for resources and awareness for dyslexic students everywhere. Our perspective and voices matter. Join us!
