to the Massachusetts Branch of The International Dyslexia Association (MABIDA). The International Dyslexia Association provides a forum where parents, educators, individuals with dyslexia and researchers share their knowledge about a disorder that affects up to 20 percent of the United States population. MABIDA provides parent roundtables, professional education seminars and other resources to increase public awareness and remediation of dyslexia.

Identifying Dyslexia: How to Recognize Early Signs and help Your Child

An interview with Pamela Hook, MABIDA President in Boston Parents Paper, March 2009
Read the interview.You will need to register (for free) to enter the magazine.
Download the article in PDF format.

Thank you to the Boston Housing Authority!

The Massachusetts Branch would like to thank the Boston Housing Authority (BHA) for their recent donation of almost $500 to support our mission. BHA employees donated money each week for "dress down day" and then chose to donate the money to MABIDA. Their donation will be used towards a scholarship for an individual being trained in multisensory structured language instruction. Thank you again!

• Dyslexia is the most common learning disability.
• It is a language-based learning disability that affects people with average to above average intelligence.
• There are many successful people with dyslexia. Here is a list of famous and successful people with dyslexia. They are proof that dyslexia need not limit an individual's future.