04/28/2026
She sat in the "slow reader" group, convinced she'd never be good enough. Nobody knew she was about to change millions of childhoods forever.
Shout out to Beverly Cleary and all the people who have tried to help our schools and society better understand learning differences.
❤️Beverly Cleary passed away at 104 years of age in 2021.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beverly_Cleary
🌈Learn about 150 years of dyslexia news here :
https://ldaamerica.org/a-timeline-of-learning-disability-history-2/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_dyslexia_research
https://www.aft.org/sites/default/files/moats.pdf
https://www.stateofdyslexia.org/
https://www.santabarbaranewsmakers.com/p/op-ed-three-years-ago-sbusd-adopted