Dyslexia manifests in many ways. Some signs of dyslexia are obvious: difficulty reading, writing, and spelling. Other signs are more subtle: disliking school, difficulty following spoken instructions, and frequently interrupting others. Often, parents and teachers mistake these signs of dyslexia as intentional stubbornness, defiance, or laziness. During the Kansas Dyslexia Task Force Pop-Up Conference held in Wichita, Kansas in June 2019, Dr. David P. Hurford, Chair, Depar

“Boys will be boys” is how I explained it to myself and to others. My precious, brown-eyed, rambunctious, always-moving, LOUD grandson who roared into every room (and into my heart) from the moment he was born. I explained away his tendency to knock over furniture and interrupt every conversation with an eye roll and a smile. After all, as the mother of a girl, what did I know about boys? Aren’t they just different? As my grandson grew older I watched my daughter struggle