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Haley Bucholz with the first Haley's Hope graduate Allison Amberg — 2014.
to DysLEXia WORDS : AN G E L E VE N SON
P H OTOG R A P H Y : PR OV I D E D BY H A L E Y ' S H O PE
ou never know what you are truly made of until you face a challenge you never expected. You are then forced to dig deep within yourself for energy you didn’t even know you had to find the answers that it seems no one can give you. You spend your nights researching and striving to put the puzzle pieces together to learn how to overcome the challenge in front of you. More than a decade ago, Kari Bucholz spent her nights digging deep to find the answers to why her son, Haley, was struggling in school. No matter what she and her husband did, they could not help him, though Haley seemed to work harder than any student in his class. As any loving parents would be, they were determined to help him. On one of her late-night research binges, Kari stumbled upon the term dyslexia and suddenly everything started to click. She was able to slowly start putting the puzzle pieces together and provide Haley the support he needed. She felt incredibly alone because no one seemed to believe in what they were doing to help him. Knowing it was real, she continued to fight for him. Her research showed her that dyslexia is a learning disability affecting one in five students. In fact, Walt Disney, Albert Einstein, Jay Leno and Whoopi Goldberg all faced the same challenge! She knew it couldn’t be a mountain too high to climb, but it would take a lot of determination to do so.
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:: areawomanmagazine.com
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Kari Bucholz celebrating a level completion by ringing the bell with student Megan and literacy coach Mel.