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KARI BUCHOLZ Founder & Executive Director
Haley's Hope
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magin if ths iz what yu saa wen yu trid to reed a sentins.
(Imagine if this is what you saw when you tried to read a sentence.) For those with dyslexia, which affects one's ability to read or interpret words, letters, and symbols, it's a daily reality. And It's a reality that Kari Bucholz didn't fully understand until her own son was diagnosed as dyslexic a little more than a decade ago. "Haley was struggling in school both academically and emotionally," says the interior designer-turned-founder of Haley's Hope, a West Fargo-based nonprofit that provides dyslexia screening and consulting in a community where such resources are lacking. "I consulted teachers and doctors, hired a private tutor, and had Haley’s hearing and vision tested—along with a full neuropsychiatric evaluation. There were no answers to guide me forward."
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