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Ashland has changed my life!  I am dyslexic and I didn't learn to read until I was in 6th grade.  I felt disconnected from the world of literature, but when I started going to Ashland in 7th grade, everything changed!  I have gone every year since and I am now an English teacher and I am taking my own classes to Ashland!  It is an amazing feeling to introduce new dyslexics into a world that doesn't judge their ability to sound out words, but rather their ability to absorb and analyze the material. 

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