SPELD NZ at Parliament
SPELD NZ has joined the call for a government inquiry into support for dyslexia and other neurodiversity. Our submission outlines:
• How New Zealand is failing to meet the needs of a huge number of vulnerable learners
• The dramatic social and economic fallout because of our minimal response
• What needs to happen, including legislation to protect the rights of those with dyslexia/neurodiversity and ensure best practice education.
You can read our submission in full here.
You can watch Mike Styles, SPELD NZ and dyslexic Emeritus Professor David Mellor present their submissions to a parliamentary select committee here.
Here’s the response from the Petitions Committee.
SPELD NZ applauds the introduction of evidence-based Structured Literacy across all state schools and kura in 2025 as a move in the right direction. However this is just the beginning of the journey as learners with specific learning disabilities have complex needs. We stand by our assertion that all children have the right to an education that equips them for life by teaching them to read and write and do maths. There is still much work to be done within our education system to make that possible.
