Every year, millions of children are screened for reading difficulties under new state laws. Most parents receive a one-page letter and no guidance on what comes next.
That gap — between what schools send home and what families know how to do — is where children fall behind. Laws exist, but implementation is inconsistent. Rights exist, but most parents don't know them. The guidance exists, but it's buried in jargon written for administrators, not families.
Every child deserves a parent who knows what to do next.
We built Stridable to close that gap. Plain-language screening results, state-specific rights guides, personalized reading practice, and free printable resources — all grounded in peer-reviewed reading science and current state law.
The window after a screening flag is when families are most motivated and most uncertain. Timely, practical guidance — delivered in plain language, at the right moment — can change what happens next for a child.
Policy written for administrators rarely helps families. Jargon-heavy letters, dense evaluation reports, and inconsistent school communications leave parents feeling shut out of decisions that belong to them. We translate.
Screening mandates are spreading. Dyslexia laws now exist in nearly every state. We focus on the space between legislation and lived experience — where most families are left on their own.
A law on the books is not the same as a child getting the support they need.
We share what we learn as we go — what the research says, what state laws actually require, what parents tell us they need, and what we are still figuring out. We will not pretend to have all the answers. Feedback shapes the roadmap.
We're a small team of parents, builders, and advocates who have lived some version of this — and who believe that access to clear, trustworthy guidance should not depend on how much you already know.
Brandon Melchior
Founder
Brandon navigated school with undiagnosed reading and attention difficulties — in an era when "learning differences" wasn't yet a useful phrase. Growing up alongside a sister who spent thirty years in the classroom gave him a front-row view of how much has changed. Stridable exists to make sure families can actually use what we now know.
He spent more than two decades leading design and product work for some of the world's most recognized companies in media, entertainment, and technology. He came back to the problem that never left him: the gap between what families are told and what they actually need to know. Stridable is his attempt to close it.
James Stewart
Product & Marketing
David Erwin
Data Privacy & Compliance
Dyslexia policy is complex, and it changes often. Screening laws, approved tools, parent rights, and implementation timelines vary by state — and they don't always agree with each other, even within the same state.
We use a combination of daily automated monitoring and AI-assisted research to track official sources across our priority states: state departments of education, legislation databases, advocacy organizations, and peer-reviewed research. When we find relevant changes, we use AI to help translate dense policy language into plain-language guidance for parents.
That AI is tightly constrained. It draws only from verified, official sources — state DOE pages, published legislation, and established advocacy organizations. It doesn't guess, and it doesn't fill in gaps with assumptions. When sources conflict — and they do — we present what each source says and let you know what's still being decided. We'd rather give you a complicated truth than a simple answer that might be wrong.
Every article and state page on this site is reviewed by a human before it's published. We check statute numbers, implementation dates, screener lists, and parent rights against the original sources. We're a small team, and we take this seriously because we know parents use this information to advocate for their kids.
We're not attorneys, clinicians, or school administrators. We're parents and builders who believe families deserve clear, accurate information — and we work hard to earn that trust every day.
We're building a companion app that helps your child practice reading — matched to their level — and helps you keep your screening results and practical guidance with you at all times. Join the early access list.
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