Hello, my name is Mathew Gallagher

I am currently a freshman at The University of Notre Dame, and I was diagnosed with dyslexia in first grade. I greatly struggled with reading growing up and at times hated it due to the great confusion that I felt. I have since realized the joy that reading can bring and the importance of reading without anger. Recently my younger brother was also diagnosed with Dyslexia, and I hated to see his frustration when reading. Thinking back on what helped me read when I was his age I remembered using a piece of paper to isolate the line. This inspired me to create a more robust, permanent, and customizable tool to isolate the line. I found that this benefitted my brother, so I decided to share it with the learning services programmes at other schools.