Decoding Dyslexia Indiana
"DD-IN is a grassroots movement of parents seeking to raise awareness about dyslexia. We believe Indiana can emerge as THE leader in literacy."
Our Leadership Team
Nanci Perry
LeeAnn Bricker
Cheryl Clemens
Mary Binnion
Nanci Sears Perry, founder of Decoding Dyslexia-IN, is the proud Mom of four children. A speech communication, theatre, and journalism teacher by training, Nanci found her true passion in education through advocating for her fabulously dyslexic twin sons. She has Orton-Gillingham training through the Dyslexia Institute of Indiana and Ron Yoshimoto, Fellow, AOGPE. She is a board member of the International Dyslexia Association and is very passionate about raising awareness about dyslexia throughout the state of Indiana. Nanci’s husband, Kirk, is a pediatrician at Indiana University Health Ball Memorial Pediatric Center in Muncie. He sees a need for more education about dyslexia within the medical community. Kirk and Nanci met on a church softball team when they were both finishing graduate school. Their hobbies include gardening, CrossFit, and raising 4 children.
Mary Binnion is co-founder of Decoding Dyslexia-IN. A former classroom teacher and administrator for 35 + years in the Indianapolis Public School system, Mary often shares that she didn’t really know how to teach reading until her 28th year in the classroom when she begin her Orton-Gillingham training under Phyllis Hudson, Fellow, AOGPE. She has been a trainer for the Dyslexia Institute of Indiana (where she met DD-IN's Nanci in 2008), and currently serves as President of the Indiana Branch of the International Dyslexia Association. She is also seeking certification in OGI (Ron Yoshimoto). Mary somehow finds time to be a special education advocate, where she helps parents work with schools to meet the needs of their child, many of whom are SLD (dyslexic) students. She and her husband, Jack, a retired chemical engineer turned OG tutor, travel around East-Central Indiana tutoring dyslexic children and adults. They are also the proud grandparents of 7 grandsons, and one granddaughter. In their free time they lead a drama ministry, and perform in various community theatre productions.
LeeAnn Bricker, graduate of Ball State University with a degree in Speech and Business Communications and a minor in theater, has spent 18 years in retail management and sales. In 2011, her son, Alex, was identified by a Neuro-Psychologist as dyslexic. As she began to research and seek interventions, she saw a need for parents to come together and share their experience and expertise, so she started the face to face and Facebook group, Indiana Dyslexia Parent Group. Through her volunteer efforts in the dyslexic community, she joined with Nanci Perry and the other co-founders of DDIN to seek educational change for dyslexics in the state of Indiana. After realizing her youngest son was dyslexic as well, she began sharing her families’ journey at Dyslexia Warrior Mom. She has also gone through Orton-Gillingham training to begin to tutor and help other children overcome their reading struggles.
Biography coming soon