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Writing From the Margins: Bruised Not Broken
If you’ve ever gone looking for yourself in a book, a classroom, or a conversation and come up empty, you know the particular ache of it. Not being disagreed with — being unimagined. The world we’ve inherited wasn’t built with a common language for neurodivergent identities, which means too many of our stories go unwritten, unshared, or quietly dismissed. To speak up is to risk not being believed. To stay silent is to disappear into the margins.
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About the Author: Riley Mulcahy
I’m Riley Mulcahy, Executive Director of The RILEY Project. My path to this work began early: I was diagnosed with dyslexia at age seven. Like many students with learning differences, I encountered moments of frustration and self-doubt — but I was also fortunate to experience schools and mentors who saw my strengths, not just my challenges. Those inclusive environments didn’t just help me succeed academically; they helped me understand who I was and what I could become.
That experience shaped everything that followed.
The RILEY Project exists to foster agency, empowerment, and belonging for students and families navigating learning differences. We believe that when people are given the tools, language, and spaces to tell their own stories, real change becomes possible. Confidence grows. Strengths emerge. Futures open.
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