Sally Childs
Sally Burwell Childs (June 10, 1905 – January 2, 1988) was a language training specialist, with an emphasis on furthering the research on dyslexia and educating dyslexic students.Rawson, Margaret H. "The 1973 Samuel T. Orton Award." Bulletin of the Orton Society XXIV (1974): 7-10. Childs, along with several colleagues, opened an organization to help create dyslexia awareness called The Orton Society (later renamed International Dyslexia Association), in 1949, and she held the position as vice-president from 1959 to 1965. She published several educational books for dyslexia and was recognized for her accomplishments in 1973 with the Samuel T. Orton Award. Personal life Sally Burwell McAll was born on June 10, 1905, in New York City. At the age of sixteen, she began teaching in a summer church school program, and graduated from the Ethical Culture School in New York. She then went on to Columbia University, where she obtained a bachelor's degree in education. She remained in N ...
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