{"id":2676,"date":"2019-09-04T14:19:00","date_gmt":"2019-09-04T14:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/readingrecovery.org\/success2019\/?post_type=avada_portfolio&#038;p=2676"},"modified":"2019-09-16T19:28:34","modified_gmt":"2019-09-16T19:28:34","slug":"bryan-purifoy","status":"publish","type":"avada_portfolio","link":"https:\/\/myliteracycouncil.org\/success\/portfolio-items\/bryan-purifoy\/","title":{"rendered":"Bryan Purifoy"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-meta \">\n<div class=\"entry-content span5\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p>All students face their own unique challenges in the process of learning to read, but Bryan was faced with even more challenges than the others; he suffered from cerebral palsy that had confined him to a wheelchair, and motor skills were an issue. After 96 lessons, Bryan successfully discontinued his lesson series and was able to read with the \u201chigh\u201d group in his first-grade classroom. Bryan says, \u201cI remember the little books, especially Spot! Reading made me feel normal like the other kids \u2014 I couldn\u2019t run, but I could read like them! Being able to read gave me confidence, and I had constant encouragement.\u201d That confidence led Bryan through many academic and personal successes: nationwide essay contest winner, college graduate, Olympic torch bearer, Arkansas Easter Seals and Governor\u2019s Disability Council representative and advocate, and more.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>All students face their own unique challenges in the process of learning to read, but Bryan was faced with even more challenges than the others; he suffered from cerebral palsy that had confined him to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":2103,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/myliteracycouncil.org\/success\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/avada_portfolio\/2676"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/myliteracycouncil.org\/success\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/avada_portfolio"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/myliteracycouncil.org\/success\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/avada_portfolio"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myliteracycouncil.org\/success\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myliteracycouncil.org\/success\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2676"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/myliteracycouncil.org\/success\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/avada_portfolio\/2676\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3045,"href":"https:\/\/myliteracycouncil.org\/success\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/avada_portfolio\/2676\/revisions\/3045"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myliteracycouncil.org\/success\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2103"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/myliteracycouncil.org\/success\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2676"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}