BELOIT, Ohio - A senior at West Branch High School is one of only four students in Ohio to win the Congressional App Challenge.

On Wednesday, the award was hand delivered by a member of Congress.

Congressman Bill Johnson presented Cassie Madison a proclamation for being a winner of the Congressional App Challenge. Madison, who is dyslexic, created an app called Dysulator to help raise awareness of dyslexia.  

"My name's Cassie, and I'm one in five students who has dyslexia,"  That is how Madison introduces herself on the app.

Her app includes a game simulator to show how a dyslexic person would experience the game.  "Now that you know how to play, let's give it a try," she says on the app.

"Even though dyslexia is different for everyone, it kind of puts the stress on you to try and figure out how a dyslexic would feel and how they would see things, especially with the last level which is called stressed out," said Madison.

Her teacher, McKenzie Wallace,  said Madison learned how to code and developed the app mainly on her own at home.

"The fact that it was an app that educated people on what it's like to have dyslexia and the struggles with that was phenomenal as well," Wallace said.

For some students, just having Cassie as a classmate has been a learning experience.

"I think it's an honor to be in the same class as Cassie and I think it's inspirational as her being an upperclassman and us looking up to her," said sophomore Natalie Zurbrugg.

Madison hopes parents and teachers can use the app to understand dyslexics and make a positive change in the future.