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Interview with Etta Brown, author of Understanding Learning Disabilities

amateurdelivre wrote 2 days ago: About the Author: Etta K. Brown received her undergraduate degree from the Ohio State University wi … more →

Tags: World War II, Education, Special Education, Ohio State University, Kent State University, South Carolina State University, Public School

Health Needs Annual Evidence Update (Learning Disabilities)

lpftlibraryservice wrote 2 days ago: The 2009 Annual Evidence Update on Health Needs for people with learning disabilities covers five ke … more →

Tags: Keeping Up-To-Date, Annual Evidence Update, Health Needs

Tarnishing my data

Huxley Boon wrote 1 week ago: Hello all you people looking for a picture of Dawson crying, how’s it going? It’s a pret … more →

Tags: Influence, Carousel, Create this:, Dawson crying, Fun, Inspiring, Music, suck it, What are you doing?

Does Not Compute2 comments

Lee Lowenstein wrote 2 weeks ago: There are certain moments in our lives that are defined by a repetitive pattern of behaviors be they … more →

Tags: Raising Children, Commentary, Learning Disabilities, nvld, Aspergers, Computer games, nld

Learning Disabilities Quarterly Evidence Update

lpftlibraryservice wrote 2 weeks ago: There is now a new quarterly evidence update on the topic of learning disabilities. This brings toge … more →

Tags: Keeping Up-To-Date, e-journals, Annual Evidence Update, evidence update

Patient Experience in Brighton

nanodave wrote 3 weeks ago: Taking Blood Pressure We are currently developing a patient-centred virtual world experience intende … more →

Tags: health, Second-Life, Imperial College, NHS, Virtual Hospital

Easy YouTube player - making it easier?6 comments

Antonia Hyde wrote 1 month ago: Wow, I can’t believe my last post was January.  I’d like to say I’ve been off on a … more →

Tags: easy youtube, Accessibility, easy youtube player, scriptingenabled, Usability

Exam Season

charleyabel wrote 1 month ago: "Is this a Club or or Exam Hall?" by davidhc (yes with two ors) Well… for me, the … more →

Tags: Dyslexia Experiences, Dyslexia

Should Students in French Immersion Need Tutors?

Diane Scaiff wrote 1 month ago: This is in response to Julie’s concerns about her son in Grade 2 French Immersion.   The short answe … more →

Tags: discrimination, Dr. Maggie Mamen, Elementary, French Immersion, Homework, Ontario Ministry of Education and Training, Peel District School Board, special education, The Pampered Child Syndrome

Understanding the social exclusion and stalled welfare of citizens with learning disabilities

Callier Library wrote 1 month ago: Despite the UK’s recent history of promoting the social inclusion and equality of men and wome … more →

Tags: Research, Employment, Welfare, New Labour

Time to Move On to Other Subjects

Diane Scaiff wrote 1 month ago:             There is always something to say about teaching French as a Second Language in Canada, b … more →

Tags: special education, literacy skills, Education for all, brain, mental illness, Norman Hoidge, the Brain that changes itself, Barbara Arrowsmith, Zen and the Brain

The education dilemma2 comments

welcometoillinois wrote 1 month ago: The Guardian has published another interesting article about Down’s syndrome, this time about … more →

Tags: Attitudes to disability, Personal, Down Syndrome, Down's Syndrome, Inclusion

Shocking Report Finds Special-needs Kids Abused in Schools

growingyourbaby wrote 2 months ago: Last month my girlfriend told me about an autistic boy who had been locked in a solitary confinement … more →

Tags: Parenting, Autism, Special Needs Children, Government Accountability Office, Special Education, autistic children, GAO Report, United States House Committee on Education and Labor

We are not our own best allies.

brilliantmindbrokenbody wrote 2 months ago: One of the interesting and difficult things about the disability community is how often it is a comm … more →

Tags: Disability, Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, Eds, Kali, becoming disabled, Fibromyalgia, Changes, expectation, Living With Disabilities

"Taare Zameen Par" - Movie brings out some serious defects in the Indian education system

gathu1 wrote 2 months ago: “Taare Zameen Par” (meaning Stars on Earth) is an Indian movie which tells the story of a dyslexic b … more →

Tags: child centered environment, Dyslexia, India Education, media, parents' role, performance centered teaching

Kentucky Fried Homophobia

allanmayer wrote 2 months ago:   It hadn’t been a good day, but I don’t want to talk about that…  What I want to … more →

Tags: Gay Rights, Homosexuality, KENTUCKY FRIED CHICKEN, KFC

A Day in the Life of a (Minor) Celebrity

allanmayer wrote 2 months ago: OK, before I start- Reality Check… I am not, as has been said in some quarters about POD publi … more →

Tags: Book Marketing, Getting Published, Brownies, Celebrity, Corporate Gifts, Integration, person centred reviews, Pod, Print On Demand

Trying To Remember What Causes Brain Damage: This is Your Brain on Poverty

The Hall Institute of Public Policy wrote 2 months ago: If we suppose that intellectual aptitude is the result of teaching, we may be partially wrong. Likew … more →

Tags: Research, school funding, Voting, Childhood Development, Head Start, language deficiency, mark kishiyama, poverty, prefrontal damage

New guide to improve care for people with learning disabilities in Staffordshire

Keele University Press Office wrote 2 months ago: A toolkit to help healthcare professionals care for patients with learning disabilities is to be lau … more →

Tags: Faculty of Health, Nursing and Midwifery


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