Learning Disabilities US Satistics: Do you know how to tell learning disability? This infographic clarifies the scientific meaning of the term, presents some of the most common disorders of the school age and statistics regarding the impact of such handicaps on the life of sufferers.
On the fourth Thursday of every month, you can find a group of people cooking and then enjoying a meal together at Northwood Baptist Church in Longview. The meal is well-earned and the group certainly enjoys eating the hard-earned fruits of their labor.
Learning Ally is a nonprofit providing dyslexia support through audiobooks & parent support services. Learn how we help parents, students & adults dealing with dyslexia. Formerly Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic (RFBD)
Parenting a child with an identified learning disability is an exercise in frequent and sustained advocacy. And perhaps one of the most confusing things these parents will have to navigate is the IEP—or Individualized Education Program—process. That’s the specialized educational to-do list parents and schools create to make sure a child with a disability is receiving specialized instruction and making progress. The plan defines your child’s…
What to Do About Dyslexia: 25 Essential Points for Parents
When children struggle with reading, spelling, and writing, their parents often feel at a loss as to how to help and where to turn for guidance. Common questions include: Does my child have dyslexia? What is dyslexia? What is multisensory instruction? What does remediation involve? How is dyslexia assessed? Who should do the assessment? What is…
While there is a great deal in the literature about helping struggling students and providing interventions for everything from physical to learning disabilities, there is relatively little on the …
Student Data Privacy has become such an important topic that even the President is talking about it. Earlier this week, President Barack Obama outlined his privacy and security agenda at the FTC in advance to his State of the Union Address. Why is this important for students and parents? Because, the Administration is taking notice. The President called for companies to make a firm commitment to…
One in five students has a language-based learning disability—and, according to the Dyslexia Center of Utah website, the majority of these have dyslexia. Moreover, this is just the tip of the iceberg, as the nonprofit advocacy group went on to contend that close to 80 percent of all people who struggle with reading are “likely dyslexic.”
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I have used the term “special needs” freely and often throughout my life. I have a brother with autism, and the phrase is pretty versatile and, I thought, inoffensive.
The Trump Administration has been vying to repeal and replace Obamacare since Obama announced the program and way before Trump even landed in office.
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Fifty years ago, Anne Burke was a college dropout whose Park District special-education camp drew zero students on its first day. Newspaper ads attracted one eight-year-old with Down's Syndrome. From there, she built an institution.
Chicago has been at the forefront of disability rights activism, largely due to the resistance efforts of its creative community. An exhibition at Gallery 400 explores this overlooked history.
A teacher at Canyons School District is using art to help students with disabilities pair up with other students and learn even more.
Good Samaritans can help prevent brain damage, nursing home care for cardiac arrest victims
iMessage is a convenient platform so long as you remain within Apple's walled garden. The following tips help you stay connected after leaving.
ELMIRA, NY (WENY) - AIM Independent Living is partnering with CDS Housing to bring affordable housing to seniors and people living with developmental disabilities to the city. A development will b...
In high school, I traveled a lot for various conferences—to New York City, Kansas City, all around Ohio, and Washington, D.C. I thought my parents allowed me to go because they saw how beneficial these trips would be for me. But a few years ago, I learned this was not the case.
Machine learning is a large field of study that overlaps with and inherits ideas from many related fields such as artificial intelligence. The focus of the field is learning, that is, acquiring skills or knowledge from experience. Most commonly, this means synthesizing useful concepts from historical data. As such, there are many different types of …
Prosecutors say there were $25 million in bribes as part of the biggest college admissions scam ever prosecuted.