Posted in Computers and Software on Jun 26th, 2008 No Comments »
Online WebAnywhere, service lets blind surf the Internet from any computer, anywhere This is a fantastic service and no doubt will be useful for people who can see but can’t read. I urge you to watch the entire video to see how it works.
Posted in Discussion Topics on Jun 26th, 2008 8 Comments »
LD Resources has a new look and some of you who have been following it for a while may need to take a moment and poke around to get oriented. Most of the work in this new look went into typography and readability and we hope you find things easier to read, especially comment threads. [...]
Posted in LD Support Organizations on Jun 25th, 2008 1 Comment »
Samveda Training & Research Centre # 610, 7th Main, 7th Cross, P.J.Extn., Davangere – 577 002, Karnataka, India www.samveda.org/
Posted in Education Issues and Ideas on Jun 25th, 2008 No Comments »
Schools, Facing Tight Budgets, Leave Gifted Programs Behind This is not great news for numerous reasons: some LD students are gifted, there will be a backlash against special ed programs aimed at pulling up less than gifted students. Ugh!
Posted in Personal Stories on Jun 1st, 2008 6 Comments »
© 2008 Richard Mellott I started out as a kid who was always active, never fit in, and had trouble making friends my own age. I’d get beaten up because I was awkward and wore glasses, so I retreated into reading books. By the time I was 14, I had read Freud, Jung, Hesse, Heinlein, [...]