Posted in LD Support Professionals on Aug 29th, 2009 No Comments »
The Reading Clinic
800-790-5302
www.thereadingclinic.com/
San Mateo Clinic
1650 S. Amphlett Blvd., Suite 118
San Mateo, CA 94402
(650) 558-9069
FAX (650) 579-5611
Palo Alto Clinic
445 Sherman Avenue, Suite N
Palo Alto, CA 94306
(650) 325-0245
FAX (650) 362-0480
Saratoga Clinic
18820 Cox Avenue
Saratoga, CA 95070
(408) 871-2236
FAX (408) 871-2276
Posted in Reading, Writing, and Math on Aug 26th, 2009 No Comments »
Sony launches Amazon challenger
Sony has launched a wireless e-reader which allows users to download electronic books on the go.
Amazon Kindle, Sony e-Reader and no doubt Apple will have a product in this category soon. All of this is very good for those of us who have a hard time reading “traditional” books the traditional way.
Posted in Personal Stories on Aug 24th, 2009 No Comments »
A Son’s Lesson for a Pilot (His Mother)
I learned early in life that I would always have to work harder than other people. I’m dyslexic. Conquering challenges, big and small, has been my obsession since I was a child. When I was on my high school diving team, I dove from the highest platforms, doing [...]
Posted in Personal Stories on Aug 20th, 2009 2 Comments »
This is a very rare piece of film which is incredible, made me cry. Sullivan was way ahead of her time in the way she taught Keller and it took them many years to get this communication system worked out, let alone Keller’s speech which she had no auditory model for.
[via Boing Boing]
Posted in News on Aug 18th, 2009 No Comments »
Parkinson’s: The Pesticide Links
Taken together, 30-plus years of research add up to an increasingly persuasive conclusion: exposure to pesticides and other toxins increases the risk of Parkinson’s disease, and we are only now beginning to wrestle with the true scope of the damage.
[via kottke.org]