Posted in News on Sep 30th, 2010 No Comments »
ADHD genetic link ‘removes stigma’ The first direct evidence of a genetic link to attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder has been found, a study says. Lead investigator Professor Anita Thapar said that research shows that the disorder was a brain problem like autism – not due to bad parenting or diet. At least 2% of children in [...]
Posted in Social Issues and Ideas on Sep 29th, 2010 No Comments »
This American Life: Crybabies This entire show is great but act three is particularly fascinating: The Squeaky Wheelchair Gets the Grease. In California, a kind of crybaby cottage industry has popped up around, of all things, the Americans with Disabilities Act—the federal law that requires all public places to meet a minimum level of accessibility. [...]
Posted in Reading, Writing, and Math on Sep 29th, 2010 No Comments »
In Study, Children Cite Appeal of Digital Reading Many children want to read books on digital devices and would read for fun more frequently if they could obtain e-books. But even if they had that access, two-thirds of them would not want to give up their traditional print books. Until you can dog ear and [...]
Posted in Computers and Software on Sep 25th, 2010 No Comments »
SpeakerText Gets Social, Now Open to Everyone SpeakerText providers a service to transcribe videos and link those transcripts to the customer’s video player through a drop-down menu. Once a video has been indexed, SpeakerText hosts the transcript in the cloud and automatically attaches a time-coded link of the transcript to the video, so that users [...]
Posted in Computers and Software on Sep 23rd, 2010 No Comments »
Finally, Professional Dictation Software for the Mac David Pogue reviews the new Dragon dictation program for Mac OS X. He gives it high marks. This software will be useful for many people who have a hard time with writing for a variety of reasons.
Posted in Events and Conferences on Sep 13th, 2010 No Comments »
27th Annual Pacific Rim International Conference on Disabilities “Humanity: Advancing Inclusion, Equality and Diversity” April 18 & 19, 2011 Hawaii Convention Center 1801 Kalakaua Avenue Honolulu, HI 96815 Sponsor: Center on Disability Studies Charmaine Crockett 1776 University Avenue, UA 4-6 Honolulu Hawaii 96822 (808) 956-7539 www.pacrim.hawaii.edu/
Posted in Technology Issues and Ideas on Sep 8th, 2010 3 Comments »
Google scribe Fantastic auto-complete writing support. Useful for all sorts of tasks. It will be interesting to see how well it learns over time. I plan to use it for a while. I wish the autocomplete on iOS worked as well for me. [via David Clark]
Posted in LD Support Professionals on Sep 1st, 2010 No Comments »
Imy F. Wax, M.S., LCPC, CEP Imy F. Wax & Associates 1320 Carol Lane Deerfield, IL 60015 847-945-0913 847-945-6475 fax imy@imywax.com www.imywax.com Services available in the U.S., Canada and internationally. Best-selling co-author of the “K & W Guide to Colleges for Students with Learning Disabilities or ADHD.” Nationally known Educational Consultant and Psychotherapist, assisting families [...]