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John Irving

If you listen to this issue of OnPoint, once you run the player and the entire show has loaded, if you want to skip to the part where Irving talks about his learning issues, drag the slider to 40 minutes where a caller asks him about this.

In short, he says that the multitasking in high school and to a lesser extent in undergraduate school was a problem for him and once he got into grad school and specialized in one thing he did much better.

This seems to be the case with many of us who have struggled through college and on to grad school. In short, life can get easier as you become more familiar with one area and doing it a lot can help bring success in that area.

John Irving is certainly proof of this, he’s considered one of the finest writers in America.

EducationDegree.com

Welcome to the most complete directory on the web of teacher education degree and certificate programs. It includes over 20,000 teacher education degree and certificate programs, offered by over 1,400 colleges and school districts across the US, reviewed and compiled by hand from the college and district websites.

Motivation For the UN-Motivated: How to Raise Your Levels of Success, Ambition and Happiness

Success Attributes Among Individuals With Learning Disabilities

Marshall H. Raskind has done some research on traits that lead people with learning disabilities to success in life. It’s a useful piece for everyone in our community to read.

• Self-awareness
• Proactivity
• Perseverance
• Goal-setting
• Presence and Use of Effective Support Systems
• Emotional Coping Strategies

Including Samuel

Photographer Dan Habib’s documentary on his son Samuel’s experience as a child with a disability and his own experience as Samuel’s father.

Check out the extended trailer.

The 26th Pacific Rim International Conference on Disabilities
April 12th-April 13, 2010
Honolulu, Hawaii
808-956-7539
cccrocke@hawaii.edu

www.pacrim.hawaii.edu

Apple’s Video Demo of the iPhone 3GS’s Accessibility Features

Making a revolutionary mobile phone means making it easy for everyone to use. That’s why iPhone 3GS comes standard with accessibility features that help people with disabilities experience all that iPhone has to offer.

Absolutely incredible. This may look awkward to a sighted person but if you have visual impairments or can’t read this built-in auditory and kinesthetic access will make a world of difference.

[via Daring Fireball]

The Deal with Disability

Hey, I’m Eva. I’m 26 and a recent college graduate. I like to write, to take Digital photographs, and just chill. But this blog is not about what I like. This blog is about how people treat me. You see, I am physically disabled. Actually “severely” physically disabled. I have Cerebral Palsy, which for me means I can’t walk, speak, or use muscles in traditional ways. I use a power wheelchair to get around and spell out what I want to say on a letterboard.

Extremely well done. This blog (and person) is going places.

[via David Clark]

Behind the Scenes: Lost and Found

John Trotter is a professional photographer who suffered a traumatic brain injury and memory loss from being beaten. During and after his recovery he documented the lives of various people who have suffered brain injuries and memory loss and assembled them in a body of photographs: The Burden of Memory.

When one loses all trust in memory, what is there to rely on? For Mr. Trotter, it was photography. It furnished the mementos he needed to rebuild his life.

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