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Canada: N.B. Teacher Decodes Mystery of Reading
Times and Transcript (Canada)
Greg Drewett was told his dyslexia was so severe nothing could be done to help him and that he would never be able to read beyond a Grade 1 level. The pronouncement cost him his job as an apprentice plumber because he could not read well enough to get his certification. But then Drewett found Zooberts!, a learn-to-read program created by Priscilla Wilson of Hopewell Cape. Wilson, a retired District 2 resource teacher, developed the program after years spent working with children with learning disabilities.
Canada: New Brunswick Man turns New Page on Life
Times and Transcript (Canada)
When Greg Drewett's level of literacy went from that of a Grade 1 student to high school in two years, it did more than just get the Hillsborough man's job back -- it changed the way he dressed. "I used to wear baggy clothes," he said yesterday at the legislature, wearing dress pants and a green sweater over a collared shirt. Greg, 34, had just moments before been recognized by Premier Shawn Graham with the Council of the Federation's Literacy Award for 2008 -- an award given across the country in recognition of outstanding achievement in literacy.
Toronto Sun (Canada)
The learning disability program that helps reduce nine-year-old Paige Harder's dyslexia, short-term memory and problems in phonetics may be on the chopping block. Hundreds of parents are outraged that the Toronto Catholic District School Board is considering cutting off funding for the Arrowsmith program, aimed at assisting special-needs students.
Canada: Parents Win Battle to Save Special-Education Program
Toronto Star (Canada)
In a surprise move this morning, the new supervisor running Toronto's Catholic board has reinstated a small but successful special education program that effectively ends a legal challenge launched by a group of parents.
Canada: Paying Attention to a Debilitating Disorder
Vancouver Sun (Canada)
Alan, an Edmonton sales consultant, has something in common with comic Howie Mandel, host of reality TV shows Deal Or No Deal and Howie Do It. Both were diagnosed as adults with ADHD, or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, a genetic chemical imbalance commonly thought of as a kid's disease. Looking back, both think they probably had it in childhood, but ADHD wasn't recognized as a medical condition at the time.
Canada: Report Urges Improved Services for People with ADHD
Vancouver Sun (Canada)
Children and adults with untreated attention-deficit disorders are costing the province more than $500 million a year in health, education and justice costs, according to a report from the British Columbia Medical Association. The report, released Monday, urges the province to take steps to improve health care services for people with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, or ADHD.
Canada: Special School Gives Children with Dyslexia a Way to Succeed
Vancouver Sun (Canada)
When Brody Porter was 10, he offered to give his spot in a special North Vancouver school to his sister so she wouldn't have to endure the pain he had suffered because of his learning disability. "I said to him, 'Why would you do that?' " his mother Jennifer Porter recalled. "And he goes, 'Because I don't want her to have the same stomach aches I used to have,' " said Porter. Both the Porter children, now in their teens, ended up going to the school despite the expense, but it's stories like theirs that fuel Raise-A-Reader Day, which takes place Wednesday all across the country.
Canada: Suspensions on the Rise for Special-Needs Students
Ottawa Citizen (Canada)
Ottawa's public schools are suspending a growing number of students with special needs from autism to learning disabilities, according to a newly released report obtained by the Ottawa Citizen. The report, which will be discussed tonight by the board of education's Special Education Advisory Committee, shows that at the same time overall suspensions have dropped almost 38 percent over the past five years.
Canada: Those Battling Bully Offer their Opinions
Georgina Advocate (Canada)
Let's get it out of the way right from the start, using words from Canada's National Crime Prevention Strategy: "Bullying is not a normal part of growing up." It doesn't go away on its own, often gets worse with time, and needs to be dealt with directly by adults. That - from the Strategy's report "Bullying Prevention in Schools" - should silence those who still like to opine that bullying is part of life, and victims just need to learn to fight back.
Canada: Why Things Just Don't Add Up for Some Students
The Globe and Mail (Canada)
It is not a typical math test. The elementary school students lie as still as they can in a brain scanner while they answer questions for University of Western Ontario neuroscientist Daniel Ansari. Dr. Ansari and his colleagues study neurological deficits that make it so hard for some children to learn arithmetic, the subtle differences between the brains of children who struggle with the most basic calculations and those who excel.
Canadian Cambrian College Hosts Annual Learning Disabilities Conference
Northern Life (Canada)
Cambrian College's Glenn Crombie Centre for disability services, in partnership with Nipissing University's Counseling and Disability Services, is hosting its annual Learning Disabilities Conference. The two–day conference will take place on Thursday, May 22 and Friday, May 23 at the Barrydowne campus, with separate pathways for parents, educators, and secondary school students.
Canadian Figure Skater Tries to Double His Fun
Idaho Statesman
If you're looking for a figure skating show at this week's Special Olympics World Winter Games, check out Canadian Marc Theriault Thursday morning at Qwest Arena in Boise, Idaho. Theriault was the first Special Olympics athlete to land a double jump in international competition, he said. Theriault, who has epilepsy and a learning disability, began his sports career in "generic" programs. He learned to skate alongside those without disabilities.
Canadians Make Learning Disabilities Breakthrough
CTV (Canada)
Canadian researchers found that mice missing receptors for a protein called Neto1 have significant trouble learning new skills compared to normal mice and that they could only generate electrical signals between brain cells at half the strength of normal mice. The research is still preliminary and was conducted on mice, so it's not clear whether the findings will translate into humans. But if they do, the discovery opens the door to the possibility that drug treatment could help those with learning disabilities.
Canadians Open Door to Learning-Disorder Drug
Globe and Mail (Canada)
An eight-year effort by Canadian scientists has connected a crucial brain protein with the power to learn, raising the possibility that learning disabilities could be corrected with a drug. The Toronto research team discovered that this single protein, which helps brain cells talk to one another, results in learning impairments when it is missing or malfunctions.
Cancer Drug Shows Potential to Prevent Learning Disabilities
PsychCentral
A new mouse study shows that a drug originally developed to stop cancerous tumors may hold the potential to prevent abnormal brain cell growth and learning disabilities in some children — if they can be diagnosed early enough.
Candidates' Positions on Disability Issues
ABC7 Chicago
With 40 million Americans with disabilities eligible to vote, many are looking at the candidates' positions on disability issues.
Cape Plans To Expand Educational Program
Southeast Missourian
Students with disabilities who previously were educated in a "self-contained" classroom have been attending class with traditional students this year. The model, known as CWC, for class within a class, is gaining momentum in Cape Girardeau.
Norwalk Citizen (CT)
Norwalk resident Jennifer Covello not only published a baby journal, but created a gift that keeps on giving. That's because the baby book, "My Life a Chronicle of the Journey," inspired by her children Christopher, 11, and Kaitlyn, 7, will also help children diagnosed with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (AD/HD) and their parents.
Careful Diagnosis, Proper Care Are Keys to Managing ADHD
Newark Advocate (OH)
A psychologist who has a particular interest in ADHD explains some of the myths and facts about Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.
Carol Greider wins Nobel Medicine Prize despite Dyslexia
MonstersandCritics.com
Molecular biologist Carol W Greider, 48, is the youngest of the three researchers awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine on Monday. She shares the honor with US researchers Elizabeth Blackburn and Jack Szostak for discoveries important to knowledge about cancer, aging and inherited genetic diseases.
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