Inspiration Award Winners Announced
Be inspired by our award winners
In honor of our tenth anniversary, LD OnLine has chosen three winners of the first ever Inspiration Awards. They were selected because they epitomize innovation, hard work, and success in the field of learning disabilities – or have overcome their own learning disabilities and are now an inspiration to others. Visit the LD OnLine Web site to read their amazing stories – we hope they inspire you as much as they did us.
This year's winners are:
- Individual / Donald D. Deshler, Ph.D.
Director of the Center for Research on Learning at the University of Kansas. Dr. Deshler has spent his life helping people who have learning disabilities. He has developed a curriculum of strategies that help students who have trouble with reading, writing, and math, and his strategies are also used to help students who have trouble getting along with other people. He trains both teachers and students and leads programs that change entire local school systems.
read more >> - Organization / Emily Hall Tremaine Foundation
The Tremaine Foundation made millions of parents and children aware of the intelligence and creativity of people with learning disabilities through a national public awareness campaign. The Foundation now takes the lead in early intervention, believing that it is important to find out whether or not children have learning disabilities early enough to help them now so they can learn better for the rest of their lives.
read more >> - Celebrity / John R. "Jack" Horner
Dr. Horner is an expert in dinosaurs who is best known for his amazing discoveries – the first dinosaur eggs in the Western hemisphere and the world's largest Tyrannosaurus Rex. He was the technical advisor to Steven Spielberg's movie Jurassic Park and its sequel, the Lost World He has learning disabilities and has shared the story of his learning differences in many settings. He did not get a college degree, but earned a MacArthur "genius" fellowship.
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LD OnLine celebrates its tenth anniversary
LD OnLine is celebrating its tenth anniversary of serving you-our readers who work hard every day to improve the lives of people with learning disabilities. We are celebrating by starting new projects and services, such as the Inspiration Awards, LD NewsLine, and a timeline on the history of LD. LD OnLine began operation in 1996 and now serves nearly 300,000 parents, teachers, and other professionals each month. The newly-redesigned Web site has hundreds of helpful articles, monthly columns by noted experts, and first person essays.
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LD and English Language Learners
Visit our sister Web site ColorinColorado.org to find research-based articles regarding English language learners and learning disabilities and how schools, such as those in Clark County, Nevada, are serving this diverse population.
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Spanish speakers can also benefit from articles in the "Si su hijo necesita ayuda adicional/If Your Child Needs Extra Help" section of ColorinColorado.org.
Featured articles
From the Department of Education
- IDEA Regulations: Identification of Specific Learning Disabilities
This article from the Department of Education explains all the changes in the new law about special education. It is very technical, but it is important that parents, teachers, and students with learning disabilities themselves learn this material to be up to date about their rights and responsibilities. If it does not make sense to you, study it with people who are familiar with the special education laws.
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For parents
- How Parents Can Be Advocates for Their Children
As your child's best advocate, you are in a unique position to identify and implement positive changes. This article gives advice on how to be effective such as:
- Know the rules.
- Keep records.
- Gather information.
- And communicate effectively.
For teachers
- Handwriting Club
One teacher tells his story setting up a handwriting club that helped his students with sensory integrative disorder. The article has lots of practical information about teaching handwriting such as:
- Teach your students correct posture.
- Play relaxation music in the background while they work.
- Scented markers can help them remember.
For people with learning disabilities
- Who Do You Tell About Your Disability?
In telling other people about your disability, you should anticipate misunderstandings and have information ready that will correct these misconceptions. This article gives tips about how to disclose successfully in the workplace and in other settings.
Tell us about the positive side of learning disabilities!
Continuing the theme of the Inspiration Awards, we are considering doing a Thanksgiving feature on being thankful for learning disabilities. Please send us your brief stories or anecdotes especially if:
- You are a parent and have a story about your child and their unique and creative approach to the world.
- You are a person with a learning disability and can share how it has made you stronger or better.
- You are a teacher and can tell us how one or more of your students has enriched your life or has inspired you.
They can be short or long, well-written or quickly typed and sent to us. If you are a helping professional, counselor, friend or ally of people with learning disabilities, we want your comments too. If you want us to use your name should your story be selected, please tell us and include your name and title.
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In the news
- Beating the Odds
- October is National Dyslexia Awareness Month
- Students Focus on Learning Disabilities in 'Eye to Eye'
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