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Living with Dyslexia – Part One
There is so much to say when you are raising children with the gift of Dyslexia. There is truly something unique, creative and almost mystical about individuals born with this “learning disability.” I...
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Staying Different
If you’re a student with a learning disability, nobody has to tell you that you “think different”. You’ve been figuring that out for your entire life. But it’s possible that you also got the message...
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The Importance of Self-Advocacy
The more you know something or have a keen awareness of a subject, the more comfortable we are talking about it. These discussions are valuable for solving problems that may arise. In the case of...
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Self Advocacy
Guest Blog Post by: Shelley Lavoie Self-Advocacy Often, persons who live with learning differences have also, unfortunately, learned to be afraid to self-identify, for a variety of different reasons....
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What YOUR Post-Secondary Teachers Need to Know
Guest Blog Post by: Kathy Hansen, B.Sc., M.Ed. September has come and gone and we are starting to feel the rhythm of school days again. It takes a month or so every year for my family to get into the...
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The courage to get real
In a previous blog article (When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change) I talked about Malcolm Gladwell’s contention that learning disabilities may in fact be what he...
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A Time for Change… Student-Led Individual Education Plans
Guest Blog Post by: Bev Clarke, Executive Director of LDAWE Having reviewed many Individual Education Plans (IEPs) that indicate the student should develop better self-advocacy skills, I am always...
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