By Dean Pan, ABC
Over my 9 years in a wheelchair, I have learnt to adapt to many situations. Continue reading What you need to know if you’re teaching a student with a disability
By Helu Wang, Yahoo! Sports
By the time Joey Harrington was in kindergarten, his mother, Kathy, realized that he was struggling with reading and writing. While his teacher at Wallkill Central School District said he would outgrow it, his reading scores kept going down. He was not identified as a child with special needs until five years later. Continue reading Dyslexia: The learning disability that is overlooked
By Madeleine Burry, Explore Health
If you have a learning disability, your brain operates a bit differently. Learning disabilities occur “when someone has an impairment in learning or processing new information or skills,” Ami Baxi, MD, psychiatrist at Lenox Hill Hospital, tells Health. Continue reading The Most Common Types of Learning Disabilities Found in Kids and Adults, According to Experts
Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics, collectively known as STEM make up the fastest-growing and highest paid fields in the U.S. with diverse job opportunities in careers ranging from aerospace engineers, programmer to operations director, yet Latinas only account for 3% of the industry. Continue reading Hispanic Heritage Month: Two Latinas are working together to create a pipeline of diversity in STEM
IOScholarships (IOS), the first of its kind scholarship and financial education platform for minority STEM students has been designed with a streamlined user-friendly interface that offers great functionality to help high school, undergraduate and graduate students Continue reading STEM Internship Opportunities for Diverse Students
IOScholarships (IOS), the first of its kind free scholarship and financial education platform for minority STEM students announced it was granted its Minority Business Enterprise (MBE) certification as a validation of its status as a minority-owned business. Continue reading IOScholarships Certified as a Minority-Owned Business
By Nicole Clark, NY Times
“When I was a kid, I had the sense things were more difficult for me,” Tiffany Bui recalled. It was hard for her to focus in school, and she was often forgetful. Throughout her life, she said, members of her family criticized these traits as faults. Continue reading ‘No One’s Ever Talked to Me About This Before’
By David Burger, ADA News
Los Angeles — According to the National Association of the Deaf, there are nearly 50 million Deaf/Hard of Hearing people in the U.S. There are communication barriers between the Deaf/Hard of Hearing community and the dental community that needs to be addressed and overcome. Continue reading UCLA introduces American Sign Language/Deaf culture course to dental students
IOScholarships (IOS), the first of its kind scholarship and financial education platform for minority STEM students recently announced the launch of its search engine website. The technology has been designed with a streamlined user-friendly interface that offers great functionality to help high school, undergraduate and graduate students find STEM scholarships. Continue reading IOScholarships Provides Free Access to STEM Scholarships
By the Sentinel-Tribune
Broadway star Ali Stroker says she always felt like her “most powerful self” when onstage, and now as the co-author of a new book for kids, she’s trying to empower others. Continue reading Singer with disability shines in Ali Stroker’s new kids book
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