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Hard Won Wisdom (Free subscription) | 08/23/2008
Ben has been given a label of PDD, Educational Autism, PDD-NOS, Aspergers, ADHD, and the newest one, ED (emotionally disemboweled, er disturbed)...he shows signs of dyspraxia, dyscalculia, dysgraphia, and dysentery (?). He went to speech for 6 years, OT for 6, and the Resource Room for 9. Now, I'm not saying that I despise the public schools at all. Ben found them torture in the second grade, his words...
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Calamity J. Cowgirl (Free subscription) | 06/24/2008
More cancelled meetings! I talked with a boy over IM, and we have a date on Sunday. Whee! He has Dysgraphia, and thinks I might, too. Basically, talking about medical diagnosis gets me all hott and bothered. Especially when the subject is me. Because I am the center of the universe, duh. If you wanna woo me, diagnose me. And talk to me about me. I am excited about le boy. He wanted to meet today, but...
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The Thinking Mother (Free subscription) | 05/08/2008
I’m sharing something that has been on my mind for about ten days. While at the 2008 MassHope homeschooling conference I decided for the heck of it to attend a session titled “Smart Kids Who Hate to Write”. I thought that sounded like my older son as he is just not faring well in writing composition or penmanship or written communications of any kind yet he can mentally compose and orally relate very...
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Basketball News (Free subscription) | 04/11/2008
Well, I have Dyslexia, Dysgraphia, Aurthurites, and Diabetes. I am so sick of not being able to do things other kids my age can do! What sport can I play that NONE of these things can get in the way of?
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The Hero Workshop (Free subscription) | 02/23/2008
Michael Guggenheim is a kid hero. He set up a non-profit called SPLAT (Showing People Learning And Technology) to provide technology training to young children in a homeless shelter. He’s in sixth grade. After having a laptop free him from the frustration of dysgraphia, he wanted to allow those without access to computers the [...]
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LA Times (Free subscription) | 01/07/2008
Michael Guggenheim's dysgraphia, a learning disorder that impairs his writing, spurred him to open a nonprofit that teaches homeless students how to use computers. Every Wednesday at the Sydney M. Irmas Transitional Living Center in North Hollywood, Michael Guggenheim teaches a handful of students how to type their names and basic phrases in Microsoft Word and how to work with math, vocabulary and...
