"It is a waste of time to be angry about my disability. One has to get on with life and I haven't done badly. People won't have time for you if you are always angry or complaining." - **Stephen Hawking**
Aerodynamically the bumblebee shouldn’t be able to fly, but the bumblebee doesn’t know that so it goes on flying anyway - Mary Kay Ash
"Some people are always grumbling because roses have thorns; I am thankful that thorns have roses." - Alphonse Karr
"Let’s stop "tolerating" or "accepting" difference, as if we’re so much better for not being different in the first place. Instead, let’s celebrate difference, because in this world it takes a lot of guts to be different." - Kate Bornstein
"Disability is not a brave struggle or ‘courage in the face of adversity.’ Disability is an art. It’s an ingenious way to live." - Neil Marcus
“A true friend knows your weaknesses but shows you your strengths; feels your fears but fortifies your faith; sees your anxieties but frees your spirit; recognizes your disabilities but emphasizes your possibilities.” - William Arthur Ward
"Science may have found a cure for most evils; but it has found no remedy for the worst of them all - the apathy of human beings." - Helen Keller
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IDEA and the IEP WEEK TWOJune 11, 2012
"It is a waste of time to be angry about my disability. One has to get on with life and I haven't done badly. People won't have time for you if you are always angry or complaining." - **Stephen Hawking**
Aerodynamically the bumblebee shouldn’t be able to fly, but the bumblebee doesn’t know that so it goes on flying anyway - Mary Kay Ash
"Some people are always grumbling because roses have thorns; I am thankful that thorns have roses." - Alphonse Karr
"Let’s stop "tolerating" or "accepting" difference, as if we’re so much better for not being different in the first place. Instead, let’s celebrate difference, because in this world it takes a lot of guts to be different." - Kate Bornstein
"Disability is not a brave struggle or ‘courage in the face of adversity.’ Disability is an art. It’s an ingenious way to live." - Neil Marcus
“A true friend knows your weaknesses but shows you your strengths; feels your fears but fortifies your faith; sees your anxieties but frees your spirit; recognizes your disabilities but emphasizes your possibilities.” - William Arthur Ward
"Science may have found a cure for most evils; but it has found no remedy for the worst of them all - the apathy of human beings." - Helen Keller
Live Feedback and Comments Rob's Section
Live Feedback and Comments Cathy's Section
Live Feedback and Comments Amy's Section
June 12, 2012
This is chapter one. This will be removed on Friday.
We cannot post the power points for the LETRS portion of the class. All content is located in the LETRS Foundations Book
Titan Pad Warm Up for Chapter Rob 1
Titan Pad Warm Up for Chapter 1 Cathy
Titan Pad Warm Up for Chapter 1 Amy
Googledocs Chart of Symptoms of Difficulty with Language Rob
Googledocs Chart of Symptoms of difficulty with Language Cathy
Googledocks chart of Symptoms of difficulty with Language Amy
Survey Results
Additional Resources Discussed in Amy's Class Today:
June 13, 2012
These chapters will be deleted on Friday
This is the summary of the National Reading Panel
Titan Pad Warm Up Chapter 2 Rob
Titan Pad Warm Up Chapter 2 Amy
Titan Pad Warm Up Chapter 2 Cathy
Resources Mentioned in Class by Amy:
June 14, 2012
These chapters will be deleted on Friday
June 15, 2012
Readings
Power Point
Exit Slip
Link to page 2 of the Wiki for the second week
IDEA and the IEP