My Project Reading List

http://blog.ted.com/2008/03/18/dave_eggers/

Dave eggers asks people why they don’t get involved with their local schools.

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http://blog.ted.com/2009/11/06/tedindia_sessio_7/

This video suggests that not everyone learns in the same way and schools and other organizations need to understand that and use it to their advantage.

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http://www.good.is/post/videogames-slow-move-toward-accessibility

Most video games are not accesible to people who are colorblind, deaf, or have other disabilities. Is this going to change?

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http://idea.ed.gov/explore/home

The official website for the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) – a law ensuring services to children with disabilities throughout the nation.

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http://www.good.is/post/make-public-education-work-for-everyone/

The author complains about the public education system in America, and how it affects disabled children.

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http://www.lawyersandsettlements.com/articles/00121/school_disability.html

This article shows the costs of educating disabled children.

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http://www.law.duke.edu/childedlaw/childrenwithdisabilities.html

This article talks about the stresses the education system puts on parents of special needs children.

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Book : From stumbling blocks to stepping stones : help and hope for special needs kids / Shari Rusch Furnstahl

A learning disabled child breaks down barriers to become an honor student, a teacher, and a nationally recognized speaker.

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Book: A smile as big as the moon / by Kersjes, Michael E.

A special needs teacher breaks down many barriers to get his Sped class into an elite space camp.

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Book: The everyday guide to special education law : a handbook for parents, teachers, and other profesionals ; includes 2004 changes to IDEA / by Randy Chapman

This book shows the legal side of special education, starting by explaining what special education is according to law, services considered related to special education, least restricted environments in education, and disabilities that qualify for special education.

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http://fora.tv/2008/08/09/Cynthia_Banham_Moral_Courage_and_Leadership

Cynthia Banham talks about the importance of leadership and moral courage when fighting for people with physical disabilities.

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http://fora.tv/2009/10/29/Autism_Looking_Beyond_Cause_and_Cure

This video discusses autism and talks about the challenges it brings.

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http://fora.tv/2009/08/20/In_Our_Own_Words_Asia_Pacific_Autism_Conference

Three youth with Asperger’s syndrome talk about how it has influenced their lives.

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http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/sugata_mitra_the_child_driven_education.html

The ideas in this video could change and revolutionize teaching.
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http://www.bigquestionsonline.com/features/the-tao-of-aidan

A man shares his feelings of coping with a special needs child.

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http://blogs.alternet.org/speakeasy/2010/07/27/americans-with-disabilities-did-the-impossible/

A blog about discrimination and if making a law changes anything.

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http://www.uvm.edu/cdci/archives/mgiangre/inclu.html – Giangreco, M.F. (2007). Extending inclusive opportunities. Educational Leadership, 64(5), 34-37. Available in Full Text PDF.

Adresses questions like “How can students with disabilities meaningfully participate in class if they work many levels below classroom peers?” and talks about inclusion within public schools.

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http://www.uvm.edu/cdci/archives/mgiangre/inclu.html –   Giangreco, M.F. (2003). Moving toward inclusive education. In W.L. Heward (Ed.), Exceptional children: An introduction to special education (7th ed.) (p. 78-79). Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Merrill, an imprint of Prentice Hall. Available in Full Text PDF.

A pamphlet saying that we are making inclusive education too complicated, when it is actually quite simple.

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http://www.questia.com/googleScholar.qst?docId=5000340133

Studies show that kids who form relationships with students with and without severe disabilities have better social skills.

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http://www.questia.com/googleScholar.qst?docId=5000413381

This article shows middle and high school students perspective on being friends with peers with severe disabilities.

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http://www.unicef.org/evaldatabase/index_14427.html

A revealing study about children living with disabilities in Zimbabwe.

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http://www.unicef.org/sitan/files/ru_en_situation-analysis_170907.pdf

Information about how disabled children in Russia are treated.

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http://www.ted.com/talks/barry_schwartz_on_the_paradox_of_choice.html

Freedom is all about having choices. But is having more choices better? This can apply to the choice of schools parents of disabled children have.

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http://atto.buffalo.edu/registered/ATBasics/Foundation/Laws/specialed.php#EHA1

This website shows the laws and rights that special needs children are guarenteed.

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http://www.wrightslaw.com/blog/?p=104

How far is a school allowed to go to keep control of special needs children? This case discusses just that, and the lawsuit that came about in North Carolina.

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http://www.dcsdk12.org/portal/page/portal/DCSD/Learning_Services/Educational_Programming_and_Services/Special_Education_2009

The website for special needs within Douglas County School District.

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http://www.colorincolorado.org/article/27971

Answers questions like how does the special education system work in the United States, who is eligable, and what is special education?

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http://www.thelegalcenter.org/index.php?s=42

Legal rights of special education.

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http://www.denverpost.com/headlines/ci_12818543

An article about the problem we have with funding special education in Colorado schools.

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http://www.opposingviews.com/i/how-do-siblings-affect-autistic-kids

Shows the debate over whether sibling interaction with an autistic child has a positive affect on the sibling and the autistic child.

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