Ola and welcome to our ongoing week in review initiative. Lots of interesting and informative articles this week, as well as two very inspiring videos.
We are delighted to see Caroline Casey, CEO of Kanchi sharing her story with the world at TED. Check out her video here: Looking past limits
Also this week, three very powerful pieces on the individual experience of living with a disability, caring for children who have disabilities and campaigning for better services:
- They asked me why would I want to live
- ‘You cry, but this is life. You have to just get on with it’
- The level of shocking disregard for cystic fibrosis needs . . . is palpable. This Government doesn’t feel very new
For anyone interested in new technologies, check out Roger Ebert at TED talking about his jounrey to find a computer voice that would sound human! Roger Ebert: Remaking my voice.
Finally some food for thought from Headstrong boss, Tony Bates: Turning our conflicts into conversations
And in other news:
Community action central to tackling suicide, says FG
Teacher’s pet: Has there ever been a Minister for Education like Ruairí Quinn?
Job Shadow Initiative
Most suicidal people reacting to specific events, says counsellor
Special needs education claims cost €14.5m
Hard work pays off as Trinity names a record 85 scholars
Urgent need to boost literacy, says Quinn
Letter to the Editor: Living with motor neurone disease
Campaign to put suicide crisis centres close to all
Students of pioneering college course travel to Berlin
Call for literacy co-ordinator in schools
Pilot scheme boosts literacy skills
Children from poorer families face double hit at third level
Employment opportunity for people with disabilities.
Jane Lynch Battles Hearing Disability
DFI Newsletter April 2011
Frustrating delays facing special kids
The university of YouTube
An industrious view of higher education
Can Disability Be Sexy?
IVEA Congratulates City of Dublin VEC on being chosen as single awarding authority for student grants
How William drove into the Irish history books
Schizophrenia research breakthrough
Call for change in legislation to retain graduates
Scandal of illiteracy
Catherine Zeta Jones ‘received treatment for manic depression’
Children forced to wait five years for hearing aids
Special needs cuts hit thousands of children
Mental health ID checks
National newborn hearing screening to be rolled out
Education funding – Savings must start at the very top
Time to Talk, Time to Change – interactive video
Deaf children not being diagnosed ‘until it’s too late’
College grants to be paid into bank accounts
Algae genes could restore sight in the blind
Limited Resources must not become an obstacle for ratifying the Disability Convention
Pupils with special needs may face resource teacher shortage
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