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30 Nov 09

That's disappointing. A song that embodies inclusion gets edited. : The World's Fair

  • the version released on iTunes had completely edited out every element of the deaf choir's performance. Which is a shame really - because I thought it was actually the best part of the song. Now it sounds like a decent but otherwise mundane version of the song.
  • Of course, this begs the larger question. Why would Twentieth Century Fox (the ones who produce the television show as well as release the music for purchase) feel like the parts with the deaf choir would not merit a listen? It's puzzling really - is the music buying public that averse to this sort of thing?
10 Nov 08

Eide Neurolearning Blog: Changing Needs of Gifted Education

  • "...Academic talents can wax and wane...(so that) a child who clearly outpaces his or her peers academically at age 8 can end up solidly in the middle of the pack by the end of high school. Instead of being innate and immutable, giftedness can be nurtured and even taught—and if ignored, it can also be lost."
  • In most gifted programs, preschool testing may be the make-it or break-it determinant of whether a child is in or out of a gifted program. This does lead to under-recognition of children (late bloomers, late talkers, slow performers, non-privileged children) as well as over-estimation of others (early bloomers, early talkers, quick performers, privileged children).
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20 Oct 07

Chapter 7: Teaching Every Student TOC: Information & Ideas

  • A series of short case studies which demonstrate some of the individual differences in students which impact learning and performance. - forestfortrees on 2007-10-20
13 Oct 07

CAST: What is Universal Design for Learning?

  • A good summary of Universal Design for Learning.
     - forestfortrees on 2007-09-04
  • Multiple means of representation
  • Multiple means of expression
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04 Sep 07

Smelly Knowledge » Learning, Technology, And Zeno’s Paradox: The Hippopotamus, The Armadillo, And The Tortoise

  • An introduction to the potential pitfalls based on Zeno's Paradox when considering new technologies and philosophies and individuals with disabilities.
     - forestfortrees on 2007-09-04

Culture as Disability

  • Excellent anthropology- and ethnography-influenced analysis of the meaning of "disabledness" in learning communities.
     - forestfortrees on 2007-09-04
  • Common sense allows that persons unable to handle a difficult problem can be labeled "disabled." Social analysis shows that being labeled often invites a public response that multiplies the difficulties facing the seemingly unable. Cultural analysis shows that disability refers most precisely to inadequate performances only on tasks that are arbitrarily circumscribed from daily life. Disabilities are less the property of persons than they are moments in a cultural focus. Everyone in any culture is subject to being labeled and disabled.
07 Aug 07

Statistics: Higher Ed and Disabilities

  • the number of postsecondary undergraduate students identified as having disabilities in the United States was found to represent 6% of the student body.
  • 63% of students with disabilities were enrolled in postsecondary education compared to 72% of students without disabilities
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20 Sep 06

Savage Minds: Notes and Queries in Anthropology — A Group Blog » Identification Overload

  • People now identify with the virus, people who may or may not have it. Clearly the goal of these campaigns is to combat the stigma associated with HIV so that people might more readily get tested and seek treatment. These days, as one friend reported to me, people without HIV are even wearing “HIV+” t-shirts at international conferences. Is HIV fashionable? And what configuration of fashion/celebrity/global concern has yielded this image? What has made HIV safe for this sort of identification? What does it mean?
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