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Author: Russ Ewell
What Special Needs Parents Need Most?
Almost everyday, I see or hear about parents with special needs being overwhelmed with information, critiques, or gloomy outlooks regarding their children. All too rare are those moments when someone chooses to inspire them, even though inspiration is what they need most.
A Great Review for Quick Talk AAC
We believe technology is meant to help those with disabilities overcome their human limits, which is exactly what Quick Talk AAC has been able to do.
Education & Android?
The Galaxy S III is due to arrive in the U.S. this summer. This will be one of the cutting edge phones delivered to consumers with a 4.8 inch screen, Android 4.0, as well as an assortment of voice and video tools. The Galaxy S III will even come with its own pen, and…
What can we learn from Facebook?
The New York Times published an article entitled “The Education of Mark Zuckerberg” on May 12, 2012. This seems appropriate since Facebook will become a public company on May 18, 2012. The initial stock price will likely range between 28 to 35 dollars a share. At the end of trading, most expect Facebook…
Hope for “I Wish I Didn’t Have Asperger’s”
The Autism Positivity 2012 Flash Blog is explained by one of its writers in this way. Someone recently did a search with the words “I wish I didn’t have Aspergers.” One blogger felt it was incredibly sad and, as a result, a number of bloggers decided to light up the internet with Autism Positivity blogs and…
Why Should Educators Consider Android?
ZDNet writer Eric Lai reported on a Javelin Strategy & Research report, which paints a more positive future for Android than previously assumed. “For the future, Google Android is expected to continue to gain consumer market share at Apple’s expense, until it takes the lead. While Android’s gains have come at the expense of profits, price-cutting is…
The Lose Lose of Autism & Law Enforcement
Somehow in some way we need to address the lose lose of Autism and Law Enforcement. Recently, Wood TV reported the story of a 19 year old with autism being restrained, handcuffed, and placed in custody. John Bessinger took his son, Johnathan, to the courthouse downtown Grand Rapids for a guardianship hearing Wednesday. Before they…
Librarians Matter
“A typical middle class child enters first grade with approximately 1,000 hours of being read to, while the corresponding child from a low-income family averages just 25 of those hours, such differences in the availability of book resources may have unintended and pernicious consequences for low-income children’ long term success in schooling. M. Adams, Beginning to…