Saturday, April 10, 2010

LD Resources Foundation: Discrimination is still a factor for college students with disabilities

This article, from The Daily Princtonian (April 6, 2010), is about a student with Dyslexia and ADD, at Princeton University, being denied extra time to take her exams. The laws passed since 1973 give those students with disabilities a chance to reach their highest potential. Unfortunately, ignorance and prejudice still stigmatize this population. The writer of the article shows how critics still believe that giving students with learning disabilities extra time to complete their exams due to the affects of their disability, will give them “an unfair advantage over non-disabled students.”

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Sunday, April 4, 2010

Zahavit Paz interview on Disabilitynewsradio.com

Zahavit Paz, LD Resources Foundation, Inc.
LISTEN to find out more about programs, grants, and services and the woman who co-founded it. www.ldrfa.org

LD Resources Foundation is committed to overcoming barriers, and providing access to knowledge, for adults with learning disabilities. It is one of the few non-profit organizations focusing solely on the needs of adults with learning disabilities and in post secondary educational programs and in the workplace. They collaborate with, and inspire colleges, libraries, museums, correctional facilities and employers to provide, and make accessible, assistive technologies to all who need them. LD Resources is seen as the premier training and communications leader in educating the post secondary college community and students with learning disabilities in the use of new and innovative technology.
LISTEN to find out more about programs, grants, and services and the woman who co-founded it. www.ldrfa.org

Click to hear the interview.