Education Articles

• Picture This by Mary Bunch
  A new study will show, at a glance, the relationship between literacy and disability and related supports and services in Canada. It will demonstrate not only what the issues of literacy and disability are, but how and where they play out in the Canadian landscape. Read all about it in this report.
  
  
• Post-secondary Education
  Excerpt: Many studies have confirmed that people with disabilities experience considerable barriers to obtaining post-secondary education and employment. Researchers have also found that people with disabilities who graduate...
  
  
• Project Provides Support To Adults With Learning Disabilities by Jeff Karp
  Excerpt: Over the past few decades, there has been an increase in the provision and support for students with learning disabilities. There has also been an unprecedented number of individuals with learning disabilities entering...
  
  
• Rcmp Constable Funds New Scholarship
  Excerpt: Moved by a lifelong interest in helping people with disabilities, Royal Canadian Mounted Police constable Allen Rodgers decided to start a scholarship at the University of Toronto that would enable students with...
  
  
• Reaching For Rights
  Excerpt: There are many barriers that hinder access to justice and legal services for people who have weak literacy skills or disabilities. AN INTERACTIVE FORUM ON LITERACY AND DISABILITY Do you think the Canadian justice...
  
  
• Reading Between The Lines by Jane Field
  Excerpt: Imagine that a picture in this magazine has caught your eye and you want to know why it is there. You are curious to know what the story is about. But you are unable to read. What would you do? Ask someone else to...
  
  
• Reading Revolution by Robyn Suriano
  Advances in brain scanning technology are making it easier for researchers to study the way our brains work. And that includes the brains of children with reading disabilities. What�s more, these children can be helped to become better readers, simply by training their brain patterns. It�s the cutting edge of dyslexia research.
  
  
• Ron Satok by Susan Satok
  Excerpt: Atten-SHUN! Forwahd, MARCH! Hup two three FOAH! A typical morning at Camp Borden? No! The (British) �Sergeant Major� is artist Ronald Satok instructing a drama class for children with language disabilities. The class is...
  
  
• Ryerson Disability Studies Degree Program
  Excerpt: Applications are now being accepted for September admission to a new degree program in Disability Studies. The program was launched a year ago. It is the only program in Canada that provides degree education from a...
  
  
• Ryerson Student Journals
  Excerpt: When I was asked to describe what being a student in the Disability Studies Program means to me, "in 500 words or less," I agreed, thinking that this would be an easy task. Now, as I reflect upon the effect...