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Finding My Voice Through Cartoons
The first turbaned and bearded editorial cartoonist in the United States shares his journey as a survivor of bullying.
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Speak Out for Understanding
Students with learning disabilities create a documentary film to share their wisdom.
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Do What You Teach
By engaging in creative processes alongside our students, we create spaces where it is safe to take risks and grow.
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New Orleans Schools Shut the Door on the Disabled
A new third-grader arrives at your school. He is blind. He is autistic. He is developmentally delayed. How does your school deal with the special needs of this child?
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Homeless
In this vignette, eight-year-old Mikey spends two nights in a homeless shelter, where he and his family are too afraid to sleep for fear that someone would steal their things. The family then meets a caseworker who helps them into a temporary apartment while they work toward a more permanent home.
July 5, 2014
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Giving the Gift of a College Education
One of the most powerful gifts we can give our children—for the future of our nation—is a college education. It may, in fact, be the most powerful gift. For so many of our country’s greatest success stories, the golden ticket that launched the inspiring life was the chance to go to college.
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What If There Were No Black People?
In this poem, the speaker explores how our culture would be lacking—in people, in music, in movements, in contributions—without contributions of African Americans.
July 3, 2014
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Deafness Isn’t a Deficit
Every prospective parent hopes for a healthy baby. But when it comes to hearing and Deaf cultures, “healthy” is defined differently. Four out of 5 deaf children are born to hearing parents. When told this prognosis, hearing parents often experience what psychiatrist and grief expert Elisabeth Kübler-Ross characterized as the Five Stages of Grief (denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance).
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