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Ingraham L. Cynthia, Jean F. Andrews. "The hands and reading: What deafblind adult readers tell us." The British Journal of the Visually Impairment 28.2 (2010) : 103-138. Electronic Journal Center. Web. 3 November 2010. This article tells the story of three adults who are deaf blind and their approach to reading different types of texts. It provides analysis and interviews with each individual as they reflect on how they learned language and how to read as young children. Many deaf blind people tend to isolate themselves and remain illiterate in their home for most of their lives. However the story of these three individual is different. For them they are readers who enjoy reading for pleasure and have achieved higher levels of education because of their reading skills. These three people all used computer technology, scanners, print enlargers, and JAWS software. These people stress the importance that technology played along their journey to literacy.

MACARIO, EVERLY, et al. "Factors Influencing Nutrition Education for Patients with Low Literacy Skills." Journal of the American Dietetic Association 98.5 (1998), 559-564. This article discusses factors that influence people's choice of eating, these factors include cultural differences, children, and not know what is healthy. This article interviews professionals asking about the literacy of their patients, how they know this, and how they would help them to make healthy eating choices. Finally, this article talks about the time different health care providers spend with their patients and how this also influences their patients habits.

A study to be released today by the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum [cites] improvements in a range of literacy skills among students who took part in a program in which the Guggenheim sends artists into schools. The study, now in its second year, interviewed hundreds of New York City third graders, some of whom had participated in the Guggenheim program, called Learning Through Art, and others who did not.\n\n

The author of a new book says no, and talks about how a site spawned by an Ayn Rand enthusiast became our most popular encyclopedia. This is an interview about the book. Those of you interested in this should check out the book being discussed.

Nadu, Tamil . "The University of Dayton Rated a Leader in International Student Satisfaction." India PRwire 04 06 2009. Dark Blue Technologies. Fri, 05 Nov 2010 . This article is about the popularity of the University of Dayton among international students by attracting more and more students every year. the article also includes statistics about the number of International students in comparison with other universities within the state of Ohio. there are some Interviews with current UD students taking about their experiences while studying in the university, also how UD provided them with high quality of education and helping them adapt by having a strong community.

Harte, Helene Arbouet. "What Teachers Can Learn From Mothers of Children With Autism." Teaching Exceptional Children 42.1 (2009): 24-30. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 16 Nov. 2010. This article is about how parents can help teachers at school with their autistic children. Parents are using a research method called photovoice. Photovoice pairs participant-generated photographs with interviews. This helps teachers learn activities they participate in at home, how the parents engage with the children, and goals and needs of parents for helping their children. This article also explains how children react with these research methods, and how it helps them develop and learn.