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Simon, Joan B, and Elena A. Savina. "Transitioning Children from Psychiatric Hospitals to Schools: The Role of the Special Educator." Residential Treatment for Children & Youth 27 (2010): 1-14. Education Resources Informaiton Center. Web. 3 Nov. 2010. This article is all about transitioning children from a psychiatric hospital into school and the role special education teachers plan in that transition. It discusses the relationship between parents, hospital staff, and the special educators in the efforts to make the transition for the child less dramatic. It also talks about the behavior problems of the child once they are back in a school setting. This research was conducted with special educators to develop what skills and resources they need to help the child succeed.

Schrotenboer, By Brent. "Athletes Going to College Get 'special' Treatment | The San Diego Union-Tribune." San Diego News, Local, California and National News - SignOnSanDiego.com. Web. 19 Nov. 2010. . This articles talks about how some students are accepted at schools even though their grades don't meet the regular admission standards. They call these students "special admits" which include athletes. 70% of scholarship athletes at UCLA were accepted as special admits. On the other hand, only 3% of the regular student body was accepted as special admits. The article stresses the point that the athletic department should not be included in the admissions process.

Mitby A., Pauline ,Leslie L. Robison, John A. Whitton, Michael A. Zevon, Iris C. Gibbs, Jean M. Tersak, Anna T. Meadows, Marilyn Stovall, Lonnie K. Zeltzer, and Ann C. Mertens. "Utilization of special education services and educational attainment among long-term survivors of childhood cancer." Cancer 97 (2003): n. page. Web. 15 Nov. 2010. Thois article is about the connection between special educators and cancer suvivors. Studying how many of the survivors and their siblings were diagnosed with learning disibilites.Also if their disibilities have anything to do with genetics. All of the children studied were at least five years progdiagnosis.

Simon, Joan B, and Elena A. Savina. "Transitioning Children from Psychiatric Hospitals to Schools: The Role of the Special Educator." 2010. Education Resources Informaiton Center. Web. 3 Nov. 2010 This article is all about transitioning children from a phychiatric hospital into school and the role secial education teachers plan in that transition.

Kliewer, Christopher, Douglas Biklen and Christi Kasa-Hendrickson. "American Educational Research Journal: Who May Be Literate? Disability and Resistance to the Cultural Denialof Competence." American Educational Research Journal 43.2 (2006): 163-192. JSTOR. Web. 13 Oct. 2010. This article is about how society is in denial about people with disabilities being literate. It tells the story's of multiple people who have disabilities that are still able to be literate, one story in particular is about Helen Keller. It goes on to tell how certain special needs educational institutions do not teach their students to read. One teacher was quoted saying "I don't have to worry about it [teaching reading]. My student's aren't readers and never will. This article provides a defense to why people with disabilities should not be deprived of the right to be literate.

Reyes, Darcel. "My First Patient as a Nurse Practitioner: A Man With Low Literacy." International Journal of Nursing Terminologies and Classifications 21.4 (Oct 2010): 177-181. Web. 24 Nov 2010. This article is a sotry about a Nurse Practitioner and he experience with a man who had very low health literacy. She talks about the importance of knowing the level of literacy in patients before diagnosing them. She thinks that special tools should be used to evaluate the level of health literacy a patient has. She says that not knowing the level or literacy could result in an improper diagnosis/ treatment which could be more harmful to the patient.

Ginsburg, Richard D., and Rich Lillash. "WINNING AT WHAT?." Independent School 66.4 (2007): 18-28. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 19 Nov. 2010. This article asks the question of how schools define "winning" with their student-athletes. Should it be a diverse person with all around success, or is it excellence in a singular sport? The truth is that people are now trying to focus on one sport in order to gain a scholarship. The problem with this is that it draws the student athlete away from other valued activities. The desire to specialize conflicts with many schools' core values.

"Helping Children with Autism Learn." Comeunity Parenting Support - Parenting Adoption Special Needs. Web. 21 Nov. 2010. .

Barnes, Elizabeth, et al. "Phonological Accuracy and Intelligibility in Connected Speech of Boys With Fragile X Syndrome or Down Syndrome." Journal of Speech, Language & Hearing Research 52.4 (2009): 1048-1061. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 3 Nov. 2010. This article is looking at phonological accuracy and speech intelligibility. It compares reasearch on these two areas in boys with Down Syndrome and boys with autism spectrum disorder, and then boys with both. They test each of these things at differnt age levels. This article shares the results of the study with different tables and text.

Sungur, Metin, et al. "Plasma endothelin-1 and nitrate levels in Down's syndrome with complete atrioventricular septal defect-associated pulmonary hypertension: a comparison with non-Down's syndrome children." European Journal of Pediatrics 168.5 (2009): 593-597. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 3 Nov. 2010. This article compares the rapid and aggressive development of pulmonary vascular disease of children with down syndrom with non DS patients. To do this they compared the role of plasma endothelin-1 (ET-1) and nitrate levels with complete AVSD-associated pulmonary hypertension (PH). The study included 20 patients, a mixture of boys girls, DS patients and non DS patients. They found that there was no significant difference betweent the two.

"Deaf Literacy: Research Highlights." EMSTAC. Web. 16 Nov. 2010. . This is a tool that guides teachers on how to teach English to Deaf students.

Gaad, Eman. "The social and educational impacts of the first national Down Syndrome support group in the UAE." Journal of Research in Special Educational Needs 6.3 (2006), 134-142. This is an article about a study done on UAE's first Down syndrome support group. The goal of the group was to correct peoples thoughts on persons with Down syndrome. They found that the group was very beneficial, especially for children. People gained knowledge on Down syndrome and those with Down syndrom built their social skills. It also helped to promote acceptance.

Johnson, L. "The braille literacy crisis for children." Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness 90.3 (1996): 276. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 17 Nov. 2010. Johnson makes clear that in the United States there needs to me more emphasis on teaching Braille to young students. It shows the concerns that parents, teachers, and students have about visually impaired children are no longer learning to read and write Braille. Due to the advances in technology Braille has become obsolete. This article gives the different perspectives of both teachers and parents when it comes to their children learning Braille. Finally Johnson says that he believes that there should be more of an integration of visually impaired children into regular classrooms. He also knows that this will not be easy. Although the students will benefit from being in an integrated class room, they need daily contact with a teacher who specializes in working with visually impaired student.

Madaus, Joseph W. "Navigating the College Transition Maze: A Guide for Students With Learning Disabilities." Teaching Exceptional Children 37.3 (2005): 32-37. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 22 Nov. 2010 The article provides examples of problems that may arise during the transition from high school to college. It also gives a model of success for those students moving on to college with a learning disability. The article answers frequently asked questions about learning disability services at the university level. It shows differences between high school learning and upper-level college learning. Finally, the article expresses students the differences in the special education service in high school and college.