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Bookshare - Accessible Books for Individuals with Print Disabilities is finally available in Canada. There is a fee for this service ($75 US for the first year and $50 afterwards) and you must fill out a form to declare the user as having a visual impairment, physical impairment or learning disability.

Experience what it's like to have a learning disability. PBS website contains great information and simulations of various kinds of learning disabilities.

The story of a student labeled 'learning disabled' and how this impacted her.

This is a powerful video from CBC. It introduces the world of people within the autism spectrum disorder and provides insight into how they feel about us, our views toward them, learning, etc. Fascinating!

Sky's disabilities don't stop him from doing what he loves. Sky Mundell is a young jazz pianist who is totally blind, severely deaf, has cerebral palsy and brain damage that results in some autism like behaviors. He entered the Vancouver Island's Got Talent contest (VIGT) and was declared the winner from 84 contestants. He learns a song just by listening to it once or twice and can then play it. Despite being severely deaf he has perfect pitch. I first met Sky at CNIB summer camp and still play a CD he made of himself singing songs from the 40's. Such an honour to know this young man.

Watch for a new UDL Scan tool coming from this location. Just saw a tweet from ATIA

UDL conference in Montreal in May. David Rose is presenting the keynote.