A version 3 or earlier browser can't correctly place the DHTML layers on this page, so you will have to page down about 15 in (40 cm) past these navigational links to get to the content each time you click to a new page.

If you wish to upgrade, go to Microsoft or Netscape.

 University Studies
                       

  Diversity

 Social Responsibility

 Quantitative Reasoning

 Critical Reading

 Writing

 Science

 Oral Communication

 Visual Communication

 Student Basics
 Orientation

 Technology Competencies

                       

 

 Portland State University

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

© Copyright 2001 Jack C. Straton

This material may be reproduced for educational purposes provided that (1) you notify me (Jack C. Straton, University Studies, Portland State University, Portland, OR, 97210-0751, straton@pdx.edu) that you are doing so, (2) you include this copyright policy and contact information, and (3) the students are charged only for the cost of reproduction. Any commercial use requires explicit permission.

Back to overall description.

 

(Visible & Invisible)

 

 

References:

 

Links:

What is disability and how is it defined?  While the Americans with Disabilities Act site presents a legalistic (and Americanist) definition, the ADA site also can alert interested readers to a range of disability issues in contemporary politics and society.  For a listing of relevant documents see also, http://janweb.icdi.wvu.edu/kinder/document.htm
 
 
presents a list of statistics links on the topic of disabilities.  The link "disability statistics" has proven particularly helpful to me for classroom discussions in the past.
 
http://www1.primushost.com/~dmoisan/invisible_disability.html It would be an understatement to say that many disabilities are invisible to those who do not experience them.  While the line between visibility and invisibility is more like a continuum, the issues that people with invisible disabilities face in and out of the classroom are palpable (a very incomplete list ranges from ADD to hearing loss to vision impairment to epilepsy to depression to sleep disorders).

 

The epilepsy Foundation of America provides a plethora of resources on an illness that afflicts approximately 1 million Americans.  It is often an invisible disability and frequently misunderstood, the subject of prejudice. 
 
"The Dyslexia Adults Link provides information to help you - if you are, or might be, dyslexic - to gain access to the information you need to improve the way you live your life."
 

The Attention Deficit Information Network, Inc. is a non profit volunteer organization. We offer support and information to families of children with ADD, adults with ADD and professionals through a network of AD-IN chapters. AD-IN was founded in 1988 by several parent support group leaders on the premise of parents helping parents deal with their children with ADD. Our network has parent and adult support group chapters throughout the country.

 AD-IN is a community resource for information on training programs and speakers for those who work with individuals with ADD. The organization also presents conferences and workshops for parents and professionals on current issues, research and treatments for ADD and makes an annual, post-secondary scholarship award. Funding for our activities is derived from conference proceeds, grants from foundations and corporations, donations and contributions.
this deals again with disability- most pointedly with the dilemma of dual diagnosis, drug/alcohol addiction and mental illness.
 
An empowerment page on recovering and surviving mental illness.  I have put a focus on this disability because in my experience it is something I have encountered consistently in the classroom in varying degrees. 
 
This is the Oregon Office of Mental Health Services website.
 
"An interactive and informative web site for people with a psychiatric condition that addresses issues and  reasonable accommodations related to work and school. This is the only site designed exclusively to provide information about the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and other employment and education issues for people with psychiatric disabilities."
 
The National Institute of Mental Health Website provides a massive amount of information pertaining to mental illness.
 

Blanche Fisher Foundation

{text2}