are you going to write on a chalkboard?" I looked at him puzzled, not believing he was asking such a thing and wondering if he never watched The Other Side of the Mountain. The guy seriously doubted I could teach in a classroom, but he wasn't the first. Over the course of my twenty-years in education I encountered similar instances ignorance too numerous to count. Here's a picture of me teaching 2nd grade in Paradise, CA.Technology is an equalizer; I point this out in my first column. Here's a great example of my point, a Reuters article that demonstrates how knowledge and technology combine to empower individuals living with disability.
Read the article in it's entirety.Disabled and UndeterredKat BurnsideHANOI, Vietnam — Do Duc Cuong has learned to live with his disability well. Most people he meets barely notice that his right forearm is nearly immobile. He was struck with a high fever as a child, he explains, and has not been able to move his right hand since.
"It can't move up," he demonstrates. "Now I have to use my left hand, because it's lame."
For the last three months, Do Duc, now 24, has been learning software skills at PWD Soft, a private enterprise in Hanoi, Vietnam that offers high-tech training to people with disabilities.
Do Duc's experience in the information technology field has boosted his confidence. He no longer fears others knowing about his disability.
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