A Little Haiti cafe provides sandwiches, coffee - and the skills that its cooks and servers need for an independent life. Miami Herald story. CafeMacIndepLiving [pdf]

Developmentally Disabled Entrepreneur

Man with Down Syndrome opens his own retail shop in California.

http://www.bakersfield.com/102/story/104134.html

First Person

Find strength and inspiration from these personal stories submitted to LD OnLine. Below you'll find stories that describe first-hand experiences with the challenges of learning disabilities and ADHD.

http://www.ldonline.org/firstperson

Handicapped Scuba Association International

Founded in 1981, The Handicapped Scuba Association, a non-profit organization, has dedicated itself to improving the physical and social well being of people with disabilities through the exhilarating sport of scuba diving and in doing so has become the worldwide authority in the field.

www.hsascuba.com In Florida: Poseidon Handicap Scuba Adventures

In My Language

Wonderful video by Amanda, a young woman with Autism who is considered “low-functioning”. She wrote, produced, and posted her own video called “In My Language” on You-Tube. The first half of the video is in “her language”, and the second half is translated by the laptop she uses to communicate in “our language”. This video is beautiful and profound in any language J

English Version

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JnylM1hI2jc

Español

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPPzkjGEs58

International Wheelchair Aviators

A worldwide organization of disabled and able-bodied pilots. Members have many different disabilities including paraplegia, quadriplegia, amputee, multiple sclerosis, spina bifida, polio and other problems. IWA helps disabled persons in their quest to fly by providing valuable information about FAA medical requirements, hand control availability and flight schools that work with the disabled. www.wheelchairaviators.org

Kids As Self Advocates (KASA)

A national, grassroots project created by youth with disabilities for youth. Includes lots of resources, as well as articles, poetry, and artwork by young adults with disabilities. www.fvkasa.org

Life on the Spectrum

Despite many sensory challenges and obstacles, Qazi Fazli Azeem is a true success. Poor eye contact and an inability to do math have not stopped him from becoming Pakistan's highest certified teacher in Multimedia/Graphic Design. He also has a natural talent for numerology and is so proficient that he has been requested to do readings for celebrities and even government officials from over eleven countries. http://www.nlconcepts.com/autism-azeem.htm

Reflections of the ESE Policeman [pdf article]

A father looks back on his experiences over two decades of involvement in the parent-disability movement. By Wilbur Hawke

Student Stories

From ThinkCollege.net the following Students Speak: Stories of Postsecondary Education represent a collection of self-reports by students with intellectual disabilities who are either planning to attend postsecondary education, are currently attending postsecondary education, or have attended postsecondary education. Student Stories [pdf]

Welcome to Holland

A PowerPoint tribute to the famous essay written by Emily Perl Kingsley which describes, by analogy, what it is like to raise a child with a disability.

www.CFLparents.org/presentations/holland/index.htm

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