Russ Ewell
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Russ Ewell is the founder HTG, E-Soccer, and Digital Scribbler Inc. His work focuses on using technology to overcome human limits.
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How to Support a Child with a Disability in School
With September quickly approaching and school beginning it is imperative to consider methods to support your child with a disability in the context of the education system. Both the public school and homeschool experience are drastically different for a child with a disability. Here are some tips to help you be the number one educational advocate for your child and supporting them during their learning:
Make sure to put matters in perspective. It may be easy for your child to get overwhelmed ...
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6 Actors and Actresses with Down Syndrome
In a previous article, I wrote about the importance of media representation for people with autism, down syndrome, and other disabilities. In this article, instead, I will be spotlighting the positive steps that the media world has made to cast people with down syndrome. This article aims to bring attention to a few of many talented actors and actresses with Down syndrome. Here are a few who have appeared on television or in movies and also happen to have down syndrome.
Brewer held an essenti...
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Five Contemporary Artists Who Have Down Syndrome
There are many talented artists with down syndrome. However, it is rare that they get the attention and respect that they deserve as artists. Here are a couple of names of contemporary artists with down syndrome:
Tellez is an artist from Mexico who studied at the Instituto Municipal de Bellas Artes, which is Mexico’s world recognized art institute. Recently, he had an art exhibit in New York City. His art is mainly abstract and at times wavers on surrealism, and is influenced by painters such...
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2018 Breakthrough Technologies
As the world moves faster and faster, new breakthrough technologies emerge that continue to change the face of the planet. Some of these technologies have more substantial effects than others, altering the way we communicate with each other, interpret our reality, and achieve everyday feats. Here are some breakthrough technologies of 2018 that you need to know about:
3D Metal Printing
For as long as the industrial world has existed, creating physical objects required massive amounts of resour...
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Spotlight on Disability Positive Companies: No Label at the Table Bakery
No Label at the Table Bakery is a bakery run by a 20-year-old young man named Jacob Wittman, and his mother, Shelly Henley. Jacob Wittman has autism, and the bakery specifically aims to employ other people on the autism spectrum.
Jacob Wittman is simultaneously working to graduate high school through an online school and running the business. His dream, he told his mother when he was 18, was to become a chef, so they worked together to make it a possibility for him and for other people with a...
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Spotlight on Disability Positive Companies: John’s Crazy Socks
John’s Crazy Socks is a father-son business partnership that has two missions–sell crazy socks and give back to the Down Syndrome community.
John Lee Cronin is a young man with Down syndrome who has a passion for fun socks and making people happy. This love is what pushed him and his father to start a company that is committed to making great and joy bringing socks–there are many examples of this, just browsing their website. There is, first and foremost, socks that are covered in brilliant p...
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Ways to Make Society More Inclusive for People with Disabilities
Often, society is not as inclusive as it could be for people with disabilities. This applies to a wide variety of settings and environments, including the workplace, education system, public events, and more. Here are some tips to help make the world a better and more accessible place:
Think about the layout and planning of your spaces. This is incredibly important for a variety of reasons. It is necessary to have spaces that people in wheelchairs or accompanied by service animals can access....
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How Apps are Helping People with Autism
Technology is improving day in and day out, and with that comes the power to transcend just silly games, instant messaging, and social media. With that comes the power to actually make a change and use apps to help people access the world in different ways. They can be used as both an accessibility resource and a research to keep children learning in ways that work for them. A predominance of these apps focuses on helping children with autism practice skills in an encouraging and fun one. Her...
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Virtual Reality for Kids with Autism
VR got quite a moment in the spotlight this past Christmas. From a commercial featuring Lebron James and his family to the huge push for smartphone-compatible headsets, the tech world highly anticipated that VR would make a huge cultural impact and change the way that entertainment is produced and consumed.
Virtual Reality has long been a dream of programmers. For most of the history of visual entertainment, the mode of intake was one square screen such as a television or a movie screen, and ...
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Women in Special Education
As Women’s History Month (March) and International Women’s Day (March 8) rapidly approach, it’s important to remember contributions that women made across the board to various field of research, innovation, writing, pedagogy, and more. One especially crucial area, though, is education, and special education at that. For much of American history, women were professionally marooned to the field of education, as many philosophers believed that the motherly nurturing qualities of women made them ...