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Helpful Academic Links

1. www.readplease.com allows for students to cut and paste parts of their papers into the webpage and it will read it back to them. This helps them to hear, and therefore recognize, any areas in their paper containing portions that do make sense.

2. The Online Writing Lab ("OWL") at Purdue University provides a vast amuont of writing and research help, such as guides to MLA and APA format and so much more. http://owl.english.purdue.edu.

3. For help with various types of Math, check out the student tutorials on www.mathpower.com.

4. For a good study skills website, check out www.how-to-study.com.

Disability Awareness Week 2009

April 14th-17th, 2009 will be SNU's first-ever Disability Awareness Week. Disability Services is hopeful that you will participate with us on College Street from 11:30 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. daily during the week, and that you will also partner with us in the classroom.

There are four ways you can do this:

  1. Encourage your students to participate in the various daily events.

  2. Show these YouTube clips at the start of class.

  1. Run this Powerpoint presentation while students are trickling in to class.

  2. Make disability issues a part of your course discussion for the week. Here are a few film titles available for you to check our from the Disability Services office.
  • The Color of Paradise (Rated: PG; Length: 90 minutes) - Synopsis: This Iranian film focuses on the relationship between an 8-year-old-boy who is blind and his unaccepting father. The film covers family issues, notions of a “healthy” child, and views of disability.(http://www.sonypictures.com/classics/colorofparadise/)

  • Murderball (Rated: R; Length: 86 minutes) - Synopsis: Murderball tells the story of a group of world-class athletes the will smash every sterotype you ever had about the disabled. It is a film about family, revenge, honor, and triumph over loss. (http://www.murderballmovie.com/about.html)

  • I’m Tyler (Rated: G; Length: 20 minutes) - Synopsis: A peek into a real kid’s life where people realize what a kid CAN do is much more important than what he can’t do. An introduction to Ability Awareness created by a young man with cerebral palsy. (www.imtyler.org)

Thank you for your support of Disability Awareness Week!

Erin Toler, Disability Services Director