Current Events articles for Fall 2015

These are the articles that students have selected for their Current Events papers. I've clustered them around a few topics (where I could) to give some coherence to our conversation.

Make-up presentations on articles for class 10/16:

Randah: http://www.disabilityscoop.com/2015/09/22/smartphones-apps-liberating/20816/

Emily: http://www.msn.com/en-us/health/fitness/this-man-ran-the-boston-marathon-and-is-about-to-climb-mt-kilimanjaro%E2%80%94and-he%E2%80%99s-blind/ar-BBlhcgS

Lauren: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/28/magazine/the-problem-with-how-we-treat-bipolar-disorder.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0

Disability & Fashion

Jennifer P. & Ashley: http://www.disabilityscoop.com/2015/07/15/nike-unveils-shoes/20440/

Ashley: http://news.nike.com/news/the-flyease-journey

Diana: http://www.disabilityscoop.com/2015/08/18/model-strut-fashion-week/20555/

Kim and Amaris: http://www.disabilityscoop.com/2015/09/11/models-new-york-fashion/20787/

Rory: http://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/fashion/model-syndrome-walk-new-york-fashion-week-article-1.2328337

Disability Issues in Education & Schools

Anthony: http://www.disabilityscoop.com/2015/09/30/obama-sues-service-dog/20840/

Edwin & Laila: http://www.disabilityscoop.com/2015/06/12/teen-special-valedictorian/20377/

Soryani: http://mobile.nytimes.com/blogs/parenting/2015/06/25/for-a-child-with-a-learning-disability-theres-such-a-thing-as-too-much-help/

Jacqui: http://yaledailynews.com/blog/2015/01/23/invisible-disability-at-yale/

Kyleigh: http://usatodayhss.com/2015/california-school-for-the-deaf-football-gets-national-spotlight

Kaitlin: https://ca.news.yahoo.com/regina-father-wants-children-integrated-235535350.html

Autism-related news

Melissa: http://www.disabilityscoop.com/2015/10/05/theater-training-skills-autism/20848/

Samantha: http://www.courant.com/health/hc-ctm-autism-hospital-1007-20151006-story.html

Gillian: http://www.cnn.com/2014/09/10/health/autism-early-intervention/

Alex: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/06/opinion/sunday/adult-autistic-and-ignored.html?_r=0

Kelly: http://abcnews.go.com/Health/child-autism-man-treatment/story?id=34290629

Marissa & Bridget: http://www.disabilityscoop.com/2015/09/18/neighbors-autism-nuisance/20806/

Kevin: http://www.disabilityscoop.com/2015/09/29/overlapping-symptoms-asd/20836/

Jennifer: http://www.autismdailynewscast.com/study-says-autism-may-masked-adhd-children/31334/altheavioleta/

Other Disability Topics:

Corinne and Michaela: http://www.disabilityscoop.com/2015/09/29/women-reproductive-health/20838/

Abigail: http://www.npr.org/2015/03/08/391517412/people-with-invisible-disabilities-fight-for-understanding

Rachel: http://www.disabilityscoop.com/2015/04/14/mom-abandoning-woods/20214/

Deanna: http://www.post-gazette.com/opinion/Op-Ed/2015/06/10/People-like-Paul-Corby-should-not-be-refused-live-saving-organs-based-solely-on-unrelated-disabilities/stories/201506100070

Brittany: http://www.disabilityscoop.com/2015/10/06/for-spina-bifida-longer-lives/20852/

Abby: http://www.people.com/article/rosemary-kennedy-untold-story-disastrous-lobotomy

Nichollas: http://www.npr.org/programs/invisibilia/378577902/how-to-become-batman

Julianne: http://parenting.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/05/31/a-special-needs-parent-against-my-will-learning-my-own-adaptive-lesson/

Adaptive Technology

Katherine: http://www.disabled-world.com/assistivedevices/prostheses/congenital.php