Dear Friends, Having any kind of disabilities should not prevent anybody from becoming a productive member of society. If medical doctors cannot determine the full extent of a person's brain damage, how can they assume that the person has very low intelligence, especially when she or he has no way of communicating? In addition, how can these doctors predict the person will never do anything? Doctors know that science presents a lot of trial and error. They should say, "Since the person has no way of communicating, we cannot determine his or her intelligence at this time. We recommend the person must seek therapy and education." This way the person has hope of a better life! Even though nobody thought that I would not amount to anything due to having severe Cerebral Palsy, I am an on-line psychology professor at Middlesex County College. If I had given up fighting up the good fight, I would have died a long time ago. An article, entitled Her greatest lesson is her tenacity (http://home.att.net/~ysinger/slartps.htm), was published in the Star Ledger. I recently wrote an essay called Teaching The "Yes, I Can" Attitude (http://prod.campuscruiser.com/cruiser/middlesexcc/yvonnems2369/canyes.html). On February 16, 2007, I submitted a course proposal to teach Psychology of Handicapped on-line for Middlesex County College. I quickly taught myself how to search for college textbooks and software because I never received any assistance. It was disheartening to rediscover that there are not many college textbooks on developmental disabilities. To my amazement, there are many textbooks about other minorities such African Americans and Gender Issues. Why? It is quite simple. As long as people with disabilities do not have a voice, they must continue fighting the good fight in order to gain equal rights and equal opportunities. When I finally found an appropriate textbook, I was so thrilled! After the course proposal was approved on 4/4/2007, I designed Psychology of the Handicapped on-line classroom in WebCT 4.1.1 format. I collected numerous Internet links to support the course materials because the textbook did not come with SOFTWARE. I plan to teach this course as an adjunct during Spring 2008. Originally, I was going to teach it this Fall 2007. Could you please place http://home.att.net/~ysinger/ onto your web pages? If you want to talk more, email me at [log in to unmask] . Fighting the good fight, Yvonne Singer --------------------------- Check out EASI New Synchronous Clinics: http://easi.cc/clinic.htm EASI Home Page http://www.rit.edu/~easi Online courses and Clinics http://easi.cc/workshop.htm Check the EASI Library Web http://www.rit.edu/~easi/lib.htm >>> Error in line 8 of AXSLIB-L.MAILTPL: unknown formatting command <<< -> . . . . . . . . . <-