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Proposal: Raise Awareness about Dyslexia 1 in 5 people have dyslexia. (http://dyslexia.yale.edu/MDAI/). Dyslexia is defined as: a variable often familial learning disability involving difficulties in acquiring and processing language that is typically manifested by a lack of proficiency in reading, spelling, and writing. (http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dyslexia). Dyslexia is often misunderstood by parents, educators, and students. Early intervention and accommodations have…

broad range of life-threatening illnesses such as acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS), cancer, allied degenerative neurological disorders and, motor neurone disease. However, Cancer is considered to be the primary life threatening illness (Lyons et al, 2002). This report reflects the experience of a patient suffering from life threatening illness. It is an awful experience to go through and to deal with some disease that is threatening to life. Here is the experience of one of my family…

grade moving forward they can fine-tune them and gain automaticity. Shaywitz notes that we can predict by first grade whether a child will have reading problems, and most remediation programs can change an at-risk child’s reading future. Dr. Reid Lyons at the NICHD stated that when we use scientific research methods in teaching our at-risk students, it would reduce the need for intervention in the higher grades (p. 261). Perhaps this is the most powerful antidotal evidence available; proven…

William Lyon Phelps stated “You can get yourself to accomplish virtually anything, including those things that other people are certain are impossible”, and he is correct. My mother always tells me that I am my own worst enemy and if I believe in myself than I…

The Holocaust, also known as the Shoah, was an important event that happened and we will never forget what happened. The Holocaust occurred around the Second World War and Nazis, a member of the National Socialist German Workers' Party, killed people, mainly Jews as an act of racism. During the Holocaust, about six million Jews died. Between one hundred thousand and five hundred thousand helped the Nazis in the planning or the execution of the Holocaust. The Holocaust persecution was carried…

perform work. Though he was a veteran, his land was sold under the Veteran’s Land Act. He remained resilient throughout this all, writing a whopping eighty letters to officials like his commanding officer, the MP, and the then-Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie in demand of his land back. In 1949, seven years later, he finally got his property returned. He is the only Japanese Canadian to have his property back since the internment. Such policies strained the Canadian government’s…

“The Boston bombing was on Twitter 7 minutes before it was on CNN.That 's how powerful social media is." - Devon Wijesinghe, CEO of Insightpool. The Age of Social media Every possible device imaginable is being connected in some way, from Bluetooth-enabled toothbrushes to medical devices, cameras, printers and of course the many wearables that are hitting the market. The reality of a hyper-connected world is here and most of the effects have been beneficial, however, some may argue that the…

Vanessa Romero Professor Lyons English 101 26 October 2017 Dog people vs Cat people There has been an ongoing amount of debates among people stating whether a dog as a pet is better or a cat as a pet is better. One can tell a lot about a person simply by asking just one question; Are you a cat person or a dog person? People who identify as being a dog person are often described as being out going and joyful. Someone who identifies as a cat person can be mostly usually described as being more…

impression of the racialization of health system. Specifically in Uganda in 1902, colonizers became to take increasing concern over the health of their African subjects and as a result instituted an initiative to tackle the Sleeping Sickness illness (Lyons 1998). Through this colonists were able to shape their perception on health and sanitation through evaluating it as a race problem, associating illness and disease with the foreign nations and often describing them as caused by the “primitive”…

Taking the idea from Irenaeus of Lyons that the Son (or the Word) and the Spirit are 'two hands' of the Father, Congar emphasises that the mission of the Spirit and the mission of the Word are equally important and inseparable. In contrast with his previous understanding that the Holy…