The Access Blog

Month: February 2013

  • Shire Canada ADHD Scholarship Program

    Shire Canada Inc. recently launched a new, Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) Scholarship Program tailored to Canadian adults diagnosed with ADHD who are pursuing post-secondary education. The Program will award recipients with a scholarship that combines financial support for tuition ($1500) and one year’s worth of ADHD coaching services provided by the Edge Foundation (valued at approximately…

  • Unreadable, by Daniel J. Heffner

    In the June, 2012 issue of the Canadian Medical Association Journal, former University of Calgary science student and current University of British Columbia medical student Daniel J. Heffner eloquently writes about his experience as a student with a severe reading disability, and the incredible realizations that came out of his diagnosis. Daniel’s piece is called…

  • Jonathan Mooney at Red Deer College

    On Friday, February 22, 2013, renowned author and neuro-diversity activity Jonathan Mooney will be speaking at the Learning Inclusion Conference at Red Deer College. Jonathan’s talk is called Re-Drawing the Lines: Neurodiversity: A Compass to a Changing World. Here is the description: Welcome to a new world, where the good kid doesn’t sit still. A…

  • Planned Disclosure and Requesting Accommodations at Work

    In a follow-up to our November 2012 post on disclosing disability during the job search, Liz Koblyk of University Affairs has now written two further posts on disability and the workforce. The first, on planned disclosure, provides strategies and suggestions for addressing disability — both noticeable and invisible — in the interview. In the second,…

  • CNIB Library Access

    Thanks to funding from the government of Alberta, public library patrons in Calgary with a perceptual disability – a disability that prevents or inhibits an individual from accessing print material due to a visual impairment, a physical disability, or a comprehension disability – have the opportunity to borrow from the 80,000-title collection of alternative-format materials…