Workplace readers,
This discussion may be of interest to many of you.  Following this message 
is an additional message forwarded from Dr. Lee with resources to reference 
included.  If you want to follow or participate in this discussion and are 
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Donna

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>Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2005 15:43:11 -0400 (EDT)

>From: RKenyon721 at aol.com

>Subject: [NIFL-MODERATORS] Reminder - Guest Speaker, Dr. Christopher Lee

>Sender: nifl-moderators-bounces at nifl.gov

>To: nifl-ld at nifl.gov

>

>Hello all,

>

>Beginning on Monday, September 19th through Friday, September 23rd,  Dr.

>Christopher Lee will be our guest speaker on the topic of Assistive

>Technology and Learning Disabilities.

>

>

>For those of you that are not aware of Dr. Christopher M. Lee, he is a

>nationally known advocate, author, speaker, He has a Ph.D. in Psychology and

>specializes in the field of learning disabilities and adaptive technology.

>

>In 1992, he published Faking It: A Look into the Mind of a Creative

>Learner, and in 2001, What About Me? Strategies for Teaching 

>Misunderstood   Learners

>(Portsmouth NH: Heinemann, Boynton and Cook). These books draw on

>Christopher’s developmental experiences and his challenges attending 

>the   University

>of Georgia (UGA) to help teachers and parents optimize learning   disabled

>students’ performance.

>

>Dr. Lee has published a one of a kind on-line guide, Learning Disabilities

>and Technology, an Emerging Way to Touch the Future. He has  published

>articles, chapters and several journals, and has been selected 

>to  chair  many

>collaborative projects that relate to disability issues.

>

>Christopher is a member of the Heinemann Speakers Bureau for nationwide

>speaking engagements. He has spoken to numerous groups about topics 

>including

>self-advocacy, living with learning disabilities and assistive technology 

>for

>learning disabilities. He has been featured on CNN, National Public Radio 

>and in

>  newspaper articles picked up by the Associated Press. In 2003, The 

> National

>Rehabilitation Association awarded the W.F. Faulkes Award to Christopher for

>his  contributions to the increase of knowledge in the fields of

>rehabilitation.

>

>In 2003, Christopher was highlighted in a Microsoft video and publication,

>Microsoft Accessible Technology for Everyone:

>(_http://www.microsoft.com/enable/casestudy/videos.aspx_

>(http://www.microsoft.com/enable/casestudy/videos.aspx) )

>

>In October 2004, Christopher was recognized by the Atlanta Business

>Chronicle as one of fifty of Atlanta’s most promising young stars.

>

>He served as Director of Georgia’s Assistive Technology Project: Tools for

>Life, a project operated under the aegis of the Department of Labor, Division

>of  Rehabilitation Services/Vocational Rehabilitation.

>

>Christopher has served as Executive Director of the Learning Disabilities

>Association of Georgia and President to both this organization and the 

>Atlanta

>chapter of the Learning Disabilities Adults of Georgia.

>

>Currently he services as Director of the Alternative Media Access  Center

>(_http://www.amac.uga.edu_ (http://www.amac.uga.edu) )  ) housed at the

>University of Georgia, Department of Psychology.

>

>

>

>

>I am reprinting an earlier post from Dr. Lee to prepare you for your

>interaction with him.

>

>

>

>"I wanted to write and introduce myself prior to the September  19th

>assistive technology discussions on the NIF-LD Discussion List.  I am Dr. 

>Christopher

>Lee and like some of you I have a long history  working with individuals with

>learning disabilities and other impairments.   I believe that one of the

>unique perspectives I bring to these discussions is  that I am a consumer 

>and a

>service provider all rolled into one.  Having  been diagnosed dyslexic in the

>second grade I have had to find creative ways  around, through, and over

>obstacles involving reading, writing, and memory.  Hence assistive 

>technology has

>become an invaluable part of my life.  I  have become a strong advocate of

>implementing assistive technology into the  daily lives of individuals with

>disabilities.

>

>I have to be up front - taking on a written discussion list like this is  not

>easy for me.  However, I am committed to assistive technology and  believe

>that I could share some ideas and resources that could be easily  implemented

>into your classroom environments. I want to let everyone know that  in 

>order for

>me to participate in the on-line discussions I will be using

>several types of adapted tools.   These tools include, but are not  limited

>to programs such as Dragon Naturally Speaking and Wynn and Premier  Assistive

>Technology.   I will also incorporate strategies that fit my  learning 

>profile.

>  Based on the overwhelming amount of good products on the  market I will 

> only

>have time to highlight a few of them that I have seen work in  the ABE arena.

>  In addition to using adaptive technology tools I will also  funnel my

>written responses through a wonderful editor named Melissa Garber and  she 

>will make

>sure that my

>pronouns are correct and that my syntax is in  order.  This is one area in

>which AT has not been as beneficial to me and  to others with difficulty in

>these areas.

>

>The focus topics will revolve around Universal Design for Learning   (UDL),

>Adaptive Mainstream Technology (AMT), shareware/freeware, alternative  media

>services and products, and also experience with hands-on 

>assistive  technology.

>I will be incorporating issues of

>philosophy, funding, training  and resources into my responses."

>

>

>More information about how Dr. Lee plans to begin his role as guest speaker

>will follow in the next post.

>

>

>Thank you - and feel free to share this  information with anyone not

>currently subscribed to the NIFL-LD Discussion  List.

>

>

>Rochelle Kenyon

>Moderator,   NIFL-Learning   Disabilities Discussion List

>RKenyon721 at aol.com