Category: Success Stories (page 9)

My name is Sharon and my life dramatically changed on a fall night in 2004. At the time, I was working as an obedience instructor and veterinarian technician. I owned my own home and was a typical independent woman in…

It’s hard to believe that the first iPhone was released just a little more than 5 years ago, and I knew from the first time I held a device it would change the way I taught in the classroom.  Now,…

By Mark Giufre, Educator and Instructional Technology Specialist My name is Mark Giufre and I am incredibly fortunate to be in the position of Instructional Technology Specialist for my school. In my job I have a diversity of roles but…

So, just who are those people at Lasered Pics? Steve and Jeannie are a couple of quiet Christian grandparents who live in a modest home in the woods of central Minnesota. They have owned a Laser engraving business since 2006.…

Thirteen years ago, a severe stroke left my mom paralyzed on her right side and with aphasia, a significant limitation in her ability to express herself with written and spoken language. Email and texting were impossible for her, so after…

My son John is 6 years old and has Autism and ADHD.  He uses an iPad and the iPod Touch.  One of the programs that he uses is called Footsteps2Brilliance.  The following is our experience with this program after about…

My son Jaime is 21 and has Autism. We moved into the city of Anchorage a little less than two years ago from Chignik Lagoon, which is a village with just 10 students and fewer than 70 residents. My name…

My son, Ivan, is 6 years old and diagnosed with Joubert Syndrome, Leber’s Congenital Amaurosis and Landau-Kleffner Syndrome. He’s a sweet and happy little boy who faces many challenges every day. Ivan is totally blind, non-verbal and non-ambulatory. He desperately…

Meet Ned. He is now 21 years old and a junior at SUNY at Buffalo. If you asked me twenty years ago where Ned would be today, I would have difficulty answering this question. When Ned was 18 months old,…