🥳Jessica is here to cheer you on for all your activities this weekend! Whether it is taking a walk, running on a treadmill, riding a bike, or taking a stroll on a trail, you can take part! @happyfunholmes
Today-on International Day of Persons w/ Disabilities-we support @MyEDF's call on the EU & Member States, Ukrainian Gov, @UN, & humanitarian community to ensure the over 2.7 mill. persons w/ disabilities affected by the war in Ukraine are supported by the humanitarian response🇺🇦
RID is leaving Twitter due to Elon Musk eliminating the Accessibility team. One of RID’s values is accessible & effective communication access in all spaces where diverse, intersectional Deaf lives are impacted. Access for all. Now.
I learned the same in the late 80s at my #UofS student paper #thesheaf for proof reading typeset copy. But read word by word backwards for spelling check. Forces you to look at each word.
15 years ago my PhD advisor taught me One Weird Trick for editing your own writing. Edit **back to front**, paragraph by paragraph. I still use it and it still surprises me how well it works. When I get my students to do it, it often blows their minds. Try it!
Drumheller Householder Pickles report on dino mummies’ skin. https://t.co/XdjdsABKL3 Dinosaur Mummy Has 'Glittering' Skin Gouged by Ancient Crocs via @sciam
Young people across the country are submitting their applications to become Youth Accessibility Leaders so they can help make their communities more accessible!
Don’t wait! Apply today: https://t.co/zHa8vgjCHm
Charmaine Letourneau (1947-2022) received the Order of Canada in 2001. She was the first deaf woman teacher at the Alberta School for the Deaf and became assistant principal.
FREE eLearning! Learn how to deliver a quality, positive, and inclusive sport experience for ALL athletes with the NCCP Coaching Athletes with a Disability eLearning module. Take this eLearning module today: https://t.co/2c2TJDMv24.
#ThanksCoach#CoachesWeek
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On this International Day of Sign Languages #IDSL2022 we highlight the amazing work done by ✨@WFDeaf_org ✨ to ensure Sign Languages do & continue to unite us. Happy #IDSL to all 🤟