Jardine Elementary School first-grade teacher Daija Coleman points toward the word "thumb" she wrote on the board as her students raise their hands Wednesday. There's a direct frankness to the way ...

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A robotic wheelchair is being developed that will help children learn to 'drive'. In a new article, researchers describe the testing of ROLY -- robot-assisted learning for young drivers -- in a group ...

WHEN Tadcaster Grammar School pupil Flora Nelson needed a special new wheelchair, her teaching assistant decided to jump-start the fundraising challenge. James Burns took to the skies for a sponsored ...

Veteran actress and directorPatti Flaherty of Moline picked up a copy of the play "And They Dance Real Slow in Jackson" during a 1989 visit to New York City. But she didn't think about bringing it to ...

Peter Donnelly set up the Wheelchair Skills College charity after spending 16 years in his wheelchair and experiencing the life-changing differences this brought about. He wants every wheelchair user ...

There's a direct frankness to the way 6-year-olds see the world that would be easy to mistake for rudeness. But Daija Coleman knows better. On the first day of her first year as a first-grade teacher, ...

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William Percy, 28, is nearing the end of his first year as a business studies and ICT teacher at Alsager School in Cheshire. His story is one of determination in the face of discrimination, as well as ...