Success Stories
A Child Left Behind Succeeds
"As I'm getting older I think it's more about motivation now and not so much about the disability. I think it's more how far I want to get as a person ... because; you know what as a person I can make a difference. It's not about this disability that's holding me back," says 30-year-old...
A Goal Believed, A Goal Achieved
When you ask Theodore Gaspard (Theo) about rollercoasters, his face lights up and he becomes very animated as he tells you that he doesn't just like rollercoasters, he loves everything about them. That's why this 45-year old man's goal was to write a book about rollercoasters....
Tone, age 95, teaches David, age 72, to read and write
To David T. Turner, a walk down the street is an exciting adventure of discovery. Every street sign, every advertisement suddenly has meaning. Like a small child just learning how to read, he is amazed to find recognizable words in what seemed before just a bewildering arrangement of letters....
I learned to read at 42 years old
I learned to read a lot better at the age of 42 years old by attending a literary program in Orange County. I struggled to mask and found ways around her inability to read well. I quite school in an 11th grade, when exhausted by humiliation. I went to work as a cashier at a small grocery store. Then I got marry at the age of 18 years old and became a mother, and had my second child at the age of 22 years old. I always thought I would just say home and take care of my children... I did not read to my children once they started to read in school because I was afraid they would find out that I was not reading the right word....
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