March is Developmental Disability Awareness Month!

Here are, a video, a blog and a few sites to check out for National Developmental Disability Awareness Month:

Video:
Writing Characters with Disabilities, from Alexis Krasilovsky, a lecture by Lara Ameen 

Blog:
Fangirl Life on Wheels - A blog on the intersection between online fandom, television, film and disability studies

Sites:
The Arc. For people with intellectual and developmental disabilities
National Disability Institute
National Association of Councils on Developmental Disabilities

Spring - Yes it is coming - if a bit slowly!

These flowers are named what I will not say in this post!

I know what the end of the week forecast is saying ---- we are not mentioning it here (see picture above and to the side) ---- we are talking about SPRING in this post - not the continuing falling of last season's favorite precipitation - after all, BOSTON got its record!

For more information about this SPRING season that seems to be moving every so slowly ------

First Day of Spring 2015:  Vernal Equinox - The Old Farmer's Almanac
Spring (season) - Wikipedia
What is Spring? - Topmarks Education
What Happens in Spring?  When is Spring?  Spring Facts for Kids - kidsplayandcreate
10 facts about the March 20, 2015 total solar eclipse - timeanddate.com

Spring facts - 22facts.com

FREE IEP Rubric Webinar from SERC!

Assistive Technology (AT) - Saturday, March 21, 2015

Free webinar - Specific Learning Disabilities (SLD)/Dyslexia - March 12, 2015

http://serc.info/sldwebinar

Connecting the Dots! - FREE Autism Conference!