Info and Resources on Education

 Below is a list of website links, if you wish to add a link, e-mail your link to girardsag@yahoo.com

• Signs of Dyslexia - Some of the signs of dyslexia.

• http://www.dsfoc.org/index.htm - Register for free Learning program Materials. Good stuff.

• Tips for Dyslexia - Things that can help anyone with dyslexia, also tips for teaching someone with dyslexia.

• What is Dyslexia - About dyslexia and reading problems? Defines dyslexia.

• Who is Dyslexic - Lists famous dyslexic people, including Walt Disney, Thomas Edison and many more.

• Legal Rights - Legal rights for people with LD, dyslexia and learning problems.

• Self-Esteem - What helped my self-esteem as a child. Self-esteem help for dyslexia, LD or anybody.

• Angry Child - Helping a child with anger. Dealing with a child who is angry.

• Resources 1 - Yellow Pages and Resource Guide for LD (page 1 of 3).

• Resources 2 - Yellow Pages and Resource Guide list of available resources from states and cities, and including some international resources, as well.

• Resources 3 - Yellow Pages and Resource Guide links

• CLICK HERE FOR Information ON DOWN SYNDROME

• CLICK HERE FOR A LIST OF LOCAL DOWN SYNDROME RESOURCES AND ORGANIZATIONS

• y New! Signing Songs DVD! For all
• Resource Package On Down Syndrome -Information Packet & DVD
• Answers on IDEA, IEP, Section 504 - Information Packet - ADD, AD/HD, Attention Def
• Movie Project - By Love and Grace
• Dakota's Pride, A Documentary Film on Down Syndrome.
• GLP Store
• Day on the Farm 2006
•   New! Speaking

 

• Amazing People with Learning Disabilities

  (compiled from Girard Sagmiller's complete list by Barbara Kay Carlisle)

  George Washington, Nelson Rockefeller, Cher, Thomas Edison, F.W. Woolworth, George Patton, Walt Disney, Winston Churchill, President Woodrow Wilson, Albert Einstein, Hans Christian Anderson, Tom Cruise, Agatha Christie, Fred Astaire, Harry Belafonte, George Burns, Enrico Caruso, Harrison Ford, Danny Glover, Whoopi Goldberg, Jay Leno, River Phoenix, Tom Smothers,  Jewel, Henry Winkler, Loretta Young, Ansel Adams, Leonardo da Vinci, Pablo Picasso, Muhammad Ali, Ann Bancroft, Bruce Jenner, Magic Johnson, Nolan Ryan, Richard Branson, Henry Ford, Charles Schwab, Ted Turner, Alexander Graham Bell, Erin Brockovich, “Stonewall” Jackson, King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden, Andrew Jackson, President Thomas Jefferson, Paul Wellstone, W.B. Yeats, and President John F. Kennedy. For an even more extensive list of important, highly successful people with learning disabilities, log onto Girard Sagmiller’s website at www.giftedlearningproject.org.

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