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By Cathy Spaulding Mark Hundley has spent most of his life trying to catch up with others. “I didn’t get any promotions be- cause I wasn’t too good with com- puters,” said Hundley, 48, who drove a forklift for nine years. “People don’t realize how much it hurts an adult on the job. Every- thing is at a faster pace; slower people don’t keep up.” Scores of adults such as Hundley are working to overcome to over- come learning disabilities they have faced since childhood. The Learning Disabilities Association of America estimates that 15 percent of Ameri- cans have a learning disability. However, with tutoring and help from the ADL (Adult Disabled Learner) Services Foundation, Hundley says he is catching up. Learning-disabled adults often have problems reading, said Shirley Carl- son, vice president of the Muskogee County Literacy Council. She said just under one-fourth of Muskogee County residents are functionally illiterate. She cited figures from the Oklahoma Literacy Resources Office that up to 60 percent of all students in literacy and basic edu- cation programs have learning disabilities, up to 30 percent of adults in job training programs and up to 40 percent on welfare have learning disabilities. Carlson, an adult education con- sultant, listed several other forms of learning disabilities. “There are a lot of neurological malfunctions that cause an inabil- ity to read or write legibly or affect short-term memory,” she said. “There are eight different types of dyslexia (a reading impairment), a math impairment, dysgraphia (writing impairment), there’s a detachment of hand-eye coordina- tion. There is a test-anxiety, a mind boggling, paralyzing fear of any sort of examination — a driver’s license or employment application, no matter.” Liz Jones, a disability program navigator for Muskogee Workforce, said it’s difficult to pinpoint an exact number because “there is Learning Disabilities Have Effects After School Ends Buy Into the IKEA Name Game By Judy Stark If you're planning to shop at Ikea, be prepared to learn a little Swed- ish. (Herring, lingonberries and Swedish meatballs don't count.) Start by learning the origin of the store's name, which, as it turns out, isn't exactly Swedish. It's an acronym of the names of the founder, his family farm and his home town. The founder is Ingvar Kamprad; the farm is called Elm- taryd; the village is Agunnaryd. That's I-K-E-A: Ikea. Kamprad, 81, is now the richest person in Europe and the fourth richest person in the world accord- ing to Forbes magazine, with an estimated net worth of around $33- billion. He drives a 1993 Volvo 240 GL. Kamprad, who is dyslexic, thought it would be easier to remember prod- uct names if they were proper names and real words, rather than product codes or numbers. So, with some exceptions, dining tables and chairs are given Finnish place names; bookcases, occupations; garden furniture, the names of Swedish islands; upholstered furni- ture, Swedish place names. Therefore, you might fall in love with a Jules swivel desk chair (men's names) or a Kaktus duvet cover (bedding is named for plants and flowers). Women's names are used for fabrics (Hedvig, Alexandra) and children's items are named for mammals and birds (the Kritter bed frame). Those are the easy names to pro- nounce. You may need a little coaching - or you may just want to point - at the Poang armchair or the Lycksele Lovas two-seater sofabed, or the Pjatteryd framed photograph or the Nyttja frames. Kamprad used to name all the items himself; now a team does that, trying to avoid words that have rude translations in the 27 languages and 35 nations where Ikea has stores. - - - You can find this article online at: http:// www.sptimes.com/2007/11/15/ Business/ Buy_into_the_Ikea_nam.shtml UNI Student Disability Services Newsletter December 2007 Volume 2, Issue 4 Student Edition While they were saying among them- selves, “It cannot be done,” it was done. Helen Helen Helen Helen Keller Keller Keller Keller Inside this issue: Feature Article 1 Feature Article Contin- ued 2 Academic Services 3 General SDS Info 4 such a wide variety of learning disabilities.” Some of these disabilities might present themselves early, Jones said. “Some people may face difficulties right from the beginning, with a pre-employment test,” Jones said. “With others, it might not present itself as a barrier for some time.” For example, an adult’s learning disability might manifest itself when the person is asked to take on a new task, Jones said. Hundley said his main challenge came when he tried to work with a computer on the forklift he drove. Now on temporary disability after a July stroke, Hundley said he plans to eventually take a com- puter course. First, however, he must earn a general equivalency diploma. A native of the Texas Panhandle town of Tulia, Hundley said years See Learning Disabilities, p. 2
Transcript of UNI Student Disability Services Newsletter Student Edition · with a Jules swivel desk chair (men's...
By Cathy Spaulding
Mark Hundley has spent most of his
life trying to catch up with others.
“I didn’t get any promotions be-
cause I wasn’t too good with com-
puters,” said Hundley, 48, who
drove a forklift for nine years.
“People don’t realize how much it
hurts an adult on the job. Every-
thing is at a faster pace; slower
people don’t keep up.”
Scores of adults such as Hundley
are working to overcome to over-
come learning disabilities they have
faced since childhood. The Learning
Disabilities Association of America
estimates that 15 percent of Ameri-
cans have a learning disability.
However, with tutoring and help
from the ADL (Adult Disabled
Learner) Services Foundation,
Hundley says he is catching up.
Learning-disabled adults often have
problems reading, said Shirley Carl-
son, vice president of the Muskogee
County Literacy Council. She said
just under one-fourth of Muskogee
County residents are functionally
illiterate. She cited figures from
the Oklahoma Literacy Resources Office that up to 60 percent of all
students in literacy and basic edu-
cation programs have learning
disabilities, up to 30 percent of
adults in job training programs and
up to 40 percent on welfare have
learning disabilities.
Carlson, an adult education con-
sultant, listed several other forms
of learning disabilities.
“There are a lot of neurological
malfunctions that cause an inabil-
ity to read or write legibly or affect
short-term memory,” she said.
“There are eight different types of
dyslexia (a reading impairment), a
math impairment, dysgraphia
(writing impairment), there’s a
detachment of hand-eye coordina-tion. There is a test-anxiety, a
mind boggling, paralyzing fear of
any sort of examination — a
driver’s license or employment
application, no matter.”
Liz Jones, a disability program
navigator for Muskogee Workforce,
said it’s difficult to pinpoint an
exact number because “there is
Learning Disabilities Have Effects After School Ends
Buy Into the IKEA Name Game By Judy Stark
If you're planning to shop at Ikea, be prepared to learn a little Swed-ish. (Herring, lingonberries and Swedish meatballs don't count.)
Start by learning the origin of the store's name, which, as it turns out, isn't exactly Swedish.
It's an acronym of the names of the founder, his family farm and his home town. The founder is Ingvar Kamprad; the farm is called Elm-taryd; the village is Agunnaryd. That's I-K-E-A: Ikea.
Kamprad, 81, is now the richest person in Europe and the fourth richest person in the world accord-ing to Forbes magazine, with an estimated net worth of around $33-billion. He drives a 1993 Volvo 240 GL.
Kamprad, who is dyslexic, thought it would be easier to remember prod-uct names if they were proper names and real words, rather than product codes or numbers. So, with some exceptions, dining tables and chairs are given Finnish place names; bookcases, occupations; garden furniture, the names of Swedish islands; upholstered furni-ture, Swedish place names.
Therefore, you might fall in love with a Jules swivel desk chair (men's names) or a Kaktus duvet cover (bedding is named for plants and flowers). Women's names are used for fabrics (Hedvig, Alexandra) and children's items are named for mammals and birds (the Kritter bed frame).
Those are the easy names to pro-nounce. You may need a little
coaching - or you may just want to point - at the Poang armchair or the Lycksele Lovas two-seater sofabed, or the Pjatteryd framed photograph or the Nyttja frames.
Kamprad used to name all the items himself; now a team does that, trying to avoid words that have rude translations in the 27 languages and 35 nations where Ikea has stores.
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You can find this article online at:
http://www.sptimes.com/2007/11/15/Business/Buy_into_the_Ikea_nam.shtml
UNI Student Disability Services Newsletter
December 2007 Volume 2, Issue 4
Student Edition
While they were saying among them-selves, “It cannot be done,” it was done.
Helen Helen Helen Helen KellerKellerKellerKeller
Inside this issue:
Feature Article 1
Feature Article Contin-ued 2
Academic Services 3
General SDS Info 4
such a wide variety of learning
disabilities.”
Some of these disabilities might
present themselves early, Jones
said.
“Some people may face difficulties
right from the beginning, with a
pre-employment test,” Jones said.
“With others, it might not present
itself as a barrier for some time.”
For example, an adult’s learning disability might manifest itself
when the person is asked to take
on a new task, Jones said.
Hundley said his main challenge
came when he tried to work with a
computer on the forklift he drove.
Now on temporary disability after
a July stroke, Hundley said he
plans to eventually take a com-
puter course.
First, however, he must earn a
general equivalency diploma.
A native of the Texas Panhandle
town of Tulia, Hundley said years
See Learning Disabilities, p. 2
of problems kept him from getting
ahead in school.
“When I was a little boy, I stood on
a table and fell through plate glass,
cut my lip,” he said. “The kids would
tease me. All through school it was
hard. I was way behind in school.
My dad had open heart surgery and
we lost everything we had, so I kept
getting further and further behind.”
He moved to Muskogee as an adult.
“I got tired of working in the feed
lot, so I came here to work on a
ranch,” he said.
He said he often got overlooked for
promotions because of his school-
ing.
“I’d do the work, then someone with
a college degree would get the job
right off,” he said.
After Hundley’s stroke put him out of work as a forklift driver, he’s
taken on a variety of other health
issues, including lupus.
Still, he will not let that deter him
from seeing a tutor to help him earn
his GED.
Once a week, Hundley meets with a
tutor at Q.B. Boydstun Library in
Fort Gibson and reviews math prob-lems, reading texts and vocabulary
words.
He said the GED could help him get
into a computer class.
“He’s becoming a math whiz now,”
Carlson said.
Hundley’s next step is to be tested to
see what type of learning disability
he might have.
Carlson said assessment is a vital
step to see what adults need to cope
with their particular form of learning
disability.
“Many adults with learning disabilities
have achieved academic and voca-
tional success when the appropriate
accommodations have been pro-
vided,” she said. “But schools and
employers are not going to allow
those support services if the disability
is not documented. Again, according
to OLRO, accommodations for these
problems may increase employabil-
ity.”
According to LD Online, a Web site
geared to helping adults and children
with learning disabilities, assessment
could help people discover what
might be behind difficulties they face
in school, work or relationships.
Assessment also could help employ-
ers make accommodations for an
employee.
However, learning disabled adults
face risks with making their disability
known, Jones said.
“One is whether or not to disclose
if they have a learning disability,” she said. “If you do, you face the
stigma of having a disability. But if
you don’t disclose, symptoms may
show up as poor performance on
the job.”
Jones said employers may harbor
misconceptions about workers with
learning disabilities.
“They may assume that someone with dyslexia, who has problems
reading, might also have trouble
with customers,” she said.
Learning disabled adults also may
have problems with their own self-
image, she said.
“They can carry labels placed on
them as children,” she said. “If
they have trouble advancing on
the job, they might just kind of assume that what was said about
them as kids is still true. It’s very
important for these people to be
their own best marketer, their own
best advocate.”
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You can find this story online at:
http://www.muskogeephoenix.com/local/
local_story_322002748.html?
start:int=45
Learning Disabilities (Continued from page 1)
Jamie Foxx Reveals ADD He added: "I have Attention Deficiency Disorder in high definition."
However, the star is very busy. It was recently revealed that the Oscar-winning actor and his business partners, Jaime Rucker King and Mar-cus King, are already developing a project under their two-year production deal with MTV and VH1, called From Gs to Gents, in which guys compete to become gentlemen.
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You can find this story online at:
http://www.thisisnottingham.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=244367&command=displayContent&sourceNode=244365&contentPK=19077807&folderPk=112383&pNodeId=188965
Jamie Foxx has apparently revealed that he will never direct - because he suffers from Attention Deficit Disorder.
The actor - who recently starred in The Kingdom alongside Jennifer Garner and Jason Bateman - confessed he would love to work on the other side of the cameras but explained that the medical condition makes it difficult to concen-trate.
"I really don't know if I have the patience that a
director needs or the commitment," The Sun reported him as saying.
"I'm the sort of guy who always has to be mov-ing on."
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