Special Education Tweets of the Day 8/17/12

JessiCat and Locan having a conversation.

1.Meet the cat helping a boy with selective mutism

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-19293190 

2.Autism's Back-to-School Anxiety

http://www.autismspeaks.org/blog/2012/08/13/autisms-back-school-anxiety?utm_source=social-media&utm_medium=text-link&utm_campaign=espeaks 

3. Girls with ADHD More Prone to Self-Harm, Suicide in Later Years

http://psychcentral.com/news/2012/08/16/girls-with-adhd-more-prone-to-self-harm-suicide-in-later-years/43131.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=facebook 

4. An Open Letter To Wayne Brady: People With Down Syndrome Aren’t Punchlines

http://noahsdad.com/wayne-brady-down-syndrome-joke-trig-palin/ 

5.  Equine Therapy: What To Ask Before Starting

http://blogs.psychcentral.com/equine-therapy/2012/08/equine-therapy-what-to-ask-before-starting/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=facebook 

 6. For Dyslexic and Visually Impaired Students, a Free High-Tech Solution

http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2012/08/for-dyslexic-and-visually-impaired-students-a-free-high-tech-solution/ 

 7. New Insights Into the Neuroscience of Dyslexia

http://psychcentral.com/news/2012/08/08/new-insights-into-the-neuroscience-of-dyslexia/42844.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=facebook 

 Great site for understanding learning disabilities,

Teaching Information Literacy Skills

http://www.ldonline.org/