Personal Stories 
Special Ed Student Starts Coffee Shop(Comments)
I thought this was a great story about a Greenville, South Carolina, special education student starting a coffee shop in his school:
Jarvis Rogers said he saw the need for the coffee shop and, in just two weeks, built the Ground Floor. … Rogers is in Special Ed, Greenville High School’s occupational diploma program.
The full-service Ground Floor [...]
How NOT to Treat Someone with Deafness-Severe Hearing Loss
I recently read this story from Dr. Mark Mostert about a major airline’s inability to deal appropriately with a person with severe hearing loss. If the Fail Blog had a corporate failure section, this would be on it.
…my wife, Deborah, has a severe hearing impairment – both ears. Deborah wears state-of-the-art hearing aids that are only [...]
Brain Control Interface - 60 Minutes Video
Watch this 60 Minutes story on Scott Mackler, a man with almost total paralysis, can communicate with a computer with just his thoughts using a BCI (Brain Control Interface).
Scott Mackler was a husband, father and successful neuroscientist when he received perhaps the worst news imaginable. At the age of 40, he could run a marathon in three [...]
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