The Newtonite

Inclusive Schools Week: Links, Pilot students discuss experiences

The Newtonite • December 7, 2011

by Samantha Libraty Links and Pilot students explained their struggles and successes yesterday D-block.

Inclusive Schools Week: Ticchi shares experience as first blind teacher in State

The Newtonite • December 6, 2011

by Jay Feinstein “Sighted people no longer have a monopoly on teaching,” said career and technical education outreach coordinator David Ticchi, who presented in the auditorium G-block yesterday on the discrimination he faced as a blind teacher. “Blind people can teach, too.”

Inclusive Schools Week: 'Including Samuel' shows inclusion in family, classroom

The Newtonite • December 6, 2011

by Ryan Condon "Including Samuel," a movie by photojournalist Dan Habib about his son with cerebral palsy, was presented in the auditorium yesterday A-block. The film first discusses Habib and his wife’s reaction when they discovered that their son, Samuel, has cerebral palsy, a disease that makes it hard for Samuel to control his muscles.

Inclusive Schools Week: Alumni recall time as students

The Newtonite • December 6, 2011

by Jacob Schwartz Four alumni special education teachers with learning disabilities discussed their experiences as high school students, as a part of a presentation in the auditorium C-Block yesterday. At the beginning of the presentation, the teachers were introduced.