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  • Bringing dyslexia into the open

    Bringing dyslexia into the open

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    BY NICOLE CALHAU Despite being very common, dyslexia can still carry a damaging stigma for students and adults who have it. Although 85 per cent of Ontario students who are identified as having a learning difference have dyslexia, most of the public do not know what it is. The International Dyslexia Association defines dyslexia as…

  • Unemployable Ink

    Unemployable Ink

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    BY BRITTANY PREOCANIN An orange shaded octopus is draped across her shoulder, an anatomical heart rests on the left side of her back and a cursive quote streams down her forearm. They are three of 10 tattoos that cover her body. With four of her tattoos visible when she wears a t-shirt, Tara Koskinen is…

  • Accessible Learning office works to shed stigma

    Accessible Learning office works to shed stigma

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    STORY AND PHOTO BY TAYLOR SHAPPERT The Accessible Learning office at Sheridan helps about one in 10 students, yet many students with special needs don’t come forward for help. Mansoor Naderi is a third-year Visual and Creative Arts student with retinopathy of prematurity, a condition that means “I have no light perception out of my…