Two days and two Twitter chats on college and disabilities. One as a guest and the other I hosted. And tomorrow airs an interview with Dr. Richard Selznick, psychologist, author, and a university professor of pediatrics on this very topic (http://www.blogtalkradio.com/thecoffeeklatch/2015/07/14/college-transition--adhd--learning-disabilities). Increasing numbers of students with disabilities are attending college....a very good thing. And throughout, my focus remains on pa

From a book on entrepreneurship... Richard Branson (Virgin) has dyslexia. Pete Cashmore (CEO, Mashable) finished high school two years late due to childhood illness. Colin Powell (Retired General) was a solid C student. From other recent news... Carly Simon (singer) has dyslexia and stuttered as a child. Jim Henson (The Muppets) had Asperger's Syndrome. J.K. Rowling (Harry Potter) suffered from depression. Diagnoses. Labels. Obstacles. Set-backs. So what's the point? It's

I've come to a conclusion about education. Actually, quite a few but this one tops my list. Education shouldn't be called special anymore. Maybe you saw the film Admission from a few years ago (i.e. Tina Fey and Paul Rudd) and recall the scene where the admissions team was going round robin, discussing individual applicants to their university – Princeton. The student Fey was pushing for acceptance -- who was clearly gifted -- had a less-than-typical educational background