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Josh Biggs Matthew Wangeman, who has cerebral palsy, teaches a disability studies class at NAU on Tuesday. Wangeman teaches with a device that talks for him. (Josh Biggs/Arizona Daily Sun)
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five officially declared students but classes that draw students
from a range of majors.
Program coordinator Katherine Mahosky said NAU's Institute for
Human Development (IHD), a resource center for and on behalf of
people with disabilities,Cheap Office Home And Student 2010, has long wanted this academic
program.
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background in speech pathology and Matthew Wangeman's professional
and personal background in public policy,Office Ultimate 2007 Sale, as shaped by his cerebral
palsy. Wangeman has worked with the IHD for several years.
Mahosky said a recent survey of people with disabilities found
that they saw negative attitudes and beliefs about their abilities,
and an academic program like this tosses out myths and gives the
reality of disability as a social construct.
"People with disabilities are not something to be feared," she
said. "Typically they just want to have opportunities and life
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