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In 1869, John Muir wrote, "When we try to pick out anything by itself we find that it is bound fast by a thousand invisible cords that cannot be broken, to everything in the universe." That's surely true of human growth and existence. At Special Needs Project we do our best to be a comprehensive resource for the entire community concerned with disability and child development. If there are books or other materials you think we should offer--we hope you will share them with us.
SAM and LONDON Win Big!
WINNER OF THE DOLLY GRAY AWARD FOR YOUNG ADULT LITERATURE
The Dolly Gray Award is given every two years to two books for young people which accurately feature an important character with a disability--one for younger readers and one for older. The London Eye Mystery is the current winner in the older or "chapter book" category. It was Siobhan Dowd's second novel.
Siobhan Dowd was born in London, England, to Irish parents. She attended a Roman Catholic grammar school in south London and held a BA Hons degree in Classics from Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford University and an MA with distinction from Greenwich University in Gender and Ethnic Studies.
In 1984, she joined the writer's organization International PEN, initially as a researcher for its Writers in Prison Committee and later as Program Director of PEN American Center's Freedom-to-Write Committee in New York City. Her work there included founding and leading the Rushdie Defense Committee USA and travelling to Indonesia and Guatemala to investigate local human rights conditions for writers. During her seven-year stay in New York, Dowd was named one of the "top 100 Irish-Americans" by Irish-America Magazine and AerLingus, for her global anti-censorship work[1].
On her return to the UK, Dowd co-founded, with Rachel Billington, English PEN's readers and writers program. The program takes authors into schools in socially deprived areas, as well as prisons, young offender's institutions and community projects. During 2004, Dowd served as Deputy Commissioner for Children's Rights in Oxfordshire, working with local government to ensure that statutory services affecting children's lives conform with UN protocols.
Just before Dowd's death, the Siobhan Dowd Trust was set up, where all the proceeds from her literary work will be used to assist disadvantaged children with their reading skills.
Phoenix, AZ September 18-19, 2010 || "Back to School" Autism/Asperger''''s Conference
Santa Clara, CA September 25, 2010 || Morgan Autism Center 9th Annual Conference
Berkeley, CA October 22-23, 2010 || 32nd Annual Association of Educational Therapists (AET)
Sacramento, CA February 18-19, 2011 || 30th Annual CARS+
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In 1869, John Muir wrote, "When we try to pick out anything by itself we find that it is bound fast by a thousand invisible cords that cannot be broken, to everything in the universe." That's surely true of human growth and existence. At Special Needs Project we do our best to be a comprehensive resource for the entire community concerned with disability and child development. If there are books or other materials you think we should offer--we hope you will share them with us.
