May 29 to June 4, 2022 “Adapt – Improvise – Overcome” We invite schools, businesses, and organizations to participate in New Brunswick’s Disability Awareness Week (DAW). DAW takes place during National Access Ability Week, May 29 to June 4, 2022. The goal of DAW is to raise public awareness of barriers that prevent citizens with […]

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There are some new scholarship opportunities for post-secondary students with disabilities in New Brunswick. These opportunities are time-sensitive, so if you or someone who know might be eligible, don’t hesitate, apply now! The Doug Bridgman Memorial Scholarship Easter Seals New Brunswick is offering the Doug Bridgman Memorial Scholarship to New Brunswickers with physical disabilities. This […]

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With the advent of COVID-19, our reliance on technology has increased dramatically. Today, many of us still work from home, and some of us still rely on technology to a degree that we never did before. And although the net benefits of using these devices certainly outweighs the costs, there are downsides to being overly […]

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Chunking is a process by which individual pieces of an information set are broken down and then grouped together in a meaningful whole. This strategy can be very helpful for short-term memory recall. Let’s use the example of a phone number to demonstrate: First, let’s assume that we can easily remember only 4 things at […]

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