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    Introduction To Sped I

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    Vignettes About Successful

    Young Persons WithDisabilities

    Roselle Ambubuyog triumphs overher disability.

    She is determined to excel because sheis a role model for others.

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    A little girl confidently making it to the

    top of her class despite her being blind.

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    Roselle had an asthma.

    Prescribed with four over the counter

    medicines.

    She had an unexplained acute allergic

    reaction.

    At six she became blind.I stopped school for two years

    Roselle graduated Valedictorian at Ramon

    Magsaysay High School batch 97.

    Matapang siyaher mother Deanna smilesin recollection.

    Her first operation failed but Roselle did

    not show anguish.

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    Roselle majored BS Mathematics in

    Ateneo De Manila University she

    graduated Valedictorian and Summa CumLaude.

    She also took up her masters degree in

    Applied Mathematics, majoring in

    Actuarial Science at the University of the

    Philippines.

    I was attracted to it because no

    insurance policies are issued to disabledFilipinos

    My dream is to be able to help formulate

    policies to meet their insurance needs.

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    Rebuilding strength and

    confidence after a devastating loss.

    There is a solace in silence. But when life

    unexpectedly snatches away those dear toyour heart, comfort is not found in stillness

    especially when youre deaf, haltingly

    reaching out for someone to talk to.

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    Genalin gen D. Marco

    A deaf accounting scholar at the Miriam

    College, was 18 when she lost her mother

    to cancer.

    Two years later her father was shot dead.

    third of the four children.we did fine on our way and chose to live

    that waysays Marco.

    Gen lost her hearing at six after German

    Measles affected her inner ear.

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    her interpreter alone, an indispensable

    teammate goes with her to school everysingle day.

    she learned how to commute everyday

    from Bulacan-Quezon City everyday to get

    to class.she never bothered learning sign language

    before college, she had mastered the art of

    lip-reading. Her teachers have the lectures

    facing the class.she met Maricel C. Ui the finance Director

    of Link Center for the deaf who taught her

    sign language.

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    meeting deaf people was hard because I

    was seeing myself for the first time. Withthe help of friends, I realized there was

    nothing to be ashamed of, that there are

    other things I should be thankful for

    instead. songayon tangap ko na. Binginga talaga ako,she says, letting out a

    hearty laugh.

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    LINK CENTER is a service oriented

    organization dedicated to the holisticdevelopment of deaf people by providing

    them support programs (interpreting,

    tutorials, therapy and counseling) and

    scholarships.

    it is the first accredited training arm of the

    Philippine Registry of Interpreters for the

    Deaf.

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    Change the world

    Having down syndrome does not mean

    youre doomed for life.

    The common misconception is that a person

    with down syndrome is born mentally

    retarded. People often think condition is

    communicable, uncontrollable andirreversible.

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    Genevieve Yang Chung

    17, an incoming Senior year at Hong Kong

    International School.

    Promoted the awareness for Down

    Syndrome in the Philippines through herwater color paintings.

    200 guests pledged their support and

    interacted with 3 children with down

    syndrome who shared their experiences.

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    At 19, Fil-Am youngest Harvard law

    graduate, a magna cum laude.

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    Kiwi Alejandro Danao Camara

    finished an undergraduate course in

    computer science in mathematics at 16.He was given the option to skip High

    school and take up early education

    courses at the Hawaii Pacific University.

    at the age of 19 he finished his doctoratedegree, magna cum Laude.

    The youngest graduate in Harvard School

    of Law.

    Court of Appeals Judge Harris Hartz

    eased his transition from academe to

    professional practice.

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