Word: fc
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...Jamie Burke and Chandima Rajapatirana earlier this year at a Syracuse University training session for people interested in learning facilitated communication. FC is a highly controversial technique for helping people with limited or no speech learn to communicate, generally using a keyboard and the help of a human facilitator for both physical and emotional support. It originated in Australia in the late 1970s and was first used for children with cerebral palsy, among other disorders. Both Burke and Rajapatirana had their moms serving as facilitators in our interviews. When Jamie types one-handed, Sheree Burke holds the keyboard. When...
...little after 5:00 am in my home in Hong Kong when Jerzy Dudek, the Polish goalkeeper of Liverpool FC, saved a penalty from Andriy Shevchenko, a Ukrainian playing for AC Milan. The save ended the most exciting sporting event you will ever see, secured for Liverpool the European soccer championship for the first time for 21 years, and allowed me to breathe. Within seconds, my wife had called from London, and the emails started to flood in - the first from TIME's Baghdad bureau, others from Sydney, London, Washington, New York. In my fumbled excitement, I misdialed my brother...
...when the editorial section of the DN asked what was to stop Jewish students from taking Jewish culture classes and African-Americans from studying African-American culture—much like Korean students can fulfill their FC requirement with “Korean Cultural Identities”— many students responded with angry letters...
Additionally, Fucito plays with the FC Greater Boston Bolts—a highly competitive under 18 select team with whom he will continue to work out until the end of this year. For incoming Ivy League players, this previous level of play is the norm...
...Prague's large expat community ensures plenty of competition. Dynamo Zizkov FC (members.lycos.co.uk/dynamozizkov), founded five years ago by soccer-mad Brits, is the best-known amateur club. Serious drop-ins are welcome at the weekly practice sessions. Tuesdays, from 8 p.m. on the Astroturf pitch behind the primary school at n?mest? Jir?ho z Lobkovic 121/22, Prague 3 (Metro: Green line, Skalka stop...