Renee Aeyelts, 21, coped with dyslexia all the way through elementary, junior and senior high school without receiving adequate support in a small town school with very few resources. Now she is in the fourth year of a bachelor of arts program at Mount Royal College.
James Stainton, 25, has been blind since birth. A downhill skier from the age of five, James is currently attending at the University of Alberta, majoring in psychology. While taking a year off from university, James completed an advanced woodworking and design course at NAIT and works part-time making furniture and doing finishing work in the house construction industry. He also volunteers with children with disabilities.
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