Honorees by Teaching Objectives Section
Talking Hands Award
Teaching Objective Categories
In 1986 our third daughter was diagnosed with Morphea, which is a autoimmune disease. Morphea, also known as localized scleroderma, is a disorder characterized by thickening and induration of the skin and subcutaneous tissue due to excessive collagen deposition.
As our family found information about morphea, we also found information in areas of common interest to all of us and began to recognize teaching excellence through the award program by these categories.
Morphea subtypes are classified according to their clinical presentation and depth of tissue involvement; they include plaque-type, generalized, linear, and deep varieties. Unlike systemic sclerosis, morphea lacks features, such as sclerodactyly, Raynaud phenomenon, and internal organ involvement. Trying to find information about this disease was extremely frustrating, but we eventually found information which was of an aid to Caroline and her doctors. Because of this frustration we thought that other folk would benefit from an index of teaching and learning web sites so we established our Talking Hands Award. There were other considerations as well which included our long standing commitment to special children through our advocacy and a sincere appreciation to my fathers mother who taught us signing.
A table which contains the teaching element for
which a production excels, by year (1998 and forward) may be found here.
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