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Club Aims to Purchase Play Structure for Children with Disabilities
Springfield's Downtown Kiwanis Club announced today (Monday) that they've received a $7500 grant that has gotten them much closer to making a big difference in the lives of children in the Ozarks who have disabilities. KSMU's Royal Yates spoke with the director of the organization to find out more about what they'll ...
People With Disabilities Enjoy A Day At The Playing Fields
It was a day of fun and games for some local sports enthusiasts. But these players did things a little bit differently. People with physical and mental disabilities played sports that some of them thought they would never have the opportunity play.
Tierney honored for commitment to students with autism, intellectual disabilities
Last Wednesday, Congressman John F. Tierney, D-Mass., was presented with an award recognizing his ongoing work to ensure access to quality higher education for students with intellectual disabilities. At the meeting, members of the Consortium also discussed their involvement in programs serving students with autism and intellectual disabilities.
UT talk to focus on how disabilities are depicted in art
How disability and people with disabilities are represented in museums will be discussed by scholar and author Dr. Rosemarie Garland-Thomson at 4 p.m. Monday, April 19, in The University of Toledo's Student Union Room 2582 on Main Campus.
Chicago police search for 2 missing teens
Chicago police were asking for help locating two missing teenagers, one with cognitive disabilities and other with depression. Jada Jones, 18, was last seen Monday, according to police. Jones attends school near 26th Street and Wabash Avenue, and is mentally challeged, knowing neither her phone number nor her address, police said in an alert issued Monday evening. Jones spends time at various ...
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DynaVox is standout in crowded week for IPOs
Of this week's jam-packed IPO schedule, only DynaVox Inc., a provider of speech-generating software that helps people with language and cognitive disabilities, is the one company standing out from the rest.
Driver in fatal Christmas Eve crash too disabled for jail, judge rules
A man who killed a passenger in his pickup truck in a crash on Christmas Eve 2008 wont go behind bars because no jail can deal with the disabilities the crash left him with, a judge decided Monday.
Making sure students with disabilities get included: Parent-driven hope
The "All Born In" conference, created and run by parents of students with disabilities, drew more than 200 parents and educators to learn new techniques that are working and to gain inspiration to keep advocating for their kids.
Vermonter goes to Washington
MONTPELIER When President Obama celebrates U.S. Olympic and Paralympic athletes at the White House this Wednesday, a Vermonter representing an organization offering sports opportunities to those with disabilities will be there. ... - By DANIEL BARLOW VERMONT PRESS BUREAU
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