Posts filed under: disability awareness

May 28, 2010
WLTX-TV (Columbia, S.C.)
Students Learn Disability Awareness, Sensitivity
Congaree Elementary is getting students more comfortable with differences by having them experience what it's like to be disabled.
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Filed Under: children, disability awareness, education, K-12

May 27, 2010
WLS-TV (Chicago)
Employers urged to 'Think Beyond the Label'
Several months ago, a $4 million national disability awareness campaign hit the airwaves with high hopes for increasing employment among people with disabilities.
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Filed Under: disability awareness, employment, media, television

May 25, 2010
Spartanburg (S.C.) Herald-Journal
Greer teen beauty queen not sidelined by disability
Anna Brown lives her platform, advocating achieving success in any arena despite obstacles.
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Filed Under: disability awareness, hearing impaired, profile

March 28, 2010
New Bern (N.C.) Sun Journal
Quadriplegic fights for disability law compliance
In 1974, Michael Brennan, then 21, and friends were sunning in the Florida Keys at Sombrero Beach, when Brennan casually ran off into the ocean to cool off. He dived into a wave, hit coral, and promptly broke his spine. He was instantly paralyzed.
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Filed Under: Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), disability awareness, physical disability, profile, public policy

March 26, 2010
The Annapolis (Md.) Capital
Guest Column: People with disabilities remain an underutilized resource
This year marks the 20th anniversary of the landmark Americans with Disabilities Act that gave millions of previously forgotten citizens the legal right to more fully participate in American life.
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Filed Under: Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), disability awareness, employment, healthcare, housing, long-term care, public policy

March 20, 2010
The (Morristown, N.J.) Daily Record
Morris students want more time with special education classmates
Montville High School senior Rusty Van Riper would see the students with disabilities sit together at lunch with their adult aides and after quickly eating, retreat to their self-contained classroom.
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Filed Under: Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), disability awareness, education, inclusion, Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, K-12, public policy

March 18, 2010
The Washington Post
A blind man's triathlon pursuit
We tend to frame this country's fitness and obesity problem almost entirely in terms of lifestyle and motivation. Even the most out-of-shape, time-pressed couch potato can find some way to start exercising, we say. You make it a priority, get up and do it.
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Filed Under: disability awareness, profile, recreation

March 16, 2010
The New York Times
In Cancer Fight, Teenagers Don’t Fit In
Simone Weinstein’s ordeal with cancer started in the most banal way: she was tired. She had a hard time getting up in the morning, and did not even have the energy to hang out with her friends.
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Filed Under: children, disability awareness

March 15, 2010
Summit Daily News (Frisco, Colo.)
Disability 101: Paralympic Call for Equality
Yeehaw!!! The 2010 Vancouver Paralympic Winter Games are at last being televised in the U.S.! Well, sort of. It's not ideal coverage, but it's a lot more than we have ever had before, so we are making progress.
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Filed Under: adaptive sports, disability awareness, Paralympics, recreation, Special Olympics

March 13, 2010
KOMU-TV (Columbia, Mo.)
Wheelchair Basketball Coaches on Disabilities
There's a saying that you know someone when you walk a mile in their shoes, but at MU, those who don't walk taught people what makes their wheels spin Saturday.
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Filed Under: adaptive sports, disability awareness, recreation

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