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Taking charge: Students with learning disabilities must advocate for themselves, say experts
When Dean College junior Peter Diabakerly began his school search a few years ago, he knew he had to be his own advocate. Though he has a learning disability, he wasn’t going to let that stop him from finding success in college. Now, the business major is urging students who may be in a similar boat to become their own self-advocates to achieve success.
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College-bound kids with learning disabilities get help
Unlike most high school kids her age, Stephanie Hunter spent the summer before her senior year in a classroom.
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Camp teaches kids with disabilities healthy habits early on
Supported by a four-wheeled walker, Cynthia Oyler extends her leg to send an oversize soccer ball flying between two orange cones.
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Athletes excel despite disabilities
There was one enthronement week event at the Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield Monday that touched the hearts of onlookers.
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Sean Forbes Paves The Way For Deaf Musicians
“Def” has been a part of hip-hop lexicon since the early 1980s, but for Sean Forbes, it means something different. The 28-year-old from suburban Detroit has been deaf since he was a baby but says that hasn’t stopped him from making music. He recently released a new single called “I’m Deaf,” and is busy recording more songs for an upcoming album. Forbes says music has always been part of his life.
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Finding Haylee a home – and a family
Making a Difference: Donna and Judson Emens took it upon themselves to help a young girl with cerebral palsy, forming their own special family in Tuscumbia, Ala. NBC News’ Clare Duffy reports.
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New Jersey Is Sued Over the Forced Medication of Patients at Psychiatric Hospitals
Patient advocates filed a federal lawsuit on Tuesday charging that New Jersey psychiatric hospitals routinely medicate patients against their will without a review by an outside arbiter, a practice that is banned in most other states.
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Low-Income Minorities With Disabilities See Services Disparity
The nation commemorated the 20th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act last week. But a number of Americans have yet to fully benefit from the law. Individuals living with disabilities are disproportionally poor, many of whom live in low-income urban areas that sometimes lack necessary services or physical accommodations. Host Michel Martin talks with disabled rights activist Bobby Coward and Deidre Davis, the first director of ADA services for retail giant Walmart.
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ACLU sues feds over detention of disabled immigrants
Civil rights groups – including the American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California – filed a class action lawsuit Monday against federal officials, demanding they create a system for determining the mental competency of those in immigration detention who represent themselves.
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Disaster preparedness for those with disabilities
In Columbus alone, over fifty thousand people are living with special needs. Many of them function in society under normal circumstances quite well — but tornadoes, house fires, and evacuations are not normal circumstances.
