San Antonio Express-News
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Disability challenges students, colleges
Alex March is not stupid. In fact, he’s smart and articulate — yet it has taken him nearly 16 years to earn an associate’s degree at San Antonio College.
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Houston Chronicle
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State says it can staff mental facilities
State officials expressed confidence Thursday they will be able to address “extremely serious staffing concerns” and a 60 percent turnover rate among workers who provide direct care to Texans with mental disabilities in the Lubbock State Supported Living Center.
Boulder (Co.) Daily Camera
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People with disabilities build community through Bolder Boulder
Losing a limb doesn’t have to mean the end of an active lifestyle. For 33-year-old Chad Butrick, in fact, it meant the beginning of one.
WLTX-TV (Columbia, S.C.)
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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.
WLS-TV (Chicago)
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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.
St. Petersburg (Fla.) Times
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Families rally to save special ed teacher threatened by budget cuts
The rumblings started in March. Parents of adults with disabilities heard that state budget cuts could affect the staff in a program they love.
Society for Human Resource Management
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Making Recruiting Sites Accessible for All
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) is sending employers an important message: “Talent has no boundaries; workforce diversity includes workers with disabilities.” As employers begin to hire once again, therefore, they had better make sure that applicants with disabilities can find and compete for jobs just like everyone else.
San Antonio Express-News
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Poet with disability finds voice through prose
When the words came, they revealed the voice of a poet.
KSL-TV (Salt Lake City)
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KSL 5 News investigates use of Rifton chair in Granite School District classroom
The Granite Police District and the Division of Child and Family Services (DCFS) are investigating how a Rifton chair is being used in a special-needs preschool class.
The Oak Ridger (Oak Ridge, Tenn.)
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Children learn from each other at Early Learning Center
Two-year-old Milee befriended a boy who uses a wheelchair in her classroom at the Emory Valley Center Early Learning Center. She enjoyed pushing his chair, and she missed him when he left the center.