Fort Worth (Texas) Star-Telegram
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University of North Texas’ new program helps mentally ill adults find jobs
Mental illness has been called the hidden disability, but Elizabeth El Aiady sees its effects every day.
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Worcester (Mass.) Telegram
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Holy Cross’ eight-man shell teeters near the dock on top of Lake Quinsigamond and it takes a sure, steady hand to balance the long, narrow boat just to get in and out of it.
WSAV-TV (Savanna, Ga.)
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Guyton Riding Facility Helps Those with Disabilities
It’s said that on a horse a person who can not walk has the legs to run, a person who feels alone has someone to trust… and anyone whose disability presents special obstacles has the opportunity to over come them.
The Washington Post
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Corollary softball gives disabled students a chance to get in the game
Inside the Gaithersburg gymnasium, Amy Marshall is frantically trying to organize her teammates for their first yearbook photo. Some don’t want to wear their ball caps, others can’t seem to stand still and their unofficial spokeswoman doesn’t hide her displeasure.
InformationWeek
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HHS Establishes Disability Research Center
The Department of Health and Human Services Office on Disability announced on Monday an award of more than $6 million to establish a research center that will build electronic data models to conduct comparative effectiveness research on disability services and quality of care.
KPCC-FM (Pasadena, Calif.)
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Disability rights advocates split over closure of Lanterman center
The Lanterman Development Center in Pomona cares for people who are developmentally disabled. It’s named for Frank Lanterman — the Republican lawmaker who was the driving force behind changes in California’s care of the mentally disabled in the 1960s. He fought to improve care at state-run facilities. Now the one that bears his name is due to close. At a recent Sacramento hearing, advocates for the disabled were split over the closure.
Associated Press
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Bus seat belt laws mostly exclude wheelchairs
Lonnie Acton’s lifeless body sat in a wheelchair fastened to the floor of a mangled minibus. No shoulder or lap belt protected him.
KSL-TV (Salt Lake City)
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Man learns to see disability as a gift
Every life has defining moments that can change the person forever. For one Utah man, he took cruel comments and turned them into his motivation.
Broadway World
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GLEE Guest Star Weinstein Talks Career With Disabilities
Actor Zack Weinstein will be appearing in next week’s episode of hit television show GLEE. What makes the appearance stand out is that, unlike Kevin McHale – who plays GLEE’s Artie Abrams who is confined to a wheelchair – Weinstein faces disabilities on a daily basis. The actor became paralyzed during a canoeing trip in college. While he was left with only the use of most of his upper body, leaving him unable to use his hands or legs, Weinstein has fought to continue his dream of acting.
Bay Area Reporter (San Francisco)
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Agency reaches out to LGBTs with disabilities
People with developmental disabilities who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or questioning are often hidden within the larger LGBT community, and that’s something one local organization wants to change.