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Autism Walk on National Mall Stirs Controversy
WASHINGTON – Thousands of people converged on the National Mall Saturday for a great cause — fighting autism.
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Autism Walk on National Mall Stirs Controversy
WASHINGTON – Thousands of people converged on the National Mall Saturday for a great cause — fighting autism.
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Danny Hicks rises above his disability through tae kwon do
In tae kwon do, age doesn’t factor into where you rank in the classroom. What you’ve achieved does.
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Bethany author shares struggle with learning disability
Bethany resident David George has struggled with a learning disability most of his life, and was only recently diagnosed with Asperger’s Syndrome. George has written a book on his struggles and educational experiences called “Be Unique Be You and LIVE!”
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Connecting Iowa Employers and Workers With Disabilities
DES MOINES, Iowa – The unemployment rate among people with disabilities is close to 50 percent, but some in Iowa say it doesn’t have to be that way. October is National Disability Employment Month, and the spotlight is on thousands of Iowans with disabilities who are ready and willing to fill open positions.
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Planned background checks for in-home healthcare workers are criticized
SACRAMENTO — A storm of protest has erupted over the Schwarzenegger administration’s push to require prospective home health aides for the elderly and disabled to begin undergoing criminal background and fingerprint checks next week.
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Student flourishes despite disability
Oliver Deeley starts with a Lego – a small, plastic brick. Piece by piece, he builds his vision, whether it is the Eiffel Tower, a small-scale bike or overcoming trials of a social disability.
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Ex-N.F.L. Executive Sounds Alarm on Head Injury
TAMPA, Fla. — As the president of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the daughter of their owner, Gay Culverhouse was the woman in the men’s locker room. Twenty years later, she is trying to keep her former players out of the emergency room.
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Agency links disabled workers with jobs, education
When Mary Ann Gentry arrived in Statesville from the Philippines last May, she didn’t have a job. Gentry, 27, enlisted the help of Vocational Rehabilitations Services (VRS), a local agency whose mission is to promote employment and independence for people with disabilities.
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DPS aims to make charter schools more diverse
In most other charter schools, 8-year-old Cal Crum wouldn’t be sitting in a second-grade classroom learning about geometric shapes with his typically developing peers.
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Man turns disability into his life mission
Even sitting in a wheelchair, his hands not fully functional, there’s a physical presence about Gilbert Smith, the former police officer who was shot on duty and left paralyzed from the waist down.