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‘Glee’ Honored at American Association of People With Disabilities Awards Gala
The creators of Fox’s hit show “Glee” want to make you laugh and think. The episodes are produced with messages about inclusion no matter what you look like, your sexuality or disability.
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Childcare for Children with Disabilities
There’s a shortage of child care providers in every corner of the state. And child care is even tougher to find for kids with disabilities. A possible solution comes with a price tag one lawmakers have been slashing.
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Tom Rinaldi profiles the student managers for Villanova’s men’s and women’s basketball teams who both have cerebral palsy
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Pa. man drops police lawsuit over hearing aids
A Pennsylvania man with hearing loss who aspires to a career in law enforcement has dropped his federal lawsuit against state police over guidelines that he said excluded qualified candidates who need hearing aids.
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Rally puts faces to disability cuts
Services that help the disabled have been put on the chopping block up at the state Capitol, spurring a march and rally Tuesday morning.
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Disability Advocates: “No Cuts! No Cuts!”
Josue Rodriguez sat in his motorized wheelchair on the south steps of the Capitol today and urged an audience of hundreds of disability advocates to continue fighting for their freedom. “What we need are vital services that keep us independent,” the El Pasoan said.
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Henrietta woman brings competitive canoeing to people with disabilities
A marathon canoe racer since 1971, Jan Whitaker, of Henrietta, was teaching outrigger canoe lessons at the Genesee Waterways Center in Rochester in 1997 when she met a 9-year-old girl who had mobility impairment in her legs, requiring her to use leg braces. Whitaker, who had never before taught the sport to a person with disabilities, began showing her the ropes of outrigger canoeing, a type of canoeing that uses a canoe with a stabilizing pontoon, usually affixed to the left side of the canoe, to provide additional stability.
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Community care urged for the disabled
Charles Cooper had never heard of Down syndrome in 1958, when his 2-week-old son was diagnosed with the disability.
Cooper trusted the doctor when he said his son would do best in an institution. So Cooper went to a Fredericksburg judge and signed commitment papers.
But then he visited some of the training centers. And Cooper decided that his son deserved better.
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Delta hit with $2M DOT disabilities violations fine
The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) has fined Delta Air Lines Inc. $2 million for “violating rules protecting air travelers with disabilities.”
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Teen athlete says he was cut from team due to disability
Like most kids, Anthony Burruto started playing baseball in community Little League, ultimately joining the high school team.
Born with a birth defect, Burruto, 16, had to have both legs amputated below the knee shortly after he was born. He has played baseball since he was 8, thanks to prosthetic legs.
