Monday, April 27, 2009

Western Pennsylvania county records largest number of students with autism

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From the Tribune-Review in Pittsburgh. In the picture, West Mifflin Middle School student Jenna Granatire, 12, puts her name on a puzzle pi...

Pennsylvania remodeler embraces universal design

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From the Tribune-Review in Pittsburgh: In early 2007, Jen and Bob Mankowski (pictured) were shopping around for a home of their own, with l...

Southern Nevada opens first school for students with autism

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From the Las Vegas Sun : Southern Nevada's first school for children with high-functioning autism has found a home in Henderson. After s...

Illinois father wins access to his kids' schools

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From the Chicago Daily Herald : Mike Lyons (pictured) saw the flight of stairs and decided he'd reached the end of his rapidly fraying r...

Wrestler Kyle Maynard wins his martial arts event

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From MMAMania.com : Congenital amputee Kyle Maynard (pictured) made his mixed martial arts debut on Saturday, April 25 at ‘Auburn Fight Nigh...

Blind Australian hosts TV program, performs stunts

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From The Australian : Something you will eventually notice about Steve Hurd is that he's blind. But the first thing will probably be tha...

Federal stimulus money may help upgrade public housing elevators

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From the New York Daily News . Here's a previous story in The NY Times . Millions of dollars in federal stimulus money may finally fix t...

Report shows multiple problems at Tennessee center for people with intellectual disabilities

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From the Jackson Sun in Tennessee: The Winfrey Center in Trenton has had at least 13 substantiated complaints of abuse and neglect of its m...

"A Nervous Smile" called provocative, poignant

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I saw this John Belluso play April 25 and agree with most of this review. There were some weak spots, especially at the end, but mostly it w...

California town sued over lack of disability access in new downtown improvements

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From the San Diego Union-Tribune : ENCINITAS, Calif. — Disabled-rights activist Dennis Sharp has sued Encinitas in federal court, saying the...

Autism numbers on the upswing in Kansas schools

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From the Topeka Capital Journal in Kansas: The number of children with autism enrolling in Topeka Unified School District 501 and other Kan...

Hawaiians with disabilities face unemployment woes

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From The Honolulu Advertiser . In the picture, at the Lanakila Pacific life skills training facility on Bachelot Street, employment training...

Kitty McGeever first blind actress on a British soap opera

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From The Telegraph & Argus in the UK: Bradford actress Kitty McGeever (pictured) has made soap history by becoming the first blind actr...

Australian elementary school uses "cage" for students with autism, other disabilities

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From Adelaide Now in Australia: Disabled students at an Adelaide Hills primary school are being dressed in fluoro vests and sent at breaks ...

Could a planned Massachusetts bill restrict the sexual rights of people with disabilities?

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From The Boston Globe : State Representative Kathi-Anne Reinstein thought she was sponsoring a bill to protect a vulnerable population from ...