Monday, March 29, 2010

Infants as young as 7 months show sensitivity to human voices

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From HealthDay News : The brains of infants as young as 7 months show a sensitivity to the human voice that's similar to what's seen...

Florida teen with CP trains himself to play baseball with one arm

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From the St. Petersburg Times : CLEARWATER, Fla. — It's what happens after Austin Ordner (pictured) catches the ball that's amazing....

Massachusetts father found guilty in murder of daughter, 4, with overdose of psychotropic drug

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From The Boston Globe : BROCKTON, Mass. — Capping one of the most unusual child abuse cases in Massachusetts history, a South Shore father w...

Disability rights watchdog group looks into alleged sexual abuse at Wisconsin mental health center

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From the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel : A state-designated watchdog agency has launched its own investigation into patient sexual abuse allega...

National Disabled Veterans Winter Sports Clinic, world's largest adaptive learn-to-ski event, begins its 24th year this week

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From The Daily Sentinel in Colorado: An unheralded event that began at Powderhorn Ski Area almost a quarter of a century ago is about to ki...

Pennsylvania MR services worry about how state budget cuts will affect services

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From Pittsburgh Business Times : A proposed $17.3 million budget cut to agencies statewide that serve severely mentally retarded people may ...

New Mexico detention center tries to figure out how to provide care for inmate with muscular dystrophy

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From The Daily Times in Farmington, N.M.: AZTEC, N.M. — San Juan County Adult Detention Center officials are giving around-the-clock care t...

Famed British graphic artist with MS ends his life at Swiss assisted-suicide clinic

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From The Telegraph in the UK: A graphic artist who illustrated the famous Judge Dredd comics has ended his life at the Swiss clinic Dignita...

Center on Hearing and Deafness in Pennsylvania loses director, most of its staff, amid conflict

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From The Philadelphia Inquirer : Despite simultaneous signing, speaking, and texting, miscommunication dominated a recent community meeting ...

Two mothers in Australia fight for political candidates to commit to national disability insurance program

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From The Australian : Two mothers with disabled children have launched a national grassroots movement they hope to turn into one of the most...

Three Florida elementary school boys charged with sexual assaulting girl with Asperger's

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From KFOR-TV in Miami: MIAMI -- Three elementary students were charged Wednesday in connection with a shocking alleged sexual assault March ...

Relaxed minds can remember better

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From Reuters : LONDON -- Stronger and more lasting memories are likely to be formed when a person is relaxed and the memory-related neurons ...

California yoga teacher adapts classes for disabled students

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From the Santa Cruz Sentinel in California: SANTA CRUZ, Calif. — Four decades of yoga teaching has led one well-known Santa Cruz instructor...

Budget cuts in Canada mean demise of organization that supports families, child development

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From The Victoria Times Colonist in Canada: A provincewide organization that distributes millions of dollars for literacy, nutrition, paren...

Rhode Island House votes to drop R-word

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From The AP : PROVIDENCE, R. I. -— House lawmakers unanimously voted March 24 to remove the word “retardation” from the name of the state De...