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WEBOctober 1, 2024. Couple Could Lose Everything If They Get Married. New Film Reveals Painful Journey. Patrice Jetter and Garry Wickham want to get married, but they would lose their disability lifelines if they did. Their story is the subject of a new "documentary romantic comedy" on Hulu. October 1, 2024.
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WEBStudents In Special Education Continue To Face Setbacks From Pandemic. The issues that have bedeviled students' post-COVID learning recovery — absenteeism, school staffing shortages, academic disruptions — have been worse for students with disabilities, a report finds. September 20, 2024.
Books Honored For Disability Storylines
WEBJan 28, 2022 · The honor book in that category is “A Face for Picasso: Coming of Age with Crouzon Syndrome,” a memoir about life with a rare condition that causes facial disfigurement. The winners of the Schneider Family Book Awards each receive $5,000 and a framed plaque. Separately, the Dolly Gray Award, which goes …
CDC Study Pinpoints Prevalence Of Intellectual Disability
WEBJan 21, 2021 · In a study looking at 8-year-olds in several communities across the nation, CDC researchers found that 1.2% had IQ scores of 70 or below qualifying them for an intellectual disability diagnosis. The findings published late last year in the Disability Health Journal are based on data collected through the CDC’s Autism and Developmental ...
Nike Unveils Hands-Free Sneakers For Those With Special Needs
WEBFeb 3, 2021 · The Nike GO FlyEase can be taken on and off without using hands. (Nike) With an eye toward making shoes even more accessible to people with disabilities, Nike is introducing a sneaker that can be taken on and off completely hands-free. The shoe known as the Nike GO FlyEase is part of Nike’s FlyEase collection of adaptive styles.
MGM Resorts Backs New Autism Job Training Program
WEBOct 28, 2022 · MGM Resorts is putting $1 million behind a vocational program aimed at training and hiring more people on the spectrum over the next five years. The company said it will work with Grant a Gift Autism Foundation-Ackerman Center, a Las Vegas disability service provider, on the new effort. Advertisement - …
Ginsburg Remembered For Impact On Disability Rights
WEBSep 22, 2020 · Best known for standing up for women’s rights, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg also played an outsized role in ensuring the rights of people with disabilities, advocates say. Most notably, Ginsburg, who died Friday at the age of 87, wrote the majority opinion in the landmark 1999 ruling in Olmstead v. L.C. The decision affirmed ...
Amazon Billionaire Gives ‘Transformational’ Gifts To Disability …
WEBJan 4, 2021 · Scott said she gifted more than $4.1 billion to nonprofits in just four months. (Shutterstock) Multiple nonprofits serving people with disabilities are receiving an unprecedented and unexpected influx of cash as part of a massive wave of donations from the billionaire ex-wife of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos. Easterseals and 22 of its affiliates ...
DSM Update Tweaks Criteria For Autism, Intellectual Disability
WEBMar 24, 2022 · An updated version that includes modifications to entries for autism and intellectual disability was just released. (Disability Scoop) A new version of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders released this month includes changes to the definitions of both autism and intellectual disability that experts say will further clarify ...
Most States Struggling To Fulfill IDEA Requirements
WEBJul 20, 2021 · States in the “meets requirements” category in the latest report include Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah, Virginia, Wisconsin and Wyoming. In a …