A Huffington Post columnist made an impassioned plea to parents of children with disabilities in her Wednesday column, urging them to consider the long-term benefits of including children with disabilities in schools and other mainstream social activities. Carla Lohr can talk about what it’s like for a child with disabilities from two different perspectives: her [...]
There has been a new wave of British television shows about the English aristocracy reaching American shores of late. And while “Downton Abbey” is garnering most of the buzz for its nighttime soap-opera story lines and ornate set decoration, another BBC drama is looking to ride its coattails to success, with one of its actresses [...]
WCAX-TV reporter Keith McGilvery filed a two-part report last week that demonstrated the social and academic benefits of the college and university programs made possible by the Transition and Postsecondary Program for Students with Intellectual Disabilities (TPSID) grant which, as we posted yesterday, is in danger of having its funding dropped from the federal budget [...]
Katy Hopkins of the U.S. News and World Report wrote last week that President Obama’s 2013 budget proposal did not include funding for the Transition and Postsecondary Program for Students with Intellectual Disabilities (TPSID) grant, raising questions about the future of this experimental program at its midway point. Since the 2010 fiscal year, TPSID grants [...]
Hundreds of people turned out on the steps of the Capitol building in Atlanta last Thursday with umbrellas in hand and a single purpose in mind: to get the state to do more to help people with disabilities in the state of Georgia. February 16 was Georgia’s 14th Annual Disability Day, and while the rain [...]
Congratulations to Assistiveware. The Netherlands-based company announced yesterday that its Proloquo2Go smartphone application won the 2011 “Best App Ever” award in the Special Needs category. While the award name suits the hyperbolic nature of online culture, the process by which the award winners are determined is kept pretty pure — especially by online awards standards [...]
An Arkansas blogger is calling attention to inequities at voting stations in the community where she resides; which she says government funds have already been allocated to correct and are in violation of federal law. Elaine Canady blogs about issues affecting people with disabilities for the Helena Daily World in Helena, Arkansas, a town with [...]
Over the past couple of months, we’ve marked the progress people with disabilities have made in a number of countries with regards to career training and job opportunities; from a new employment rights’ treaty in Israel to hiring increases in China, news across the globe indicates progress is being made toward inclusion of these people [...]
Since it’s Valentine’s Day, let’s dispense with the usual discussions of career training and employment opportunities for people with disabilities, and look at a story about what truly makes life matter: love. PBS NewsHour closed last Thursday’s program with an interview of Rachel Simon (below), author of the 2011 New York Times bestseller, The Story [...]
Abilities Expo kicks off its series of 2012 events at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta, February 17-19. The nation’s largest event for people with disabilities is expecting more than 3,000 individuals with disabilities, their family members, caregivers, health care professionals, and others to attend, according to the press release. For more than 30 [...]