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Ivy Tech grad defies low expectations
South Bend TribuneSOUTH BEND -- Alisha Bartow has come a long way since Nov. 19, 1987, when she was born premature, weighing less than two pounds. She's come a long way from the feeding tube and ventilator that kept her alive. She's come a long way from her first day...Tags: Graduation, Colleges and Universities
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Nonprofit JAFCO builds $12 million center in Sunrise for autistic youth
South Florida nonprofit JAFCO is building a $12 million center in Sunrise to start offering services for children with autism and other developmental disabilities. The center is slated to open in October and serve more than 500 families annually....Tags: Learning Disability, Finance, Economy, Business and Finance, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Sunrise (Broward, Florida)
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Kimberly McBroom's Blog
Tuesday, May 7 I truly hope you were able to catch "Susan's Story," either last night at 6 or today on WDBJ 7 Mornin'. Susan Bahorich bravely shared her personal struggle with ovarian cancer. I am so proud of her for being open and honest with what she is...Tags: Jon Gosselin, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, Ceremonies, Voting, National Collegiate Athletic Association
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Pitching in to help one of the flood's littlest victims
Under his mother's watchful eye, 6-year-old Joseph Donachricha gingerly yet cheerfully moves between couches and the coffee table in a small Park Ridge apartment. His various medical conditions leave him incapable of saying much, but he'll...
Tags: Services and Shopping, Hospitals and Clinics, FEMA
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Canton Middle School Student Wins Unified Sports Award
The Hartford CourantBuck Mather and Tiegan Atken were both playing sports — though in very different ways — when Mather asked his friend to come play with him. Mather, 14, has cerebral palsy and is confined to a wheelchair. He can't speak and communicates...Tags: High School Sports, Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference, Schools, Middle Schools
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Lehighton woman was inspired to teach by hard lessons of bullying
Diana Livingston will limp on her way to receiving her degree at the Penn State-Berks graduation Saturday, May 4. There's a slim possibility that she could even fall on the way to the stage. But she will walk the distance to clench her diploma....
Tags: Health and Safety at School, The Pennsylvania State University, Teaching and Learning, Education, Colleges and Universities
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Stilt walker raising funds for cerebral palsy aid
PETOSKEY -- As he travels from Petoskey to Traverse City this weekend, Neil Sauter will display a taller stature than the typical pedestrian along U.S. 31. Sauter, a 30-year-old resident of downstate Deerfield, will make the 66-mile trek on stilts. It'...
Tags: Trips and Vacations, Parkinson's Disease, Awards and Prizes, Human Interest, Travel
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Children with special needs deserve to be in spotlight
Happy 6th birthday to Simon Andrew Cecil! On Monday, I learned that this week was the week to honor people with special needs. I never realized there was a special week set aside to do this until I heard the message on TV Monday. I immediately thought...
Tags: Steaks, Foods and Beverages, Lifestyle and Leisure, Sports
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Special needs children deserve the chance to be extraordinary
Raising a child is like doing a puzzle in the dark. You get two pieces together and think, "Finally, I know what to do," not realizing there are a hundred more pieces scattered across the room. For the parent of a special needs child, that puzzle has a...
Tags: Budgets and Budgeting, American Academy of Pediatrics, Autism
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A Lawsuit Could Test the Limits of the Rights of the Disabled in the Bedroom
Caroline Kendall Kortner led a brief and often hellish life. Born in 1970, Kendall, as she was called, lived out her childhood in the Cos Cob neighborhood of Greenwich. When she was eight, a neighborhood boy began sexually molesting her. Soon after, she...
Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Sexual Assault, Abusive Behavior, Justice System, The Institute of Living
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Special needs for special siblings
Growing up with a severely disabled brother, Abby Brown felt less like a sister than like a "third parent." Nigel, two years her junior, was born with a rare disease called linear sebaceous nevus syndrome that left him non-verbal and needing assistance to...
Tags: Lincolnwood, MRSA, Nursing Homes, Lifestyle and Leisure, Colleges and Universities
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Westminster gym for the disabled specializes in small miracles
It's a sunny morning in Westminster, and the pulleys are squeaking, the weights clinking as a half-dozen members of a small gym give the equipment a workout. Bouncy music comes though a stereo's speakers. A trainer encourages a client on a treadmill....
Tags: Physical Therapy, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Physical Therapists, Physical Disabilities, Washington, DC
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