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All posts tagged "Disabled Youth Today"
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5.1KNewsLawmakers, federal investigators target teen facilities billed as therapeutic but accused of abuse
Separate investigations by the federal Government Accountability Office and Department of Health and Human Services' inspector general that were launched in 2021,...
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3.7KNewsSome parents of schoolkids with Down syndrome, with their higher risks of COVID-19 harms, are relieved by vaccinations
Most American families with school children have yet to embrace the new, lower-dose COVID shot for kids, with the Kaiser Family Foundation...
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3.9KFrom the BureausLack of special ed teachers keeps some autistic students ill-prepared for college or work
“My son didn’t receive failing grades,” said Eric’s mother, who asked to go unnamed. “Every report card had a ‘P’ for passing...
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2.3KNewsCertified as autism-friendly, tourism destinations serve families and reap profits
On a family vacation in San Diego three years ago, Marc Garcia’s son had a meltdown that, because he is autistic, was...
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1.9KNewsStudy: People with disabilities were more likely to be on the margins of the pandemic’s telework expansion
Partly because many of them lack internet access and are disproportionately employed in retail, food and other service industries, workers with disabilities,...
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3.5KNewsAdvocates: Pandemic proves that employers can make in-person and remote accommodations for disabled workers
While the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that in February 2021 one in four U.S. workers was working remotely — many...
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2.6KNewsSome disabled students and their parents want remote learning to be a permanent option
Some advocates of students with disabilities are hoping lawmakers and educators will do more to ensure that remote learning is a more...
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1.3KNewsA pilot program aims to build a Peace Corps-style network of volunteer caregivers for the disabled nationwide
One of dozens of initial grantees in a roughly $5 million federal pilot program, begun in 2019, Good Shepherd is part of...
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2.3KNewsAs they enter adulthood, some disabled people may need a legal guardian’s protection
“I am acquainted with multiple mentally disabled adults with no legal guardian, and I have seen the pain, hardship and dangers that...
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3.6KNewsAs a buffer against social media bullies, the disabled and their parents add their fact-focused voices to those platforms
“It often makes me feel as though the public at large would like families with disabilities to live out of sight and...
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3.2KNewsCongress mulls ending federal program that OKs sub-minimum wages for workers with disabilities
After graduating from a Massachusetts technical high school, John Anton took a job in a sheltered workshop north of Boston where he...
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4.3KNewsRoommate-matching services expand housing options for people with disabilities
Growing up autistic, Meghan McCarthy found it hard to make friends. By age 24, still living with parents whom she dearly loved,...
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3.6KNewsNatural playgrounds offer restorative play for pandemic-fatigued children
A growing trend in playground design aims to eliminate over-programmed playgrounds in favor of more natural ones that lend themselves to unscripted...
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3.3KNewsUnrecognized by Alexa and Siri, impaired speech is being used to develop new speech-assistance software
Google’s Project Euphonia has been testing a prototype that, by mid-June, employed the voices of roughly 1,000 disabled individuals, including Cisek, who...
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1.9KNewsSome pandemic-prompted patio dining has blocked disability access
Across the country, many local governments threw a lifeline to struggling restaurants and bars by expanding rules on outdoor dining as COVID-19...
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2.2KNewsGeorgia Establishing New Therapeutic Foster Care Program
ATLANTA — Georgia is establishing a therapeutic foster care program to provide specialized treatment for children with an assortment of behavioral, mental...
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2.5KNewsExercise Boosts Fitness, Lowers Disease Risks for Disabled Youth
For the first time, when he was 11, Matthew Bishop got to play competitive sports with athletes who, like him, had Down...
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3.0KNewsDisabilities Advocates Cite Unequal Access to COVID-19 Vaccine, Ponder Remedies
Alex Hanson, 20, has cerebral palsy, a breathing tube, two feeding tubes and round-the-clock nursing care. More than a month into her...
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3.2KNewsBetter Sex Ed Aims to Curb Abuse, Criminalizing of Youth with Disabilities
OLESIA BILKEI/SHUTTERSTOCK As his mother sees it, 16-year-old Nate Nemhauser’s main takeaway from sex education class back in fifth grade was that...
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1.4KNewsPandemic Forces Autistic People to Cope With ‘Ultimate Uncertainty’
University of California, Berkeley graduate student Hari Srinivasan had finally begun to immerse himself in campus life last year — no easy...
