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All posts tagged "COVID-19"
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1.5KGuest Opinion EssayWhat Does Traveling Outdoors During COVID-19 Look Like For Youth With Disabilities?
Throughout this pandemic it has been a struggle for many of us as we try to follow the “rules.” Wearing a mask...
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4.3KGuest Opinion EssayAfter-school Is Urgently Needed During the Great Pandemic to Build Resilience, Relationships
Most schools around the country are still scrambling to get into this school year. States and local districts are continuously updating their...
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8.9KNewsStudents Help Prevent Teen Suicide In New Jersey Group
This Saturday at 3 p.m. cars will pull into the marina in Atlantic Highlands, New Jersey, and park, leaving at least one...
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1.8KGuest Opinion EssayHow COVID-19 Has Impacted Youth With Disabilities’ Outlook On Future
COVID-19 has led to many necessary changes for people all over the world. One is the way we think about safety and...
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1.6KNews21st Century Programs Gaining Flexibility During School Day, But More Funding Sought
After a tense and uncertain summer, after-school providers funded through 21st Century Community Learning Centers are able to step back and take...
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2.8KGuest Opinion EssayYouth With Disabilities Want COVID-19 to Teach Importance of Accessibility
For the past few months, while writing this column, I have been building relationships with young people who have disabilities. I have...
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1.9KNewsHigh School Students Call For Racial Equity Focus, For Adults to Listen
Young people across the country are returning to school during a global pandemic after a summer that dramatically highlighted racial inequality. Under...
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1.4KGuest Opinion EssayAre Youth With Disabilities Changing Habits to Prevent Spread of COVID-19?
You see it on TV. You hear it on the radio and you read it in the newspaper. Everywhere you go there...
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2.4KGuest Opinion EssayNew Technology Not Enough to Monitor Child Welfare Outcomes During Pandemic
Child welfare systems are on the brink of a paradigm shift when it comes to technology use in their difficult work. A...
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1.3KGuest Opinion EssayWhere Are Youth With Disabilities Getting Support During COVID-19 Pandemic?
We have officially reached the six-month mark of COVID-19 hitting the United States. Our worlds have been turned upside down and each...
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2.5KNewsMiami Music Project Impacts Kids’ Lives Way Beyond Free Music Lessons
Founded in Miami in 2008, the Miami Music Project’s goal is to empower kids in underserved communities to reach their full potential...
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1.8KGuest Opinion EssayHow Are Youth With Disabilities Receiving Medical Attention During COVID-19?
The need for social distancing has affected many aspects of our normal lives. As hospitals become overcrowded due to the influx of...
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2.0KNewsMichigan’s Nutrition Buddies Teaches Kids, Doctors the Power of Plants
The coronavirus pandemic is shining a glaring new light on an old problem. Recently published research shows food insecurity, a lack of...
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3.7KGuest Opinion EssayBack to Normal Not Good Enough For Parents, Kids Pulled Into Foster Care System
The child welfare system is destroying families and leaving children to languish in foster care. The problem is rampant nationwide.
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1.9KGuest Opinion EssayOpinions Vary on Voting While Disabled
In the middle of a global pandemic our country is about to choose who will be the president for the next four...
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2.8KGuest Opinion EssayNew Mexico Shouldn’t Double Down On Failed System of Child Abuse Reporting
Even as we finally come to grips with the racial bias that permeates so many aspects of American life, some people in...
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2.7KNews4-H Launches Campaign to Close Opportunity Gap
4-H’s new campaign calls for a nationwide focus on positive youth development to address the opportunity gap among young people. It plans...
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1.9KGuest Opinion EssayHow Has COVID-19 Affected Schooling of Young People With Disabilities?
As schools begin to open back up, many young people and their families are facing the unexpected. Understandably, they have questions about...
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2.7KGuest Opinion EssayHelp Parents, Guardians Survive and Thrive By Tapping Into Support Networks
We are moving through historic times as our families and communities are impacted by two pandemics: COVID-19 and systemic racism. In order...
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2.9KGuest Opinion EssayHow Has COVID-19 Affected Employment of Youth With Disabilities?
As the country battles another recession brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, unemployment numbers soar. With more than 30 million people not...
