Youth Today
All posts tagged "disability"
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2.1KNewsDisability Service Providers Get Creative As Pandemic Threatens Programs
When the COVID-19 pandemic hit last year, Wichita, Kansas, nurse Heather McFann was at a loss as to what to do for...
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2.7KNewsYoung People Have Trouble Convincing Health Care Providers of Their Chronic Pain
Natalie Linn has lived with chronic pain since she was in first grade. Her flares all but disappeared for a decade then...
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3.2KNewsHaving a Mentor With the Same Disability Is Important, Young People and Research Agree
Hannah Weitzman is almost 10 and the only kid with hearing loss in her neighborhood in Chappaqua, New York. When her family...
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2.6KGuest Opinion EssayVirtual Communities More Crucial Than Ever For The Disabled
PROSTOCK-STUDIO/SHUTTERSTOCK As I continue to make connections with young people who live with disabilities, I am finding that many of them rely...
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1.6KGuest Opinion EssayHow Will Youth With Disabilities Celebrate Holidays During COVID-19?
Right around the winter holidays a year ago, we first heard the news of the coronavirus as it appeared in Wuhan, China....
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1.5KGuest Opinion EssayWhat Do Youth With Disabilities Think About Food Insecurities Due To COVID-19?
ELIZ A/SHUTTERSTOCK According to a report published by Feeding America, one in every six Americans, about 50 million people, will be food...
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2.0KGuest Opinion EssayWhat Role Does Health Insurance Play For Youth With Disabilities During COVID-19?
Having health insurance in this country has been a major topic of discussion in recent years. You hear about it on the...
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3.4KNewsDurham Public Schools’ Exceptional Children Services ‘Horrifically Underserved My Son’
From the time she adopted Anthony, at age 4, Wendy Tonker knew he was special. He was special because he was diagnosed...
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1.4KGuest Opinion EssayInternet Easing Effects of Social Isolation During Ramadan, for Disabled Community
For most of us in this country the idea of social distancing is a new one. When we greet each other it...
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4.0KGuest Opinion EssayCollege Campuses Must Be Redesigned With Foster Youth, Those With Disabilities in Mind
Owing to increased attention during recent decades, few professionals who are interested in the well-being of youth remain unaware of the challenges...
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7.7KGuest Opinion EssayUse People First Language to Discourage Deficit Thinking About Our Youth
When I was in graduate school at Brooklyn College back in the late 1990s, I took a class in special education where...
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3.6KGuest Opinion EssayWe Must Stop the Rampant Criminalization of Youth with Disabilities
Minority youth are more likely to become incarcerated than white youth. This fact is so prevalent that even people outside the juvenile...
