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All posts tagged "disabled youth"
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644GrantsDevelopmental and behavioral pediatrics training and access expansion grants
GRANT FOCUS: Child Development, Child Welfare/Health, Disabled Youth, Care Access | Amount: Up to $283,000 | Deadline: Jan. 19, 2023
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605GrantsChild health promotion and preventative healthcare program grants
GRANT FOCUS: Child/Youth Health, Healthcare Access, Disabled Children/Youth, Child Development | Amount: Up to $1,566,000 | Deadline: Dec. 14, 2022
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596GrantsDC disadvantaged child/youth healthcare access and cancer research grants
GRANT FOCUS: Child/Youth Healthcare, Pediatrics, Healthcare Access, Disadvantaged Youth, D.C. | Amount: Unspecified | Deadline: Sept. 16, 2022
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2.6KNewsNew documentary highlights lack of accessibility for deaf and disabled people in north central Florida justice system
Michelle Ricks said she was in prison for five years without an interpreter. Executive Producer Delbert Whetter said he believes Ricks would...
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3.5KNews‘Hiding in Plain Sight’: Film probes youth mental illness
Several youth and young adults discuss mental health in this clip from the PBS documentary, “Hiding In Plain Sight: Youth Mental Illness.”...
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2.9KNewsNew online-only SAT puts students with disabilities at new disadvantage, advocates say
Some young people who are neurodivergent or have learning disabilities, already concerned about what they say are structural biases in the existing...
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2.2KNewsAdaptive yoga aims to build bodily strength, mental well-being
After a four-wheeler accident left her paralyzed, Angel Taylor was struggling. The then-14-year-old was lonely, in pain and still adjusting to maneuvering...
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1.9KGuest Opinion EssayHow podcasters are helping youth who stutter feel less alone
Maya Chupkov, a woman who stutters, produces and hosts "Proud Stutter," a podcast about shifting the narrative around stuttering. She shares some...
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2.0KNewsFor fledgling adults with disabilities, paperwork sometimes disrupts SSI payments
Each month, more than a million low-income U.S. children with disabilities receive Supplemental Security Income that helps them and their families cover...
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768Grants
Disabled youth services personnel preparation program grants
GRANT FOCUS: Disabled Children/Youth, Special Education, Child Development, Workforce Development | Amount: $2,000,000 | Deadline: May 16, 2022
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856GrantsImproving educational and behavioral outcomes for children and youth with disabilities program grant
GRANT FOCUS: Education, Disabled Children/Youth, Academic Improvement, Child/Youth Development | Amount: $1,100,000 | Deadline: Mar. 21, 2022
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3.3KNewsInsurance company rules, teacher shortages keep some kids’ special ed needs from being readily diagnosed, experts and parents say
When a pediatrician told Dawn Barfield last summer that her 14-year-old daughter probably had autism, Barfield figured it would result in her...
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3.8KNewsSome 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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4.1KFrom 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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2.4KNewsCertified 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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896Grants
Families with special needs youth healthcare information center program grants
GRANT FOCUS: Child/Youth Health, Child/Youth Development, Healthcare, Disabled Youth, Special Needs Youth | Amount: Unspecified | Deadline: Jan. 5, 2022
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3.8KNewsAs 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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679GrantsFamily navigators for children and youth with mental health problems program research grants
GRANT FOCUS: Child/Youth Mental Health, Disabled Youth, Family Support, Healthcare Access | Amount: $500,000 | Deadline: Sept. 7, 2021
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3.5KNewsUnrecognized 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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3.1KNewsYouth with intellectual disabilities are likelier to be overweight; researchers are trying to change that
Among 10- through 17-year-olds, for example, 20% of those with disabilities but 15% of the non-disabled were obese, according to one federal...
