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All posts tagged "disabled youth"
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2.6KNewsCertified 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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2.2KNewsStudy: 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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4.3KNewsAdvocates: 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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1.7KNewsDisruptions to schooling fall hardest on vulnerable students
Even as schools have returned in full swing across the country, complications wrought by the pandemic persist, often falling hardest on those...
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952GrantsFamilies 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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1.6KNewsA 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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2.6KNewsAs 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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4.1KNewsAs 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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3.4KNewsCongress 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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4.8KNewsRoommate-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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732GrantsFamily 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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4.0KNewsNatural 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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3.8KNewsUnrecognized 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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3.3KNewsYouth 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...
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681GrantsHelping Autistic Youth Transition from School to Adulthood Grants
GRANT FOCUS: Autism, Disabled Youth, Youth Development, Housing, Employment, Social Health | Amount: $25,000 | Deadline: Aug. 1, 2021 (LOI)
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2.1KNewsSome 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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2.7KOpinionLearning Disabled Students Need Better Protections and Supports as Schools Reopen
INSTA-PHOTOS/SHUTTERSTOCK Learners whom I prefer to call exceptional, rather than disabled, get teased more often than many of us care to acknowledge....
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2.3KNewsGeorgia 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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6.0KNewsThese clinics specialize in gynecologic care for women with disabilities
Izzie Bullock — whose severe form of cerebral palsy prevents her from controlling her arms, legs and body — had her first...
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2.9KNewsExercise 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...
