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All posts tagged "disabled youth"
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2.5KNewsFor 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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2.3K► ReportsStudy: Drug use less common, more deadly among teens during pandemic
Published today in JAMA (Journal of the American Medical Association), Trends in Drug Overdose Deaths Among US Adolescents, January 2010 to June...
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1.4KGrantsDisabled 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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3.4K► ReportsReport: More than 5 million children orphaned by global COVID pandemic with numbers still climbing
Researchers publish a new report in The Lancet showing how many children have been orphaned by the COVID pandemic.
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5.8KNewsLawmakers, 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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4.3KFrom the BureausDisabilities sometimes go undiagnosed in homeless students targeted by new federal education funds, experts say
The $800 million that the American Rescue Plan earmarked for homeless students is the largest such federal expenditure in a decade, with...
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4.2KNewsInsurance 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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5.4KFrom 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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3.2KNewsCertified 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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2.6KNewsStudy: 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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5.3KNewsAdvocates: 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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2.2KNewsDisruptions 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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1.1KGrants
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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2.1KNewsA 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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3.2KNewsAs 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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5.8KNewsAs 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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3.7KNewsCongress 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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5.7KNewsRoommate-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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874GrantsFamily 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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5.1KNewsNatural 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...
