Kaiser Health News: A multi-billion dollar federal initiative to move low-income elderly and people with disabilities from long-term care facilities into the community has fallen far short of its goals, as many states have struggled to cobble together housing and other services. Launched in 2007 during the Bush administration, the [...]
Monthly Archives: May 2012
Fox4KC.com: The Farmer’s House in Weston, Mo., is a working farm and market, but most importantly it’s a training ground for young adults with developmental disabilities. Juliana Zimmerman or Ana as her parents call her is learning customer service skills at the Farmer’s House Market. While she learns how to [...]
KVUE.com: It’s a program designed to help those with intellectual challenges find their place in the real world. The Project SEARCH program started at a Cincinnati hospital, and the Seton Network adopted it in 2007. It’s changing the lives of some with autism, down syndrome, and other intellectual disabilities and [...]
The Daily.com: Helen Evans has been a Special Olympics athlete for more than 25 years, competing in bowling and cycling since the age of 8. She’s missed only three years in that time. “I like (both sports) the same,” Evans said in an interview. “But I like the cycling because [...]
* Editor’s note: Though this report details events outside the U.S., sometimes we find important to remind readers how poorly people with disabilities are treated in other countries. This article demonstrates one country’s efforts to deny help to people with autism. The Times of India: The Academy for Severe Handicaps [...]
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