Ron Wright of Iowa City struggles to find work, and he also struggles with autism. Researchers say it’s not unusual for the two to go together. Wright, 54, relied only on state unemployment compensation for over three months. He thought about participating in a medical study that would pay him [...]
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The Planet Dog Foundation has awarded a $3,500 grant to The Austin Dog Alliance that will help fund its work helping people with developmental disabilities learn social skills. The finding will provide handler-dog teams that will visit local hospitals, rehabilitation centers and nursing homes and provide pet therapy to youth [...]
Fox News: Music teacher Adam Goldberg has successfully integrated the iPad into his class, creating an iPad band of talented musicians at P177Q, a school for special-needs students based in Queens. “Some of the students in this school who are very low functioning, are really making music,” Goldberg tells FoxNews.com. [...]
St. Louis Jewish Light: Sam Lyss never misses a day at work, has an eye for detail, loves what he does and is easy to train. “He’s a whiz at mailings,” said his mother, Jane. “If you lay it out for him and show him one time, he watches you [...]
UrbandalePatch.com: As early as 2001, an article published in FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin said that people with developmental disabilities have up to seven times more contact with law enforcement officers than others. The surging numbers of autism diagnoses and other developmental disabilities, as well as increased mobility among such groups, [...]
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