The Meridian Star (Mississippi): There is a certain rhythm that develops while working in an assembly line job. Clearly, Barbara Grady has that rhythm down. Deftly putting the clipboard bracket onto the wooden base and stamping rivets to secure the bracket, Grady uses a steady pace to produce clipboards that [...]
Tag Archives: developmental disabilities
San Jose Mercury News: A few months ago, some students at the College of Adaptive Arts would not even have pointed a toe or tapped a heel in front of someone. But as members of The Showboaters, a troupe of adults with developmental disabilities, they will soon perform the “Glee” version of [...]
The Journal Star: In the nine years she’s been teaching life skills to developmentally disabled young adults at East Peoria High School’s Life Academy, Erika Ridge has had one goal that’s proved painfully illusive—finding her students paying jobs in the community. “What I would love from this article is to [...]
Riley Campbell, who is autistic, was assaulted behind a Eugene, Ore., shopping center five years ago by three men. When his battery case finally came to trial, Campbell, 35, overcame his lifelong reticence to deliver powerful evidentiary testimony that resulted in the trio’s conviction. His story is now featured in [...]
The Clinton News: Employment has been a problem for many Mississippians in recent years, but the employment outlook for Mississippi’s youth and young adults with disabilities, particularly individuals with developmental and intellectual disabilities, is especially bleak. In an effort to reverse this unfortunate trend, the Institute for Disability Studies (IDS) [...]
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