The past week was a busy week for scientific news as advances in mind controlled prosthetic limbs and bionic eyes were announced. Another story you may want to check out is the fascinating story of a blind runners journey from a tin shack with no roof to gold medals at the Paralympics. Check out all these [...]
This week’s special needs wrap-up includes articles about why Ecuador is a leader in disability rights, How individuals with disabilities can secure an internship at Google, Autism symptoms identified in 6-month-old infants and more news and blog posts you should know about. View the story “Google Scholarships,ADHD Sympoms Persist, Ecuador’s Paraplegic Vice President And More” on [...]
This Week’s recap of the latest special needs news and blog posts features another case of teacher abuse, an adult with special needs who saves his mother’s life, great blog posts from Ellen Seidman and Brenda Kosky Deskin and more news, blogs and special needs resources. Check it out below and let us know if [...]
Every Week we recap the previous week’s special needs news stories, blog posts and videos. Being Super Bowl Sunday, we cover Joe Flacco’s use of the R-Word, A moving letter from a Raven fan with his own challenges in life, NFL Players talking about ALS and more news stories and blog posts from the past [...]
With hundreds of apps now available to help individuals with special needs it has become increasingly difficult to find and choose the right special needs app. After hearing from so many people how difficult it was to find a good special needs app, we took it upon ourselves to create a directory of apps for [...]
Every week we recap the latest special needs news stories, blog posts and videos from the past week. This week’s roundup includes stories about sports inclusion, what is a disability, meeting Owen Groesser and more great stories and posts! View the story “Special Needs News, Videos,Bogs and more 1/20/13-1/26/13″ on Storify
Every week we recap the latest special needs news stories, blog posts and videos from the past week. This week’s roundup includes new studies about ADHD and Growing out of Autism, An inspiring video about a brother who takes his brother with Cerebral Palsy along with him on triathlons, and more great stories and blog posts. [...]
As we enter 2013 we continue looking back at the year that was. Last week we covered the top 10 special needs videos of 2012. Today we highlight the top 10 special needs news stories of 2012. If you think there was a story that we should have highlighted please tell us in the comments [...]
The Gwendolyn Strong Foundation is hoping to give away 2,000 iPads to children with Spinal Muscular Atrophy and other special needs. But they need your help! GSF is a not for profit organization dedicated to ending Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA), the #1 genetic killer of young children. GSF was named after Gwendolyn, the daughter of Bill and Victoria [...]
Its one of the biggest questions parents of a child with special needs will ask: How will my child live an active and fulfilling life once they become adults. This issue is drawing a lot of debate about what type of work and the proper amount of pay for individuals with special needs. Here are [...]
