Every Sunday we select the big special needs stories and great blog post from special needs bloggers from the week before. This week we bring you seven news stories and six great blogs posts. The Washington Post: Autism diagnosis is found to be more common in those who weighed least at birth The Boston Globe: [...]
The internet is full of resources and entertainment: newspaper articles, research studies, the mommy blogger from down the street who absolutely cracks you up. But with your hectic schedule, who can keep up with everything? We’ve got you covered. Here are some articles and blogs you might’ve missed this week: In the News Fox News [...]
Dani Saul is one of three Rabbis biking accross the United States in support of Friendship Circle and Children with special needs. In this post he tells the story of Bike4Friendship. As a child I always wondered who decides what is considered “news worthy.” For a while I thought that politicians and corporations would pay [...]
In early December of 2010, former Congressman Joe Knollenberg was at an event discussing Autism with the, soon-to-be Michigan Lt. Governor- Elect, Brian Calley. After learning that the Lieutenant Governor’s daughter had been diagnosed with Autism, Mr. Knollenberg began telling him about an organization he had become very familiar with during his time in office…The [...]
Ted Williams, a homeless man was found panhandling on a Columbus, Ohio highway where he told passerby that he had a gift from G-d. Well indeed he does. Columbus Dispatch videographer Doral Chenoweth III filmed a brief interview with Williams, posted it on YouTube and the job offers have been pouring in. Here is a partial list [...]
Autism Insurance Reform Battles Nationwide, few private insurance companies or other employee benefit plans cover autism therapies. In fact, most insurance companies designate autism as a diagnostic exclusion, meaning that no autism-specific services are covered. State Legislatures all over the country have been pushing to pass Autism Insurance Reform that would create laws forcing insurance companies to [...]
Every Friday (starting today!) we publish a roundup of whats happening in the news, feature some blog posts we like and spotlight a Special Needs organization doing some good. For daily updates you can always follow us on Twitter @FCMichigan. Here we go… In The News Two Autism Studies: Highways and Lack of Visual Skills [...]
From the Washington Post PHILADELPHIA – At 8 p.m. on a recent Saturday, Southwest Airlines Flight 2149 was poised to push back from the gate. Flight attendants gave fasten-seat belt instructions, and First Officer Peter Hayes announced, “There’s 25 minutes of flight time until we touch down in Philadelphia.” Capt. Todd Siems said the Boeing [...]
Local news has recently become abuzz with talk of an Autism Insurance Reform bill possibly marching its way onto the agenda at the next meeting of the Michigan Legislature. The bill is sponsored by State Representative Richard Ball and co-sponsored by majority floor leader, Kathy Angerer and State Representative Terry Brown. Along with thousands of [...]
The Department of Labor reports 150,000 new jobs last month, though these jobs have had little effect on the unemployment rate of Americans with disabilities. Unemployment was a steady 14.5 percent for individuals with disabilities in the same month, even with the first economic upturn since the Spring of 2010. The national average for typical unemployed Americans [...]
