An Iowa special needs teacher has been fired after she blew the whistle on a staffer who ignored a non-verbal autistic child's cries as he was banging his head on a concrete floor.
Children with additional needs wait an average of 11 months longer in care than their peers and voluntary adoption agencies (VAAs) are urgently looking for people who can offer them a permanent and loving home. Local adoption charity and voluntary adoption agency, Adoption Matters, is among 21 VAAs from all over the UK who have together created a guide for people considering adoption containing helpful information and advice from parents who have already adopted children with additional needs....
VOLUNTARY adoption agencies across the UK have joined forces to find more adoptive parents for children with additional needs.
In the rich tapestry of existence, there exist stories that resonate with the depths of human emotion, weaving threads of adversity and triumph into the fabric of our collective consciousness. Among these narratives lies the poignant account of a loyal canine, forsaken by her erstwhile caretakers, yet destined to find solace and redemption amidst the kindness of strangers. Picture, if you will, a scene etched in sorrow: a faithful companion, abandoned on the threshold of familiarity, her eyes...
"This is such a fun opportunity for us to host the "Job Olympics" for our students with disabilities. It gives them a chance to highlight all the skills we're working on in our job skills classes. It gives them a chance to not only practices those skills but celebrate the hard work that they've done in building these skills throughout the school year," Slatton says.
Specialized shipping services cater to the diverse and specific needs of customers whose items don’t fit into the one-size-fits-all approach of standard delivery options. Whether it’s transporting delicate art pieces, delivering temperature-sensitive pharmaceuticals, or ensuring that a wedding dress arrives on time and in pristine condition, specialized services understand that the stakes are high and […]
There is no doubt that our cities are crying out for help — as my family did many years ago. But how we answer that cry will determine the level of dependency or success for future millions across America.
Leader Ed Davey wants a new national champion to tackle the most complex special educational needs.
Carl Erskine, one of the last living Brooklyn Dodgers and a mainstay of a pitching rotation that carried the team to four World Series in the 1950s before the team headed to Los Angeles, has died in his hometown of Anderson, Ind. A thoughtful man who threw himself into charity work later in life, Erskine died early Tuesday morning after a brief illness. He was 97. Part of a nearly mythical group of ballplayers who were anointed "The Boys of Summer" by author Roger Kahn, Erskine played alongside...
Two of the parents of special needs kids who were allegedly brutalized by an aide at their school are speaking out and they say this whole thing could've been prevented. We talked to Jessica Vestal and Brittany Yarborough on "TMZ Live"…
Creating a theatre program for adults with developmental disabilities has been a labour of love for Holly Wenning. “I feel like it’s my purpose,” said the writer and director behind Stars 21-plus. She and a crew of volunteers recently started helping16 young adults — their ages range from 21 to the mid-30s, Wenning said — […]
The Nordstrom family is once again considering taking the department store private and has formed a special committee to evaluate bids.