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A new ice cream shop in Lynchburg is giving opportunities to people with intellectual disabilities
WSLS Newschannel 10 Roanoke· 21 hours agoA new ice cream shop in Lynchburg is making a difference by employing people with special needs....
Happy Apple Pie Shop in Oak Park bakes inclusion into its culture
Fox local via AOL· 13 hours agoApproximately 6.5 million people in the United States have an intellectual disability. Of that number, just over 19 percent have a job ...
Kansas cap on disability service waitlist may provide path to solve decade-long wait times
Gannett via AOL· 2 days agoKansas Department for Aging and Disability reported 5,347 people were on a waitlist for a...
Special Olympics Michigan celebrates 50th summer games, unified champion schools
WILX 10 Lansing· 6 days agoSpecial Olympics Michigan began in 1972, four years after the first games in Chicago in 1968. It is...
Our Place for adults with intellectual disabilities moving ahead in Dover: Help needed
Foster's Daily Democrat via Yahoo News· 5 days agoMcIntosh said she feels the process is going well, with variances granted by the city Zoning Board...
All About Eva Longoria's Parents, Mom Ella Mireles and Dad Enrique Longoria Jr.
People via Yahoo News· 4 hours agoElla worked as a special education teacher to stay close to Eva’s oldest sister, Liza, who was born...
Follow Up Friday: Houlton Higher Education Center sold to new owner
WAGM· 6 hours agoCenter used to be a grocery store until it was purchased by the University of Maine system in 2001. As of July 1, 2024, it will be under the ownership of the Community Living Association, where ...
Scott Underwood: Henry Bird, a perfectionist who made others feel special
The Herald Bulletin· 6 days agoIn the early ‘90s when I was sports editor at The Herald Bulletin, I was invited to a meeting...
Gavin Newsom delayed California disability worker raises. Lawmakers fighting to keep them
Sacramento Bee via AOL· 4 days agoJardini, executive director of California Disability Services Association, said losing state funds...
Tennessee asks disabled adults to make way for foster children | Chattanooga Times Free Press
Chattanooga Times Free Press· 5 hours agoThe state-run homes in which Kenneth and Kathy Lamar's severely disabled adult daughter has lived for seven years will be "decommissioned" to make room for children needing foster care, it said ...