Special Stories- Teen with challenges shows her abilities- PART 2 of 2 During my next visit to Charleston the following December, I was once again contracted by Lindsay’s parents to help their daughter with a new project. Her parents...
Read More Special Stories- Teen with challenges shows her abilities- PART 1 of 2 PART 1 Due to the flexibility of my job and my wife’s work—combined with our desire to travel and embark upon new adventures—I was able to build a small caseload of...
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Book about kids with disabilities- Success stories of youth with disabilities NOTE: The names of all students have been changed SHANNON– After acting part-time for seven years on the hit TV show Sesame Street, when Shannon turned...
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Book about kids with disabilities- Written-off teen proves naysayers wrong A tall and slim strawberry blonde, Kelsie (not her real name) is a seventeen-year-old high school junior born with Spina bifida, a congenital disorder caused by the...
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Book about kids with disabilities- Teen with multiple disabilities shows his ABILITIES Read the below story about one teen I worked with and let me know how “disabled” you really think he is . . . A sixteen-year-old high school...
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Book about kids with disabilities- Girl with Cerebral Palsy enjoys a beautiful run Gianna is bespectacled fifteen-year-old sophomore in high school with thick and wavy dark brown hair that falls below her shoulders. She has bright amber eyes and...
Read More Book about kids with disabilities- Hardworking teen with Cerebral Palsy has inquisitive mind Tall and slender with a wide smile, brown hair, and pale blue eyes, Connor is a movie-star-handsome seventeen-year-old that high school girls his age...
Read More 5 TIPS To Help Get Your Disabled Teen A First Job by Mike Kelly It’s not so easy to get jobs for youth with disabilities these days. Because our society had become so impersonalized, most every job seeker today is forced to go online to...
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Special Stories book- Spotlight on Idaho Authors FROM THE IDAHO STATESMAN (www.idahostatesman.com) SPOTLIGHT ON IDAHO AUTHORS “Special Stories: Short Stories on Youth with Disabilities and My Adventures Working in the Disabilities Field”...
Read More Special Stories book- New book shares the experiences of kids with disabilities The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention state that roughly 1 in 7 American children have a developmental disability—over 3 million kids nationwide...
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Special Stories book- Interview with author Mike Kelly- PART 2 This two-part interview was conducted by Courtney Williams from Disability Life. Part Two is below. PART TWO CW— SPEAKING OF SALES, HOW ARE BOOK SALES GOING? MK— I’m nowhere...
Read More This two-part interview of Special Stories author Mike Kelly was conducted by Courtney Williams from Disability Life. Part One is below. PART ONE CW— FIRST OFF, CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR BOOK. I READ IT AND ENJOYED IT. YOU HAD ME LAUGHING, CRYING...
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