Book about disability empowerment- Interesting book features with kids learning and attention issues The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention state that roughly 1 in 7 American children have a developmental disability—over 3 million...
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Book about disability empowerment- 5 Things Parents Can Do To Help Their Disabled Teen ONE: Get your son or daughter with challenges exposed to their community through a vocational experience when the child is 11, 12 or 13-years-old. This could...
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Special Stories- 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” by Mike...
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PART 1 OF 2 For many years people have debated which fighting style is superior. Boxers argued they would knock out wrestlers. Wrestlers claimed they’d defeat boxers after bringing the fight to the ground. Karate practitioners, kickboxers, tae...
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PART 2 of 2 During my next visit to Charleston the following December, I was once again hired by Lindsay’s parents to help their daughter with a new project. Her parents reported that she was still working well with Carly at The...
Read More PART 1 of 2 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 students in Charleston, South Carolina each winter. During my work in...
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This article originally appeared on Disabled World’s website: https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/publications/special-stories.php Over the last fifteen years, award-winning transition educator Mike Kelly has worked with hundreds of...
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Below read what some notable people, papers and organizations are saying about “Special Stories…” “In life you meet a lot of very interesting people. Some are takers and others are givers. Mike Kelly is a giver and he...
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For some reason, society has unreasonably low expectations of youth with disabilities and a propensity to stereotype. In fact, there’s a prevailing and widespread belief that youth with disabilities have three career options: 1) Bag...
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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. Because of that number, one would think that there would be many books prominently...
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