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READER SUBMITTED: FOCUS Center For Autism Celebrates At Annual Dinner
Farmington ValleyOn Friday, April 26, FOCUS Center for Autism held their well-attended "Celebrate FOCUS" dinner. This semi-formal event celebrated the accomplishments FOCUS made over the past year, and raised much-needed funds for FOCUS's programming. During the evening,...Tags: Behavioral Conditions, Torrington, Foods and Beverages, Bagels, Warner Theatre
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Milwaukee Journal Sentinel In The Moment column
Milwaukee Journal SentinelAngela Schoepke doesn't need to walk across a stage in a cap and gown. Every day is a celebration of what the soon-to-be-graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Madison has accomplished, despite 10 major orthopedic surgeries by the time she was 12,...Tags: Physical Fitness and Exercise, Colleges and Universities, Seizures, Newspaper and Magazine, Cerebral Palsy
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Minnesota House approves $11.3 billion health and human services bill
St. Paul Pioneer PressThe House voted Friday night, May 17, to pass a health and human services bill that accounts for nearly one-third of the state's general fund -- a big step in getting budget work done prior to adjournment of the Legislature on Monday night. The...Tags: Government Health Care, Medical Specialization, Medicaid, Parties and Movements, Executive Branch
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New London special ed savings of $500,000 to pay for additional program
The Day, New London, Conn.The school district will save $500,000 in transportation and tuition costs when nine special education students graduate in June, and the district plans to spend that money on support staff for an additional special education program at the high school...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Students, New London (New London, Connecticut)
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Four-day whirlwind: About 180 bills advance in NC House, Senate
The News & ObserverScrambling to hurdle a key deadline, state lawmakers approved roughly 180 bills this week, spending seconds on some and hours on others, often in marathon sessions that left them confused and bleary-eyed. The House gave final approval Thursday to...Tags: Krispy Kreme Doughnuts, Wake County, Behavioral Conditions, Civil and Public Service, Parties and Movements
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Commission meetings to change in August
The Daily Independent, Ashland, Ky.Ashland City Commissioners voted 3 to 2 on Thursday to move its public meeting days and times. If the issue is given final approval next month, the commission will begin having meetings at noon on the second and fourth Thursday of each month beginning...Tags: Politics, Elections, Government, Public Officials
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Psychiatrists unveil their long-awaited diagnostic "bible"
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters) - The long-awaited, controversial new edition of the bible of psychiatry can be characterized by many numbers: its 947 pages, its $199 price tag, its more than 300 maladies (from "dependent personality disorder" and "voyeuristic...Tags: Health and Medical Professionals, Behavioral Conditions, Diseases and Illnesses, Mental Illness, Allergies
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Special Olympics award is pride in participating
The Brunswick News, Ga.When Jabri Mack and his Glynn Academy classmate, Willie Wallace, neared the finish line of the 100-yard dash at the regional Special Olympics Thursday, the effort to outdo each other was apparent. They matched each other stride for stride as they...Tags: Camden County, Special Olympics
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Police: Autistic teen removed from ?unsafe' Colorado Springs home
The Gazette (Colorado Springs, Colo.)A notorious former Colorado Springs city councilman and his wife were cited for child neglect after Colorado Springs police say officers found their 13-year-old son naked and living in a home littered with feces. Charles E. Wingate and his wife of 17...Tags: Trials, Crimes, Prosecution, Child Abuse, Crime, Law and Justice
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HealthWatch spotlights the reach of autism
One in 110 children is now diagnosed as having an autism spectrum disorder. The numbers have grown to the point where "everyone knows someone affected" by the neurodevelopmental disorder, characterized by communication problems and repetitive behaviors,...
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Broken Arrow student graduates with class despite profound disabilities
Tulsa WorldNobody really knows what 18-year-old Mary Washer understands about walking across the dais at the Mabee Center to receive her high school diploma. But she was one of the first to walk across the stage Thursday night -- to the relief of her parents....Tags: Graduation, Education, Teaching and Learning, Students, Apple iPad
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Up to 1 in 5 children suffer from mental disorder: CDC
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters) - Up to 20 percent of children in the United States suffer from a mental disorder, and the number of kids diagnosed with one has been rising for more than a decade, according to a report released on Thursday by the U.S. Center for...Tags: Mental Health, Behavioral Conditions, Mental Illness, Disease Prevention, Social Sciences
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