Displaying items 121-132 of 275
» View wsbt.com items only
< Previous
•
1-10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21-23
•
Next >
-
Bullying is a double-sided problem for the special education community
Multimedia ProducerThe hardest moment in Rosita Delgadillo’s life as a parent was when she had to have the serious conversation with her boys. She knew the moment would eventually come, but she was scared because as a mother that loves her children she was trying to...Tags: Bullying, Health and Safety at School, Autism, Health, Facebook
-
Yoga offers benefits for people with special needs
Erin Feeney capped off her 19th birthday celebration with a huge accomplishment that still makes her smile. For the first time in her life, she was able to blow out her birthday candle. On Nov. 11 last year, when she turned 20, she did it again. "Not...
Tags: Health Treatments, Health and Medical Professionals, Cerebral Palsy, Teachers, Autism
-
Hard Rock event helps new non-profit
The Fara’s Place Charity Poker Tournament will take place at 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 25, at The Poker Room in Seminole Paradise at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino. Players can win $10,000 while they help raise funds to establish a permanent...Tags: Boynton Beach, Social Issues, Charity, Education
-
Make Studio offers platform for artists with disabilities
Circus performers in all their gaudy glory. A timeline linking the actors who have played James Bond to the U.S. presidents at the time the movies came out. Rosemary's baby.
The Make Studio on North Avenue, celebrating its second anniversary with a...Tags: Arts, Ceremonies, Autism, Bipolar Disorder, Entertainment Events
-
Could Fragile X be the answer?
Fragile X syndrome is a genetic condition and is the most common inherited cause of mental impairment and the most common known genetic cause of autism or autistic like behavior (though not all children with Fragile X Syndrome have autism or an Autism...Tags: Genetic Condition, Genes and Chromosomes, American School for the Deaf, Autism, Health
-
Huguely trial highlights alcohol abuse at colleges, universities
There's little question that George Huguely V, the former University of Virginia student on trial for murder, had a problem with alcohol.
He had been arrested twice for drinking-related infractions, one of them violent, in his early 20s. And he admits to...Tags: Jersey Shore (tv program), Crime, Law and Justice, Injuries and Wounds, Abusive Behavior, Teachers
-
Toby's founder Orenstein wins award for community work
Toby Orenstein is once again at the helm of one of her favorite projects — directing the Young Columbians, a singing group formed in 1975 by the founder of Toby's Dinner Theatre when Columbia was still Jim Rouse's baby. Working with talented...Tags: Arts and Culture, Arts, Culture, Howard County, Asperger Syndrome
-
-
Mich. gov. ties school cash to scores
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder is tying lots of strings to the extra cash he's offering public schools, universities and communities in next year's budget.
To get a share of the 1 percent increase being offered to K-12 schools in...Tags: Finance, Finance, Family, Budgets and Budgeting, Crime, Law and Justice
-
Alejandro Rodriguez
Dr. Alejandro Rodriguez, former director of the division of child psychiatry at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine who also conducted pivotal studies on autism and other developmental disorders in children, died Friday of heart failure at his...Tags: Psychiatry, Teaching and Learning, Roman Catholicism, Abusive Behavior, Medical Research
-
Prenatal care can prevent many common birth defects
Clark County Health DepartmentBy Amy Williams Health Department Let this month draw your attention to birth defect prevention. The most common birth defects are heart defects, cleft lip, cleft palate, Down Syndrome and spina bifida. Sure, we know they exist, but did you know that...Tags: Iron (dietary supplement), Birth Defects, Mineral Supplements, Drugs and Medicines, Health Treatments
-
Pay It Forward Person of the Week 2/3: Elaine Crawford
FOX 17 NewsIt can be intimidating, but the people who come to Elaine Crawford don't know how to read. She shows them it's never too late to learn. Crawford began as a volunteer with the Montcalm Area Reading Council and has been serving as the Executive Director...Tags: Dyslexia, Fox Broadcasting Company
Apr 21, 2012
|Story| Imperial Valley Press Online
Mar 14, 2012
|Story| Chicago Tribune
Apr 16, 2012
|Story| South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Feb 23, 2012
|Story| Baltimore Sun
Feb 22, 2012
|Story| Daily American
Feb 18, 2012
|Story| Baltimore Sun
Feb 5, 2012
|Story| Baltimore Sun
Jan 31, 2012
|Story| South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Feb 9, 2012
|Story| Petoskey News
Jan 25, 2012
|Story| Baltimore Sun
Jan 16, 2012
|Story| Winchester Sun
Feb 3, 2012
|Story| WXMI
Original site for Learning Disability topic gallery.
