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Exceptional Parent, 2011
Hundreds of thousands of children and youth with disabilities across the country are receiving secondary transition services. Secondary transition is the process of preparing students with disabilities for life after they leave high school, including participation in post-secondary education or training, employment and independent living.…
Descriptors: Individualized Education Programs, Federal Legislation, Disabilities, Transitional Programs
Reinke, Thomas – Exceptional Parent, 2011
In these challenging times of cutbacks in public funding for social services programs, parents and grass roots organizations continue to make a difference in their communities with innovative initiatives that are enhancing the lives of people with developmental and physical disabilities. In New York, a track team of speedsters with disabilities is…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Program Development, Developmental Disabilities, Physical Disabilities
Potter, Cindy – Exceptional Parent, 2010
Almost everyone enjoys a walk through a garden, bending to sniff a flower, enjoying a fresh air breeze, listening to water bubbling from a fountain, and watching sunlight dapple through trees and plants. At Allegheny Valley School (AVS), the emphasis on multisensory environments (MSE) for individuals with intellectual and developmental…
Descriptors: Recreational Activities, Physical Disabilities, Mental Retardation, Residential Institutions
Smith, Mimi Kenney – Exceptional Parent, 2008
In tribute to Philadelphia's world-changing past, Festival partners dubbed the month-long Disability Arts Festival "Independence Starts Here." Through it, they hoped to begin to change the future for over 675,000 people with disabilities in the area and their families. Led by Amaryllis Theatre Company, which now also serves as VSA arts…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Artists, Disabilities, Urban Areas
Welch, Cay – Exceptional Parent, 2009
This is a Pittsburgh story. It is about a boy named Michael Charles Metil--a boy that transformed many lives, including the author's. While visiting grandparents over the Christmas holiday in Latrobe, Pennsylvania in 1993, Michael became sick. He was lethargic, vomiting, and had some diarrhea. Little did his parents realize how very sick he was,…
Descriptors: Genetic Disorders, Altruism, Surgery, Child Health
Swoyer, Jesse O. – Exceptional Parent, 2008
The author, who has been a personal trainer for the past ten years, recently realized that all fitness centers are not equal. In February, he was able to participate in the grand opening of the Center for Independent Living of Central PA (CILCP), a fitness center that is designed to accommodate persons with disabilities living in the Central…
Descriptors: Physical Fitness, Recreational Facilities, Disabilities, Accessibility (for Disabled)
Feldscher, Sharla; Stein, Gail – Exceptional Parent, 2008
This article features Sesame Place, the nation's only theme park based entirely on the award-winning television program "Sesame Street" located near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Arranged through the Greater Philadelphia Chapter of Variety--The Children's Charity, Sesame Place has hosted over 200,000 guests associated with Variety and…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Children, Recreational Facilities, Accessibility (for Disabled)
Potter, Cindy; Erzen, Carol – Exceptional Parent, 2008
This article presents the eighth of a 12-part series exploring the benefits of aquatic therapy and recreation for people with special needs. Here, the authors describe the process of development and installation of an aquatic multisensory environment (MSE) and the many factors that one should consider for a successful result. There are many…
Descriptors: Aquatic Sports, Developmental Disabilities, Therapeutic Recreation, Mental Retardation
Exceptional Parent, 2009
Each year, in its Annual Education Issue, "Exceptional Parent" magazine honors the education professionals that readers feel have made a positive difference in the lives of children with special needs at school and other educational environments. These teachers and administrative personnel spend their careers working to enhance the…
Descriptors: Special Education Teachers, Elementary School Teachers, Administrators, Allied Health Personnel
Barzach, Amy Jaffe – Exceptional Parent, 2007
In this article, the author describes how she created a universally accessible playground where children of all disabilities can play together. She created this project as a way to channel her grief after her son, Jonathan, died of spinal muscular atrophy. This playground, built in the author's hometown of West Hartford, Connecticut, led to the…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Playgrounds, Competition, Accessibility (for Disabled)
Tiedemann, Chris Wise – Exceptional Parent, 2008
In the United States today, if a student with a serious physical disability wants to go away to college and live on campus, only four colleges provide the necessary services for that student to do so. To meet these students' requirements for living on campus, a college would have to have not only accessibility to its academic programs and its…
Descriptors: Independent Living, Physical Disabilities, Assistive Technology, College Faculty
Arnhold, Robert W. – Exceptional Parent, 2008
Slippery Rock University (SRU), located in western Pennsylvania, is one of 14 state-owned institutions of higher education in Pennsylvania. The university has a rich tradition of providing professional preparation programs in special education, therapeutic recreation, physical education, and physical therapy for individuals with disabilities.…
Descriptors: State Colleges, Adapted Physical Education, Disabilities, Therapeutic Recreation
Reinke, Tom – Exceptional Parent, 2007
In this article, the author describes Fun Hour, a social program for kids with disabilities. This YMCA program in Pennsylvania focuses on social interaction and peer relationships. The Fun Hour program started in March 2006 on Friday nights with 20 kids and their families. It has celebrated its first anniversary, and the kids that have been in the…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Relationship, Interaction, Developmental Disabilities, Group Activities
Szelong, Brenda – Exceptional Parent, 2006
Carmen Scialabba was on his way to making a name for himself in professional boxing, winning the 1959 All Marine Corps Lightweight Boxing Championship and realizing his dream of boxing at Madison Square Garden when his dreams were shattered after contracting polio at the age 25. But his disability did not stop him from earning a degree and…
Descriptors: Nonprofit Organizations, Disabilities, Employment Opportunities, Employment Services
Wood, Margie; Gretz, Sharon; Gatto, Molly; Walker, Deborah; MacDonald, Sarah – Exceptional Parent, 2007
This article presents the fourth part in the 12 installment series that presents the experiences of a fictitious couple, Amita and Samir, as they learn to adapt to the reality of having a premature baby with special needs. It describes the services provided by various community resources to children and youth with special healthcare needs and…
Descriptors: Child Health, Pediatrics, Community Resources, Disabilities
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