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How Far is Too Far

UncategorizedBy adminJanuary 20, 2013
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There was a news story this week about the challenges high schools have in working to include students with disabilities in extracurricular sports activities. Oscar Pretorius put the issue

Growth Attenuation and People with Developmental Disabilities

Disability in Focus BlogBy adminJanuary 15, 2013
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In the upcoming Winter Issue of the Council’s People & Families magazine, there is a column I wrote about growth attenuation and its use, along with radical surgical procedures,

Overreaction

UncategorizedBy adminJanuary 4, 2013
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Overreaction  against people with Autism from the terrible shootings in Newton Connecticut. It is an understandable concern given the prominence given in early media reports to the shooter’s supposed

Better Services; Not Always More

Disability in Focus BlogBy adminDecember 19, 2012
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(Blogger’s Note: I wrote this before the shootings in Newton. As will be seen below, there is some discussion about Asperger’s syndrome. At this posting there was some information

Encouraging News on Employment but Still Far to Go

Disability in Focus BlogBy adminNovember 30, 2012
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In the last blog I talked about how years of efforts to get people with developmental disabilities out of the shadows and into schools and communities are paying off.

We’ve Come a Long Way

Disability in Focus BlogBy adminNovember 15, 2012
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I was looking through the news this week for ideas. There were numerous articles about disabilities and developmental disabilities. They touched on a broad range of issues, many of

The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

Disability in Focus BlogBy adminNovember 12, 2012
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The US Senate last week rejected a treaty forged in the UN that would apply many of the provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act throughout most of the

Forward Indeed

Disability in Focus BlogBy adminNovember 12, 2012
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Some of the most impressive images and quotes from Sandy and the election came from Gov. Chris Christie. One in particular captured a message I think worth repeating as

Sandy and Emergency Prep

Disability in Focus BlogBy adminNovember 2, 2012
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As Sandy roared through I was thinking about all the work Jane Dunhamn and Frank Latham from the Council had done over the past several years to help people

Forward, Not Back

Disability in Focus BlogBy adminOctober 18, 2012
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As New Jersey prepares to close two developmental centers–a huge undertaking that is the key to improving the lives of those who live there and the lives of more
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