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Racing Hearts and Changing Lives: The Thunderhill Race for Down Syndrome Awareness
...race; it's a race with a cause, where...community living with Down Syndrome....children needing life-saving heart surgeries....jog-a-thons but with a twistâ€"racing...surgeries to children with Down Syndrome....towards making a life-changing difference...Behind this race is Life With Micah, a 501(c)3...this race is Life With Micah, a 501(c)3...race is Life With Micah, a 501(c)3 organization...
News > Advocacy
'Speechless' Series Focuses on Special Needs
...show emphasized the life of a special needs...special needs child. Life Goes On (1989-1993)...Corky, a young boy with Down syndrome. Speechless...syndrome. Speechless has Micah Fowler as JJ, a young...JJ, a young boy with cerebral palsy. Driver's...have a "normal" life and goes out of her...people speechless with the stuff that she...To have a child with special needs, you...
Lifestyle > Recreation
When Calls the Heart on Hallmark Channel – A Movie for the Whole Family
...rather elaborate lifestyle with her parents and sisters. The...financially. Their house is staffed with servants and the Thatcher girls...the diary, Aunt Elizabeth's life is played out and Elizabeth...story of how they forged ahead with their dreams and faced their...to fulfill their destinies. Michael Landon, Jr.,...
News > Lifestyle
The Carpenter's Miracle on GMC
...Carpenter's Miracle is a made-for-TV movie with an Easter theme. That's not to say...pronounced dead and when his mother Sarah (Michelle Harrison) arrives she is inconsolable....closeness to him after trying to save his life. Sarah said her goodbye to Luke, and...for an hour suddenly comes back to life. Could this be a miracle? Everyone...
Legal > Housing
Moving from a Nursing Home to Community Housing Under Olmstead
For thousands of people with disabilities living in nursing...unjustified segregation of people with disabilities in institutions...institutions violates the Americans with Disabilities Act. The Court...develop systems that allow people with disabilities to live in community...and participate in community life. What This Means in Practice....
Financial > Financial Planning
Annual Review of Your Special Needs Plan: Checklist for Families
...of intent gets written. Then life moves on. Here's what happens...eligibility rules shift. Your life insurance policy lapses. The...Language and Structure. Start with the trust document itself. Not...You'll need a first-party trust with Medicaid payback language. If...they're now a working adult with partial independence, the original...
Financial > Financial Planning
Financial Planning for Adults with Intellectual Disabilities: Supported Decision-Making for Money
When your child with an intellectual...about their adult life. One of the most...of the person with IDD. But there's...decision-making, where adults with IDD make their...financial choices with help from trusted...child needs help with money decisions....that help comes with support or with...with support or with control. What Supported...that lets adults with intellectual disabilities...
Financial > Financial Planning
Special Needs Planning for Divorced or Blended Families
...you're divorced or remarried and raising a child with disabilities, standard estate planning advice doesn't...work when parents live in different households, with different perspectives on care. The challenge isn't...errors. Your ex-spouse remarries, updates their life insurance beneficiaries, and lists your child as...
Career > Interviewing
Receiving Questions in Advance: Requesting Interview Accommodations for Processing Delays
...This Accommodation. The ADA protects applicants with disabilities that substantially limit major life...with disabilities that substantially limit major life activities. Processing delays qualify when they...or communicating. Conditions commonly associated with processing delays include autism spectrum disorder,...
Career > Finding Jobs
Transferable Skills Assessment: Identifying What You Bring to New Careers
...process has three parts: identifying what you've done, naming the skills those activities required, and documenting them in terms employers use. Start with a Skills Inventory. List every role, activity, or responsibility you've held in the past five years. Include: Paid work: full-time, part-time, contract,...
Career > Advancement
Skills Transferability: Reframing Disability Experience as Professional Assets
...background noise to your professional life. That's a skill set. The question isn't...managers recognize. Most professionals with disabilities undervalue the competencies...energy constraints. You've negotiated with institutions. You've anticipated failure...Identifying Your Transferable Skills. Start with the systems you've built to function...
Career > Accommodations
Temporary Accommodations During Medical Treatment or Recovery
...specifically for this situation. The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) doesn't only...Act (ADA) doesn't only protect people with permanent disabilities. It covers temporary...conditions that substantially limit major life activities, and it requires employers...substantially limits one or more major life activities, including temporary conditions....