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...classes, extra supports and a modified course schedule to meet the needs of students with autism and other...course schedule to meet the needs of students with autism and other special needs. All class instructors...eliminating long periods of inactivity such as summer break, students are able to stay focused in 'study...

...shows up as meltdowns, sleep disruption, increased anxiety, or withdrawal. Summer doesn't have to mean chaos. You can't replicate school at home, and you...how to set it up before school ends. Start with Anchor Points, Not a Full Schedule. An anchor point is a fixed activity at a consistent time each day. It's...

...which city is which before the Games begin, the schedule stops being a logistics puzzle and becomes something...events continuously for nearly two thousand years. Summer opera seasons have run there since 1913. The Paralympic...ET, with a pre-show from 1:30 PM. One thing the schedule doesn't make obvious: wheelchair curling in Cortina...

...time to start thinking about the transition from summer vacation to being back in school. You know as well...Special Below). One: Ease Into the School Time Sleep Schedule. Summer bedtimes are often later than school time,...One: Ease Into the School Time Sleep Schedule. Summer bedtimes are often later than school time, so it...

...time to relax. But a summer without structure can...ensure you spend the summer months wisely. MAINTAIN...AND ROUTINE Create a schedule and implement a contract...Following a structured schedule will strengthen your...MANAGEMENT Break the scheduled activities into short...NEW INTERESTS Use the summer months to implement new...

Your fifth-grader isn't getting a qualified interpreter. The one assigned to her classroom learned ASL through an online course last summer and struggles to keep up when the teacher moves between students. You've asked for someone certified, and the district says they're "working on it."...

...Angeles in August 2028, the first Summer Games hosted here since Atlanta...Different Kind of Stage. The Summer Games program is larger than...through the 2026 coverage, the summer program is the next entry point,...Games. She also does this in the summer. She competes in handcycling...in handcycling and rowing at Summer Games alongside her winter...

...already posted their first "back home" photos. But these Games produced a set of moments that are going to come up again: in previews for the 2028 Summer Paralympics, in coverage of whatever athletes do next, in conversations about what the Winter Games have become. Here are the ten that'll be referenced...

...visually impaired categories, each a separate medal event, each one quick and decided on the day. Oksana Masters came into these Games after surgery last summer and a concussion that cut into her training season. She responded in biathlon with a gold medal in the sprint sitting event: her 20th Paralympic medal...

...the first program to win back-to-back Paralympic gold medals in the sport, and Sweeney received the inaugural Pat Tillman Award for Service at that summer's ESPYs. Four years before that gold medal, Sweeney had been a Marine Corps Scout Sniper deployed with the 3rd Battalion, 4th Marines in Nowzad, Afghanistan....

...amount of advocacy could have. At Tokyo 2020, she added a gold in the paratriathlon, making her one of only five Americans ever to win gold at both the Summer and Winter Paralympic Games. Two completely different sports, two...

...with intellectual disabilities, including conditions like Down syndrome, autism, and other cognitive or developmental disabilities. Special Olympics is...Games for the first time. Today, the Paralympic Games run alongside every Summer and Winter Olympics, governed by the International Paralympic Committee....