Disability training center starts classes Monday
A job training center for people with disabilities starts its fall session on Monday. The Michigan Career and Technical Institute is in Plainwell, about 20 miles north of Kalamazoo. Its the second...
View ArticleCooling can help full-term infants with low flow of oxygen and blood to the...
A new study suggests a medical therapy known as cooling can help full-term infants born with low flow of oxygen and blood to the brain. This condition is thought to occur in about 1 out of every...
View ArticleOakland County's developmentally disabled adults celebrate the new year early
The new year will come early for some people in Southeast Michigan. Tonight, Oakland County Parks and Recreation will host its annual "Almost New Year's" party.The two-hour dance is specially created...
View ArticleMichigan sports officials try to understand new federal rule opening the door...
Michigan high school sports officials are trying to figure out how to implement a new federal rule that opens sports programs to students with disabilities. More than 300,000 students take part in...
View ArticleSequester cuts by Congress have hit special education students in Michigan
The start of the new school year has brought unpleasant and unwelcome surprises for the parents of Michigan children with special needs. Thats because the federal sequester has hit special education,...
View ArticleThis is what a playground for kids with disabilities looks like
Ask any kid about their favorite part of the school day and they’ll likely give you one response - recess. But for kids with disabilities, going outside isn’t always easy. Traditional playgrounds...
View ArticleGetting State offices and programs more accessible to people with disabilities
The State of Michigan is close to wrapping up a plan to make its programs more accessible to people with disabilities. The goal is to get State offices, communications and web sites to be compliant...
View ArticleArts in Motion Studio uses art for inclusivity
It is easy to feel like an outsider when facing a mental, emotional, or physical disability. Anything that sets you apart or makes you different can seem alienating or isolating. Delight Lester has...
View ArticleA 40-mile piggyback ride to raise awareness for kids with special needs
Hunter Gandee will go for a walk this weekend. That might not seem noteworthy. You might be planning on doing the same. But starting Saturday morning, the 14-year-old from Temperance plans to walk 40...
View ArticleEducation quality varies widely for children with disabilities
Federal law guarantees that children with disabilities have equal access to education. But what that actually looks like for Michigan kids very much depends upon where you live. An investigation by...
View ArticleGrand Rapids prepares for major new arts festival
A major art show opens in Grand Rapids on Friday. The DisArt festival features the work of roughly 50 disabled artists, film makers and others. “What the whole festival is doing is flipping our...
View ArticleTeens with disabilities cut loose at "Best Prom Ever"
Ten years ago, two women from west Michigan started something called the "Best Prom Ever." They were Sparta High School special education teacher Renne Wyman, and a mother of one of her students,...
View ArticleSearching for serenity: A Detroit family's quest for stability
Desiree Foster stands at her stove. She’s cooking up some hamburgers and white rice for her two daughters. I’m hovering near her refrigerator when I notice the tattoo on her neck. It has her two...
View ArticleResearchers team up to "search for the Holy Braille"
The Next Idea In a past life, Sile O'Modhrain edited audio for BBC radio. "At the time I was working," she says, "I could edit using a razor blade and tape" to physically piece different sections of a...
View ArticlePeople with disabilities deserve more opportunities to work in the community
The Next Idea Each month, the State of Michigan releases unemployment numbers, which are seen as a major indicator of the state’s economic health. One subset of these numbers is often overlooked — the...
View ArticleNew accounts signal that people with disabilities don’t have to be poor to...
The time is getting closer for launching special tax-free savings accounts for Michiganders with disabilities. It's called MI-ABLE, the Achieving a Better Life Experience program. MI-ABLE was signed...
View ArticleHow labels didn’t stop a family from achieving full inclusion for son with...
How do you express your feelings when a team of experts sits you down to tell you your child is developmentally disabled? When Janice Fialka of Huntington Woods came home reeling from such a case...
View ArticleWhat happens when parents disagree with schools over how to teach kids with...
What happens when you're the parent of a child with special needs, and your view of how you want your child to be educated clashes with the school district's?
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