by Dan DeMarle | Apr 10, 2021 | Covid-19, Disability, Intellectual Disability
Peter Prater’s family wasn’t thinking about COVID-19 when the call came that he had been taken to the hospital with a fever. It was April, and the Tallahassee Developmental Center, where Prater lives, hadn’t yet had any COVID-19 diagnoses. Prater,...
by Dan DeMarle | Mar 22, 2021 | Intellectual Disability
Researchers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are offering up a new estimate of the number of American children with intellectual disability. Read More >
by Dan DeMarle | Mar 19, 2021 | Covid-19, Intellectual Disability
Allen Lesser missed out on the trip he’s taken to Florida every January for decades. Elise Kellman had to cut back on her work hours at Walgreens. Her best friend, Christine Buda, has to take her beloved art classes online instead of in person, and she...
by Dan DeMarle | Jan 25, 2021 | Intellectual Disability, Special Education
Federal officials are pushing for changes after the parental rights of a young mother with intellectual disability were terminated Feds Work To Ensure Rights Of Parents With...
by Dan DeMarle | Sep 12, 2020 | Intellectual Disability, Parents/Guardians, Special Education
TIES Center is the national technical assistance center on inclusive practices and policies. Its purpose is to create sustainable changes in kindergarten-grade 8 school and district educational systems so that students with significant cognitive disabilities can fully...
by Dan DeMarle | Jul 21, 2020 | Covid-19, Disability, Intellectual Disability
Nancy Cutler – Rockland/Westchester Journal News USA TODAY NETWORK – in the D&C on 7/5/2020 on page A4 Advocates for New Yorkers with intellectual and developmental disabilities say they were blindsided by a new round of cuts announced by the state as...
