Posted by Kyron | Posted in Articles, Sunday Paper | Posted on 06-01-2008
…and a cup of coffee 
(you’ll catch on the coffee is sacred to me 
)
Weekly on Sunday I hope to offer you my version of the Sunday paper with articles from the past week or two, relevant or uplifitng (or both), on various issues within the special needs community.
- Disability Cases Last Longer as Backlog Rises (NY Times) requires free membership to read full article. Steadily growing delays in Social Security Disability Claims are leaving hundreds of thousands of people waiting for up to 3 years for a decision
- The Autistic Brain (CNN Video) Researchers at UC San Diego use brain scans as another way of detecting autism.
- Wii as part of Rehab (CNN Video) Dr. Sanjay Gupta explores how and interactive gaming platform is being used to help patients in rehab
- Website eases travel for special needs kids (Denver Business Journal) Family creates web business catering to parents of special needs children offering over 200 products that are geared to ease the burden of travel.
- Parents of Special Needs Pupils forced to go Private (The Observer – UK) Special Needs Parents responsible for a large percentage (83%) of the influx to private schools to get children the education they need.
- Polk County puts ID bracelets on people with special needs (Orlando Sentinel) Project Safe and Sound institutes bracelet program for special needs children to help them get back home – safe and sound
- A Brighter Day for Special Needs Students (ABC News/Good Morning America) A day care center for medically fragile special needs children providing medical care along with education!
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