Category: What’s Happening

Application Period for Kennedy Krieger Institute’s Special Education Fellowship Program Now Open

What's Happening 02/09/201602/08/2016 admin 0 Comments

Center for Innovation and Leadership in Special Education Program accepting applications for its one-year immersive training experience through March 1. BALTIMORE, MD – Kennedy Krieger Institute, an award-winning and nationally recognized leader in special education, is now accepting applications for its Center for Innovation and Leadership in Special Education fellowship program. The program is designed to empower leaders in special education to develop effective teaching practices, learning methods, curricula and educational policies to optimize learning […]

HAPPY VALENTINES DAY for your little sweetheart

What's Happening 02/08/201602/08/2016 admin 0 Comments

FELTMAN BROTHERS’ PIMA COTTON COLLECTION From the moment you first see and feel the new Pima Cotton line from Feltman Brothers, you’ll be captivated. With their brand new layette collection, this steepedin-tradition company has combined their beautiful smocked and embroidered trademarks with baby-friendly  functionality to create items for everyday comfort and enjoyment! Made exclusively from the softest cotton grown in Peru, parents will be in awe over how Feltman Brothers stayed true to their heirloom […]

Autism Campus Inclusion 2016 Applications Now Open

Autism, What's Happening 01/08/2016 admin 0 Comments

ACI 2016 Applications Now Open January 7, 2016 The Autistic Self Advocacy Network is now accepting applications for the 2016 Autism Campus Inclusion (ACI) Leadership Academy! The ACI summer leadership training prepares Autistic students to create systems change on their college campuses. Accepted applicants will travel to Washington, DC and participate in advocacy training at Gallaudet University from May 28 to June 4, 2016. Participants will acquire valuable skills in community organizing, policy formation, and […]

Dear Santa: A Special Request to Save Millions of Lives

What's Happening 12/21/201512/22/2015 admin 0 Comments

Dear Santa: You are the world’s most recognized, beloved and unchallenged expert on Christmas gifts and the spirit of Christmas along with the joy of giving and receiving. That is why I am writing you this heartfelt letter asking for your help to save lives. My gift request will not add a heavy burden to your sleigh which already is filled with gifts for people around the world. In fact, it doesn’t weigh anything at […]

The Massachusetts Special Education School Experience

What's Happening 12/15/201512/14/2015 admin 0 Comments

BY DIANA BROWN MCCLOY Many parents whose children have special needs suffer long, agonizing struggles to find the right school to meet their children’s intellectual, social, medical, and therapeutic needs. For about 1,500 such students, their quests began far away from Massachusetts – as distant as the Middle East and California – but they came here to attend schools they simply could not find in their home states or countries. Ask Kim King of Atascadero, […]