BY ERNST VANBERGEIJK, PH.D., M.S.W. AND PAUL CAVANAGH, PH.D., M.S.W. In 2008, Congress passed the Higher Education Opportunity Act (HEOA). Of particular note in HEOA was language that, for the first time, created supports for the inclusion of students with an intellectual disability in institutes of higher education. In such legislation the broad term, “institutes of higher education” (IHE) refers to two and four year colleges, as well as a variety of other trade schools […]
Checkpoint Identity Series is designed for use for children who are nonverbal or unable communicate their name, allergies or any additional information. Each product has a text code and QR code. When a first responder texts the product’s unique code, the user’s medical information is instantly retrieved. At the same time, the first responder’s cell phone number is sent to the user’s emergency contact for quick communication between the emergency contact and the first responder […]
SIBLING TIES BY PAIGE TALHELM When you bug me, I’ll tell you. When you make me mad, I’ll let you know. My brother Sammy should be told too. I was recently having a conversation with my two friends. One of these friends has a sibling with a disability and the other does not, however she is very involved in both of our (and siblings’) lives, and happens to be a dedicated volunteer for this community. […]
Brad most likely noticed that we weren’t your typical or normal family. Brad could have told us to leave the movie theater that day and possibly could have provided us a refund for our tickets, but he didn’t. Normalcy is a subjective status or characteristic that every family strives to emulate at one time or another. My husband and I will do a fist pump in celebration any time we witness anything remotely close to […]
September 17, 2015 | Jackie Carr More than five million Americans are living with Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Of them, 400,000 also have Down syndrome. Both groups have similar looking brains with higher levels of the protein beta amyloid. In fact, patients with Down syndrome develop the abnormal protein at twice the rate. Results of a pilot study, published in the September issue of Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, confirms the pathogenic role of beta amyloid in dementia […]
