Category: In The News

Healthy Athletes at Special Olympics Games

In The News, Intellectual Disability 09/07/201809/04/2018 admin

People with intellectual disabilities (ID)—difficulty with thinking, learning, remembering, and reasoning—experience poorer access to quality health care and have poorer health outcomes than people without ID. Learn how the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is working with Special Olympics to improve the health of people with ID. The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), enacted in 1990, has made a positive difference in the lives of countless people with disabilities in the U.S. The […]

Alzheimer’s, down syndrome vaccine trial his important milestones

Down Syndrome, In The News 08/25/201808/25/2018 admin

AC Immune SA (NASDAQ:ACIU), a Swiss-based, clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company with a broad pipeline focused on neurodegenerative diseases, today announced two clinical milestone events related to ACI-24, its anti-Abeta vaccine against Alzheimer’s disease and Abeta-related cognitive decline in Down Syndrome, according to a release from NASDAQ. Prof. Andrea Pfeifer, CEO of AC Immune, said: “We are delighted with the progress of ACI-24, the anti-Abeta vaccine, derived from our proprietary SupraAntigenTM platform. In addition to the development in […]

ASHA Discourages Use of Facilitated Communication, Rapid Prompting Method

In The News 08/20/201808/17/2018 admin

People With Communication Disabilities Have a Right to Services That Are Effective, Lead to Independent Communication, and Are Not Harmful, ASHA Says (Rockville, MD) Underscoring the importance of scientifically defensible communication interventions and citing shared concern about harm that could stem from baseless practices, the Board of Directors of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) has unanimously approved position statements that discourage the use of Facilitated Communication (FC), the Rapid Prompting Method (RPM), and similar practices […]

Michael Turcich Awarded Companies Making a Daily Difference

In The News 08/19/201802/04/2019 admin

Congratulations to Michael Turcich Recipient of 2017 Companies Making a Daily Difference Award Companies Making a Daily Difference Award is bestowed on professionals who change the lives of children with special needs and their families. Michael Turcich, Managing Director, eParent.com, an online multi-media company dedicated specifically to the special needs community. Providing practical advice, emotional support, current trending news and educational information to empower caregivers and families of children and adults with disabilities and special […]

NCD applauds legislative, policy initiatives on ADA anniversary

In The News 08/19/201808/15/2018 admin

WASHINGTON, July 27, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — The National Council on Disability (NCD) – a nonpartisan, independent federal agency – applauds announcements of two groundbreaking measures on the 28th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act being signed. Bipartisan legislation was introduced by U.S. Reps. Seth Moulton of Massachusetts and Gregg Harper of Mississippi called the Healthcare Extension and Accessibility for Developmentally disabled and Underserved Population Act, or the HEADs UP Act, of 2018. It would designate people with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (I/DD) as a medically underserved […]