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The New York state Senate and Assembly agreed on March 13 to pursue a plan to include $45 million in funding in the proposed state budget for direct support professionals who care for those who are …
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By Bridget Downes
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3/23/17
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Adults and Children with Learning and Developmental Disabilities held its 31st annual Employment Recognition Breakfast at Carlyle on the Green in Farmingdale recently, where an employee from The Home Depot in East Meadow was honored with a special award.
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12/14/16
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In August 2015, Matthew Goodison-Orr, a third-year Hofstra University law student, began working with Gary Port, a West Hempstead resident, attorney and U.S. Army veteran, on a pro bono legal case: A marine had suffered a brain injury and post-traumatic stress disorder while on duty in Iraq, and never received treatment from the military after he requested it. He began to self-medicate with marijuana, and was kicked out of the Marine Corps after a urine test.
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By Rossana Weitekamp
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12/13/16
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An Elmont man was arrested for abusing three people with developmental disabilities while they were in his care, Special Prosecutor Patricia E. Gunning said on Monday.
According to Gunning, who …
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By Steve Smirti
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4/20/16
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“It’s OK to be different,” MacArthur High School junior Katelyn Safoschnik said. “We all bleed the same color blood.”
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By Rebecca Anderson
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4/19/16
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Paid family leave legislation is gaining momentum in Albany, and for good reason. As a small business owner, I know that paid family leave would be a lifeline to New York’s working families, including thousands here on Long Island . . .
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3/18/16
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A Long Beach Middle School teacher has denied allegations that she abused developmentally disabled children in her class by using a bathroom as a “time-out” room, restraining a student with zip ties and pushing a child into a wall, among other claims.
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By Ben Strack
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3/11/16
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Scores of angry parents of high school students with disabilities gathered last week to lambast a state government and education panel over a new program that denies the teens a high school diploma.
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By Barbra Rubin-Perry
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12/17/15
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Rolling Thunder, a track program for special-needs children begun by recent Kennedy High School graduate Jamie Kanner, of Bellmore, is continuing throughout the summer and is seeking high school volunteers to help out.
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7/16/15
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Assemblyman Todd Kaminsky authored a letter – and was joined by more than 100 of his colleagues – to the Commissioner of the New York State Education Department [NYSED]) urging the state to address the lack of available high school diploma options for students with developmental and learning disabilities.
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7/15/15
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