Intellectual Disabilities Archives

At Maggiano’s Little Italy, A Cooking Class For Adults With Intellectual Disabilities

When a mom learned that the restaurant hosts cooking classes for kids, she proposed a similar class designed for people like her 53-year-old son, who has a disability. The post…

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‘Is That Ableist?’ Good Question.

New York Times Imported: July 16, 2022 Tags: Blindness · Disabilities · Discrimination · Freedom of Speech and Expression · Intellectual Disabilities

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Parents of Students With Disabilities Try to Make Up for Lost Year

New York Times Imported: September 21, 2021 Tags: Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) · Coronavirus Reopenings · Disabilities · E-Learning · Education (K-12) · Intellectual Disabilities · New York City · Special Education

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Court Overturns F.D.A. Ban on School’s Electric Shock Devices

New York Times Imported: July 16, 2021 Tags: Abuse of the Disabled · Autism · Canton (Mass) · Decisions and Verdicts · Disabilities · Electroshock Therapy · Food and Drug Administration · Intellectual Disabilities · Judge Rotenberg Educational Center · Special Education

The ban sought to stop a school in Massachusetts from using shock therapy to prevent harmful behaviors in students with disabilities.

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Margaret Giannini, Champion of People With Disabilities, Dies at 100

New York Times Imported: May 27, 2000 Tags: Children and Childhood · Deaths (Obituaries) · Disabilities · Doctors · Giannini · Health and Human Services Department · Intellectual Disabilities · Margaret (1921-2021) · Mental Health and Disorders · New York Medical College · Westchester Institute for Human Development

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