OlliNepal Update – March 29
The Ollibean/OlliNepal team finished up their trekking outside of Pohkara,
The Ollibean/OlliNepal team finished up their trekking outside of Pohkara,
The adventure begins! Beautiful start ! Greeted at Nepalese Airport by longtime friend, Topden Lama. Topden brought Tibetan scarves for the group
The title of this blog is an expression seen in many blogs written by disabilities advocates and self-advocates. Wasn’t his life worth living? Isn’t mine or the lives of all disabled people? The murder of 22 year-old autistic George Hodgins prompted the latest, very strong protests from the autistic community against the media coverage focused on the “reasons” for the killing, while ignoring George’s, the victim, life.
The mission of the University Center for Excellence in Developmental
NNDR is a multidisciplinary network of disability researchers interested in
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The Center for Courageous Kids, also known as CCK, is
For the first time in history public fitness centers, public swimming pools, recreational facilities, parks, golf and mini-golf courses, detention facilities and courtrooms, playrooms and amusement rides must adhere to the governments accessibility requirements. The rules also clarify issues that have come up in the 20 years regarding bathroom dimensions, reach ranges and accesible routes.
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Metropolitan Police (Met) officers assaulted a 16-year-old boy with severe
The Institute on Human Development and Disabililty (IHDD) has been
Welcome new Ollibean writer, Amy Sequenzia! We know you're going
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All sessions are free and scheduled for 2-3:30pm Eastern/1-2:30pm Central/12-1:30pm
Emotional & Informational support for families of children who have
A society where all people are valued and respected, and
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Landau-Kleffner syndrome, or acquired epileptic aphasia, is a rare childhood
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Want to help kids in Nepal? We’re making it super easy. For every person that joins our community we will donate $2 to support children in Nepal.You can also enter for a chance to win an iPad**. Now share this with everyone you know and show the world how easy it is to make a difference.
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You can help kids with diffabilities in Nepal. We’re making it super easy. For person that joins our community we will donate $2 to support children in Nepal.You’ll also be entered for a chance to win an iPad at the same time. Now share this with everyone you know and show the world how easy it is to make a difference.
It's hard to convey all that we want you to know "about us" in a paragraph., hard to explain the million and one reasons we're so passionate about Ollibean and how much we want you involved in our community. We hope this does it. We'd love to hear an "about us" about you. Shoot a video response and send it to us at olli@ollibean.com or post to our youtube account. We'll send an Ollibean tshirt to the first 20.
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