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Hospital Denies Kidney Transplant due to Girl's Intellectual Disability

Philadelphia - A young girl with Wolf-Hirschhorn Syndrome was denied a life-saving kidney transplant [at least in part] due to her intellectual disability last week. Read more HERE. What are your thoughts?

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Mon, 01/16/2012 - 10:05

Philidelphia Caregiver Charged in Death of 20-year-old Man with Autism

PENNSYLVANIA - "[Stacey] Strauss, 41, of Northeast Philadelphia, is scheduled for trial Monday in Bucks County Court, charged with neglecting a care-dependent person, involuntary manslaughter, and recklessly endangering another person. [Bryan] Nevins, beset with severe autism and mental retardation, was left in the van for more than five hours before Woods Services workers found him dead. The temperature that afternoon reached 97 in the Philadelphia area."

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Mon, 03/07/2011 - 18:19

CLASS | BRIDGE Introduction: Jean M. Walling

Jean M. Walling is the founder of CLASS | BRIDGE and the mother of a child with special needs. With more than thirty years experience in special education, Jean shares the history and development of what has been the industry standard IEP software and curriculum since 1978.

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