BAC Rutland

Unlike students who pull all-nighters and cram before exams, Mount Aloysius College student Katie Apostolides has been working diligently in preparation for midterms since her first day of class. She starts papers and projects the day they are assigned, meets weekly with a different peer tutor for each of her classes, and knows to take short breaks throughout her studying in an effort to stay focused and on task. These and other strategies help Apostolides learn at a collegiate level in spite of her Down syndrome, an intellectual disability.
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Tampa, FL, February 19, 2009 –(PR.com)– People with disabilities scored a major victory in the economic stimulus package signed by President Barack Obama. Businesses owned by people with disabilities are to be given consideration in stimulus contracts issued by the Secretary of the Treasury. The action is the result of efforts by U.S. Senator Tom Harkin (D-Iowa), and Enable America, a non-profit organization that is dedicated to increasing employment opportunities for people with disabilities.
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If you notice one or more of these signs, don’t wait. Stroke is a medical emergency. Call 9-1-1 or your emergency medical services. Get to a hospital right away!

The American Stroke Association wants you to learn the warning signs of stroke:
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For most drivers, getting from point A to point B is as simple as turning a key, putting the vehicle in gear and stepping on the gas. As long as the environs are familiar, driving tends to require minimal conscious thought. In fact, many motorists have experienced the phenomenon of driving on “autopilot,” or getting safely to a destination with little recollection of how they got there.
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The father of the theory of evolution through natural selection, Charles Darwin, most likely had Asperger’s syndrome, a TCD professor has claimed.

Psychiatrist Prof Michael Fitzgerald believes the mild form of autism gave Darwin the ability to “hyperfocus, the extra capacity for persistence, the enormous ability to see detail that other people missed, the endless energy for a lifetime dedication to a narrow task, and the independence of mind so critical to original research.”
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1. When did you graduate high school? This question is impermissible when it is designed to determine the age of an employee. Employers should stick to the employee’s resume and any dates that may be disclosed. An employer may ask if the employee is under 18 years of age.
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In a new case, a California appeals court found that an employer wasn’t liable for disability bias when a supervisor called an autistic employee “Rain Man.” We’ll explain why the employer here got lucky with a dismissal, and why you should take precautions to avoid similar situations from exploding into lawsuits.
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Lori Siegel did not even wait for her hair to grow back. Still feeling the effects of radiation treatments, she sent her résumé to potential employers, bought a new suit and a wig that does not look like a wig, and started going on job interviews.
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The House stimulus bill that passed last week includes $12.2 billion for special education. President Obama is expected to sign the economic stimulus bill Tuesday in Denver.  That bill includes $12.2 billion for special education alone. That’s a huge amount considering other programs like Head Start will get $1 billion and Child Care Development would receive $2 billion.
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‘Paradigm Shift’ Seen in Stimulus Plan
The economic stimulus package dramatically ramps up spending for a broad array of social programs for needy Americans in a way not seen since the launch of the Great Society programs.
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