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Legacy from former Lifetime Assistance manager is a greeting card company

By feedbot ~ Posted Tue, 10/19/2021 - 11:22am
Lifetime Assistance, the local organization that helps people with developmental disabilities live with the highest possible level of independence, has...
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Tue, 10/19/2021 - 3:57am
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Mentors inspire girls and women with disabilities

By feedbot ~ Posted Tue, 10/12/2021 - 5:56am
Amie Richards is from Massachusetts, and Reese Gieger lives in Atlanta. They have traded a few letters, but recently, they met virtually for the first...
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Tue, 10/12/2021 - 6:21am
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Mary Cariola Center, URMC to study how COVID-19 affects people with disabilities

By feedbot ~ Posted Tue, 10/05/2021 - 7:07pm
Two local agencies will work together to help scientists better understand how COVID-19 affects people with intellectual and developmental disabilities....
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Tue, 10/05/2021 - 8:32pm
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Autism Nature Trail opens at Letchworth State Park

By feedbot ~ Posted Fri, 10/01/2021 - 3:39pm
The nation’s first nature trail specifically designed to address the sensory needs of those with autism spectrum disorder is now open at Letchworth...
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Fri, 10/01/2021 - 10:42am
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Town of Greece celebrates inclusive playground

By feedbot ~ Posted Mon, 09/13/2021 - 8:18pm
A wheelchair swing and an accessible merry-go-round are some of the new adaptable features at Basil A. Marella Park in the town of Greece that will...
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Mon, 09/13/2021 - 1:52pm
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Inclusion Desk Forum: Strengthening social skills in a pandemic

By feedbot ~ Posted Fri, 08/27/2021 - 3:54pm
During the pandemic, people found themselves alone a lot more than usual. That includes young people with disabilities who lost something important --...
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Fri, 08/27/2021 - 12:09pm
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Connections: Discussing the staffing crisis for direct support professionals

By feedbot ~ Posted Thu, 08/26/2021 - 3:07pm
Leaders from organizations that provide services for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities say they are dealing with a staffing crisis...
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Fri, 08/27/2021 - 5:50am
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'We’re making an accessible place public': Autism Trail seeks to break down barriers to deep natu

By feedbot ~ Posted Thu, 08/05/2021 - 5:50am
Deep in Letchworth State Park, Catherine Abida and her son Ali sat on a bench in a pine tree-lined oasis. “What do you like about this trail?” Abida...
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Thu, 08/05/2021 - 11:48am
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‘This is a wonderland’: On ADA anniversary, Hochul visits Sunshine Camp

By feedbot ~ Posted Mon, 07/26/2021 - 9:40pm
As a line of golf carts wound their way around the Sunshine Camp in Rush on Monday, Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul stopped and got out so she could take in the...
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Tue, 07/27/2021 - 6:31am
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Group that serves people with disabilities at staffing ‘crisis point’

By feedbot ~ Posted Tue, 07/13/2021 - 5:55pm
A statewide group that provides services to people with developmental disabilities is calling on lawmakers to take action to address what they say is a...
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Tue, 07/13/2021 - 12:33pm
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