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| Disability Aware & Business | Nebraska developmental disability programs to focus on jobs Programs for adults with developmental disabilities will be more focused on finding jobs for them, under new agreements with the federal Medicaid program. Previously, the state of Nebraska paid agencies working with adults with developmental disabilities only for the time they were working face to face with a client, said Jodi Fenner, director of the state's Division of Developmental Disabilities. Now the state can pay for the legwork agencies take to create job opportunities for adults with developmental disabilities, under new agreements. | 04/25/10 |
| Community Participation | ‘Never count yourself out’ On a cloudless spring afternoon on the crowded Glenbrook South track, Tommy Carroll placed his hand on the back of Shin Taniguchi's elbow. He didn't let go until they had finished the first stretch of a 2 1/2-mile lung-burning training run, matching strides as they moved, connected, around the track. Most afternoons, Carroll and his teammates form these rare duets in the individual sport of distance running, Carroll occasionally serving as a motivator, his teammates always serving as the eyes Carroll lost by age 2. The 17-year-old junior and his teenage teammates collaborate on his running career with such ease that their teamwork, extraordinary as it is, becomes ordinary. Just like Carroll. | 04/25/10 |
| Latest Buzz on Disability | Worried she’s harboring a sex offender My 20-year-old stepson, “Marshall,” has been living with us since he was released from jail five months ago. While intelligent, Marshall is also childlike. He has a developmental disability and is receiving counseling. He also has signed up for vocational rehabilitation and is hoping to get on a waiver so that he can get an education, a job and assisted living. In the meantime, he lies around the house and reads or plays video games. He has been tested for depression, but apparently that’s not the issue. | 04/19/10 |
| Community Participation | Organization pairs EIU students and group home residents as friends It was a pleasant day to hang out on the porch, and that’s what they did, plus play a few games of washers, munch on some snacks, and talk. They are friends, an odd mix of achievers and those whose expectations of achievement are far lower. The opportunity for friendship came about because of the Best Buddies chapter at Eastern Illinois University. | 04/17/10 |
