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Tatyana McFadden looking to go far and fast at Paralympics
Maybe you've seen the ads. They've been all over TV and in magazines like Time and Sports Illustrated. There is U.S. Paralympian Tatyana McFadden in her sleek titanium racing wheelchair, hunched over in mid-push, shoulder muscles rippling, a look of...
Tags: Chicago Marathon, Track and Field, Physical Disabilities, BP Plc, Physical Fitness and Exercise
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'Ultimate sleepover party' for patients and siblings
The scene at Hashawha Environmental Center in Westminster Friday evening was filled with the friendly chaos typical of the start of summer camp. Parents unloaded gear and gave last-minute instructions. Ubiquitous counselors welcomed visitors and ushered...Tags: Down Syndrome, Carroll County (Maryland), Genes and Chromosomes, Cancer, Cerebral Palsy
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City school officials assure special education advocates at meeting
Baltimore school officials assured special-education advocates Wednesday that efforts to provide students with a quality education will continue after a lawsuit ends this year that has kept the system under a microscope for 28 years.
In a forum hosted by...Tags: Andres Alonso, Teaching and Learning, Students, Justice System, Laws
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Rawlings-Blake donates Orioles skybox tickets to 27 nonprofits, schools
Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake has donated use of her office's skybox at Oriole Park at Camden Yards to 27 nonprofit or charitable organizations this year, including her daughter's school, according to a list provided by the mayor's office. The Parent...
Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Parent Organizations, Houston Texans, Elections, Oriole Park at Camden Yards
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Scientists acting out
The opening scene went something like this:
Setting: Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab building 17 cafeteria -- Fall 2009
Rocket Scientist #1: I do community theater.
Rocket Scientist #2: I almost minored in theater in college.
Rocket Scientist #1:...Tags: Science, Music, Peter Sellers, Music, Star Wars (movie)
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1 in 80 Maryland children diagnosed with autism, CDC says
One in 88 American children has an autism spectrum disorder, according to a new estimate from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The rate is 23 percent higher than one the agency released three years ago. Federal officials said some...Tags: Medical Procedures and Tests, Drugs and Medicines, Johns Hopkins University, Health and Safety at School, Behavioral Conditions
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Bullying suit against city schools goes to trial
A city jury heard opening statements Thursday in a $1.3 million lawsuit in which parents allege that the school system was grossly negligent and failed to prevent their two children, including a special-needs student, from being bullied. School system...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Parkinson's Disease, Health and Safety at School, Litigation, Bullying
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Center for autistic students to get new school building
After 57 years of providing special education services for children with autism out of a historic Ellicott City mansion, the Linwood Center is finally getting a real school. "We have run out of room here," Linwood executive director Bill Moss said...Tags: Public Schools, Schools, Teaching and Learning, Catonsville, Behavioral Conditions
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Test offers red flag for autism at 6 months
A simple “pull-to-sit” test on infants at six months old may help doctors predict autismand other delays, a new study has found. The study by Kennedy Krieger Institute researchers looked at infants at high genetic risk for autism and found...Tags: Learning Disability, Parkinson's Disease, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Behavioral Conditions, Genes and Chromosomes
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The long road to the Baltimore Grand Prix
Steven Wehner had overcome dyslexia, a stint in jail on drug charges and the loss of his repair shop on Martha's Vineyard.
Living in the basement of his mother's Rodgers Forge home, he set his sights on his biggest challenge yet: Bringing an IndyCar...Tags: William H. Cole IV, Indianapolis 500, Open-Wheel Racing, Oriole Park at Camden Yards, Maryland Stadium Authority
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Grasmick to overhaul teacher training at Towson University
Several months after Nancy S. Grasmick left her job as state superintendent of schools, Michelle Rhee, the former schools chief in Washington, spoke in Baltimore and let a secret slip.
She told the crowd at Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall that Grasmick...Tags: Bowie, Students, Michelle Rhee, Teachers, Baltimore County
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Patricia Modell, actress and philanthropist, dies at 80
Patricia Modell, a successful TV and film actress in the 1950s and '60s who became a well-known philanthropist in Baltimore with her husband, former Ravens owner Arthur Modell, died Wednesday at the age of 80.
Mrs. Modell was admitted two weeks ago to...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Celebrities, Mount Royal, Dick Powell, New York City
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