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  • Colorado is paying parents to take care of children with disabilities, a pandemic benefit that's sticking around

    October 17, 2023 |

    The Colorado Sun |

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    Response Location: United States, Colorado

    During the pandemic, caregivers stopped entering people’s homes, so Medicaid restructured to pay parents to provide care for their children with disabilities rather than hired help. About 1,200 families across the state signed up for the program, making $15 an hour for up to 10 hours a week teaching those with disabilities “homemaker” tasks like cooking and cleaning.

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  • A Closely Knitted Community Creating Safe Space for Deaf Persons in Lagos

    July 18, 2023 |

    BONews |

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    Response Location: Nigeria

    One Nigerian religious center offers a safe space where the hearing impaired can use sign language to communicate and build community. The Christian Mission for the Deaf Church’s members feel empowered through dance, music, and worship, while children of deaf adults build skills and friendship.

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  • When cerebral palsy is not a death sentence

    June 26, 2023 |

    Prime Progress |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Umuahia, Abia

    The Straight Child Foundation works to increase the quality of care provided to children with cerebral palsy and their families. The Foundation has provided physiotherapy and speech therapy to about 35 children with CP and has provided 20 wheelchairs specifically designed for those with CP. The Foundation also hosts yearly camps where CP patients can connect and interact with healthcare workers and other people with CP.

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  • Connecting With Individuals Who Have Disabilities

    April 20, 2023 |

    KAFTAN TV |

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    Response Location: Nigeria

    Haske Children Foundation provides medical supplies, check-ups and surgeries to children with disabilities on a regular basis, having served 200 children so far. The Foundation also leads discussions about disabilities, working to address the stigma and change the negative narrative many locals have about those with disabilities.

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  • Families take drastic steps to help children in mental health crises

    March 20, 2023 |

    Side Effects Public Media |

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    Response Location: United States

    To eliminate the practice of custody relinquishment to mental health services, some states are building more comprehensive systems of care for children that focus on crisis prevention and de-escalation. More accessible and affordable wraparound services have reduced the need for and use of inpatient psychiatric hospitalizations, emergency rooms, juvenile detention, residential treatments, and police involvement.

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  • Nigerian Kids With Cerebral Palsy Are Overcoming Discrimination At School, Here Is How

    August 12, 2022 |

    Prime Progress |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Lagos

    The Let Cerebral Palsy Kids Learn foundation trains Nigerian teachers in how to better serve students with the condition, while also educating parents about cerebral palsy and providing support and assistance to place their children in mainstream schools. The organization has placed more than 100 students in partner schools since 2017 and has trained more than 500 parents and teachers.

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  • Crucial but underpaid, Michigan home care staff face inflation now, too

    July 18, 2022 |

    Bridge Michigan |

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    Response Location: United States, Michigan

    Direct care workers, including certified nurse assistants and home health aides, provide personal care to help aging or disabled individuals remain independently at home. There are approximately 165,000 of these workers across the state that serve more than 100,000 families with daily activities like bathing and meal preparation.

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  • College. Work. Starting a business. KC grads with disabilities have options

    April 28, 2022 |

    The Kansas City Beacon |

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    Response Location: United States, Kansas City, Kansas

    The Transition Academy connects people with mental and physical disabilities with helpful resources to increase their access to jobs and higher education. The group also connects families with resources, experiences, and knowledge to create a smooth transition out of high school for students with disabilities and provides a Facebook community for families to connect and share insights.

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  • Redefining Mobility For Children With Disabilities

    January 11, 2022 |

    Rwanda Dispatch |

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    Response Location: Rwanda

    Angel Rider Wheelchairs provides free wheelchairs to children across Rwanda. The group constructs and distributes the wheelchairs themselves and coordinates with the National Council of Persons with Disabilities, who provides a list of children nominated to receive one. Access to the wheelchairs have changed the quality of life for many of the children, allowing them to attend school and other social activities for the first time in their lives. The non-profit has donated over 2,000 wheelchairs in the last five years.

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  • How Nigerian Sign Language Interpreters Help Children Dispel Fear Of Coronavirus

    September 22, 2021 |

    News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) |

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    Response Location: Nigeria

    A team of sign language interpreters across Nigeria translated into indigenous Nigerian sign language, the internationally acclaimed book “My Hero is You” which helps children, their parents and caregivers understand and answer questions about the coronavirus. With the signing of this book into an indigenous Nigerian sign language, deaf signers can now reach out to their communities. They teach them in the sign language they understand, using local words to explain how the virus came to be and how to prevent its spread and protect their communities.

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