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Portsmouth program integrates special-needs students
The Virginian-PilotKids sat in clusters before circle time in classroom 12. They huddled two- and three-deep on beanbag chairs, sat cross-legged on the floor, and sprawled across a rug. Teacher Laura Rieg, in the middle of it all, turned to Uriah Myers, a boy on the...Tags: Students, Hampton Roads, Portsmouth (Portsmouth, Virginia), Teaching and Learning, Learning Disability
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'Ralph-A-Thon' to help beloved teacher, coach
Milwaukee Journal SentinelMany kids who grew up on the east side and in Riverwest know Ralph Acevedo as a bilingual teacher and coach who led them through playground games of soccer, baseball and basketball -- but also guided them into adulthood. Edward Bruske was a teen when he...Tags: Baseball, Hodgkin's Lymphoma, Teaching and Learning, Sports, Cancer
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Kirby Norman honored during Shriners Spring Ceremonial
Fergus Falls Daily Journal, Minn.When Kirby Norman walked into the Shriners Hospital April 4, 1979, with his two-year-old son in his arms and his wife by his side, he never imagined the difference it would make in his family's life. Norman, 59, of rural Erhard, joined the Birak...Tags: Arts and Culture, Shriners, American Legion, Festive Events, Hospitals and Clinics
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Chicago doctors welcome Chinese girls with medical needs into their family
An outraged Janet Agranoff watched in 1996 as "60 Minutes" aired a report about "dying rooms" in Chinese orphanages, where infants and toddlers — most of them girls — were left to starve. When the report ended, the obstetrician-turned-stay-at-...
Tags: Family, Obstetrics, Pediatrics, China, Social Issues
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'She changed our course'
Dothan Eagle, Ala.ElizaBeth Godwin-Kogelschatz didn't get a good look at Rhema in the delivery room. The newborn was lifted above the screen for the mother to see and "everything was normal for two more seconds." Then the surgeon saw the sac on the baby's back....Tags: Learning Disability, Health Treatments, Club Foot, Physical Therapy, Hospitals and Clinics
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Half-Way There: Pushing Across America
KWCH 12 Eyewitness NewsHalf-way there. Ryan Chalmers, an all-around athlete, made it to Hutchinson, the half-way point in his trek across America. The difference between his cross-county trip and that of many others before him? He’s doing so in a wheelchair. Chalmers...Tags: New York City, Trips and Vacations, Travel
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He's pushing for a good cause
The Hutchinson News, Kan.There's more to the story. See video at hutchnews.com. Ryan Chalmers' hands are rubbed raw from his strenuous trip across the United States. To keep his muscles loose, he soaks in a tub of ice and gets massages from his trainer. Completing the...Tags: Diving, 2012 Summer Paralympics, New York City
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Retired Smithfield police officer cured of hepatitis C
The cure has taken 25 years for retired Smithfield police officer, Kurt Beach. In his first week on the job, in January 1988, Beach used mouth-to-mouth resuscitation in an attempt to save the life of a baby with a bloody breathing tube. He tears up as...
Tags: Liver Cancer, Blood Transfusion, Lobbying, Food and Drug Administration, Easter
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Donors help Island Falls family buy service dog for 5-year-old girl
Bangor Daily News, MaineISLAND FALLS, Maine -- An Island Falls family is grateful for the support of donors from around the state and nation who helped their 5-year-old daughter raise money to secure a service dog. Faith McNally suffers from spina bifida and life-threatening...Tags: Animals
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Lady Luck pays a welcomed visit and other life tidbits
New Haven Register, Conn.Thanks to Peggy Porto of Branford, I will soon be the recipient of a fresh $10 bill. Peggy is a loyal reader who for the second time sent me an instant lottery ticket. "Could this be the big one?" she writes. And because I'm not one to welsh on a promise,...Tags: New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), Pneumonia, Stroke, South Windsor, Physical Therapists
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Athletics-Boston champion McFadden a shining example in London
ReutersBy Alison Wildey LONDON, April 19 (Reuters) - Boston Marathon wheelchair champion Tatyana McFadden fled the city after Monday's bomb attack on the race but is determined to compete in London this weekend as an example to those injured in the blasts....Tags: Road Running, Running, Boston Marathon Bombing (2013), Sports, Chicago Marathon
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Clarksville Paralympian Tatyana McFadden wins Boston Marathon marred by explosions
The Baltimore SunClarksville resident Tatyana McFadden won the women's wheelchair division of the Boston Marathon on Monday, hours before the race was marred by deadly explosions near the finish line. Though McFadden added to her resume as one of the elite Paralympic...Tags: Paralympic Games, Awards and Prizes, 2012 Summer Paralympics, Sports, Winter Paralympic Games
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