What It Is: A petition protesting cuts in Medicaid that threaten to remove services for people with disabilities living in their own homes and communities, while states sit on stimulus funds that were intended to bolster Medicaid.
Read more What It Is: "The What Can YOU Do? Web site is the centerpiece of the Campaign for Disability Employment, which seeks to promote positive employment outcomes for people with disabilities. Through outreach and public education, the Campaign aims to encourage employers and others to recognize the value and talent that people with disabilities bring to the workplace, as well as the dividend to be realized by fully including people with disabilities at work."
Read more What It Is: "A web-comic about autism."
Read more What It Is: A contest, sponsored by the U.S. Chamber Business Civic Leadership Center, that celebrates partnerships between corporations and nonprofit organizations.
Read more What It Is: "MyChildWithoutLimits.org is designed to be an authoritative early intervention resource with a social networking element for families of young children ages 0-5 with developmental delays or disabilities, and professionals looking for a single, trusted, aggregate source of information that relates to their needs and interests."
Read more Your super-sized listing of Five Fun Things to Do Today -- including a family activity, a site for the kids, a shopping site, a site offering humor or inspiration about parenting children with special needs, and a site that's just silly or fun.
Read moreHere's your weekend round-up of all the articles, blog posts, and site updates you may have missed from the past week in About Parenting Special Needs.
Read moreWhat It Is: "SpecialChoice.org is dedicated to those of you searching for an easier way to find the information needed to make each day a little more managable. We will grow and learn together as we navigate through the uncharted course we call life."
Read more What It Is: A video contest that challenges students to "create a video about why education is important to fulfilling your dreams and the steps you will take to make your dreams a reality."
Read more What It Is: "Signing Savvy is the most complete online sign language video dictionary. Signing Savvy contains several thousand high resolution videos of American Sign Language (ASL) signs, fingerspelled words, and other common signs used within the United States and Canada. Signing Savvy is an ideal resource to use while you learn sign language. It also is an excellent reference for your day-to-day sign language needs."
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