Disabilities

A Tour of Gov. Rick Scott's Dirtiest Deeds

Sun Sentinel Editorial Asks: Where Are The Adult Autistic Voices?

​The "neurodiversity movement" doesn't get a lot of press. But in the closing hours of "Autism Awareness Month" -- or April, as it's often known -- neurodiversity got an unexpected shot of love in Nichole Brochu's Sun Sentinel column, which she outsourced for the occasion to filmmaker Todd Drezner ... More >>

Rick Scott Gives High-Paid State Job to a Disgraced Bureaucrat

via miamiherald.com​In early February, Gov. Rick Scott picked Carl Littlefield to run the Agency for Persons with Disabilities. Littlefield quit 17 days later. He stepped down on Monday Feb. 22, the day before a Senate panel was supposed to question him about sexual abuse allegations at a group ho ... More >>

That's Low-Down: Pembroke Pines Man Gets Rich by Stealing From Disabled Cousin

John Kopras, formerly of Pembroke Pines, entered a guilty plea in Fort Lauderdale's federal court Thursday to charges that he raided the Social Security accounts of a cousin who was mentally disabled.According to the federal prosecutor's news release, Kopras set up trust accounts at Wachovia Bank th ... More >>

If Bill Ayers is a Terrorist, Then So Am I

Spending a weekend with an accused domestic terrorist shows what kind of guy he is

Quite Able Artists

Spending a weekend with an accused domestic terrorist shows what kind of guy he is

It's Coming

Spending a weekend with an accused domestic terrorist shows what kind of guy he is

Best Place to Walk Along the River

Secret Woods Nature Center

Too Dumb to Die

Kevin Moore's case raises questions about executing the mentally disabled

Letters for March 28, 2002

Straighten up, free weekly

The Enforcer

John Garon may be a partial quadriplegic, but he wields federal civil-rights lawsuits with consummate skill

Best Integrated Playground

Anniversary Park

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Anniversary Park

Cutting the Healing

The emotional triage performed by therapists for the severely disabled is being eliminated by budget cutbacks

Where There's a Wheelchair, There's a Way

Former love doctor Fred Shotz is determined to make every sports venue in South Florida handicapped-accessible

Home Alone

After years of struggling to get her disabled son, Jimmy, into a reputable full-care facility, Micki Burton thought she'd found just the place. But she may have lost a son.

Letters

After years of struggling to get her disabled son, Jimmy, into a reputable full-care facility, Micki Burton thought she'd found just the place. But she may have lost a son.

Islands in the Mainstream

Broward schools are determined not to separate disabled students from the general population. But how do you teach inclusion?