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Helping Disabled Children Become Gliding Stars
A program called “Gliding Stars” has been making figure skating accessible to people with physical, mental or emotional challenges since 1994. Started in Buffalo, New York, the program now operates in cities in New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio. A ritual is performed by Gliding Stars students each time they go on the ice. Each skater is escorted by one or two volunteers as they form a straight line in the center of the rink. Some can stand independently; some require walkers or arm braces. When the skating instructor gives the cue, they chant: “Can we skate? Yes we can!” This spirit is shared by all gliding student stars, including Bryson Sparrin, a 6-year-old boy with cerebral palsy. Getting on the ice and skating, Bryson is able to feel like other boys his age. Using a sliding walker created out of plastic pipes, he is pushed along by his older sister,…
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United Cerebral Palsy of NYC Expands
United Cerebral Palsy of NYC has opened up a new branch in Harlem, giving residents of Upper Manhattan and The Bronx better access to the much-needed services provided by the organization. United Cerebral Palsy of NYC serves more than 14,000 children and adults with cerebral palsy, and helps others with a range of disabilities. Working out of a single location for decades on 23rd Street in Manhattan, the organization decided it was time to expand. “People with developmental disabilities, we know it is very challenging and hard for them to have a lot of different opportunities and be exposed to meaningful activities in their lives. Being in Harlem really gives us an opportunity to provide them with those meaningful activities as well as help them to become more independent,” said coordinator of Operations Parnelle Labonte. One program participant, Jeffrey Gale, says that having a location closer to home will make…
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Care Organizations That Let Girl Starve Lose Medicaid Funding
The death of an extremely malnourished girl with cerebral palsy has led the Ohio Medicaid office to take action against the two agencies involved in her care. The coroner’s office, reporting on her death, said she was the worst case of child malnourishment it had ever seen. Ohio Medicaid is proposing the removal of Exclusive Home Care Services in Dayton from the Medicaid program and has decided to not extend the state contract with Cincinnati-based CareStar Inc., according to state Medicaid Director John McCarthy. “The death of Makayla Norman was a horrible tragedy, and the allegations in this case are extremely disturbing,” McCarthy said. The 14-year-old girl was dependent on others for her care. When she died, she weighed only 28 pounds and was covered with bedsores and caked in dirt, authorities said. The coroner’s office said she died of nutritional and medical neglect complicated by her chronic condition. Authorities…
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