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1. After Tackling 'R-Word,' Disability Group Seeks to Erase Stigma Associated with 'Special'

Author

Diament, Michelle

Subjects
ESPN Inc., Special Olympics, Cable television broadcasting industry, Sports associations, Football players, Disabled persons, Education, Health, Social sciences, Sports and fitness
Abstract

With a new campaign, Special Olympics wants to take back the word 'special' and other language that they say has been turned against people with disabilities. The international sports organization [...]

Published
2024

2. 'Mother of the Disability Rights Movement' Dies at 75

Author

Diament, Michelle

Subjects
Disability rights, Disabled persons, Civil rights workers, Education, Health, Social sciences, Sports and fitness
Abstract

A preeminent activist who was instrumental in securing civil rights protections and reimagining life for people with disabilities died on March 4, 2023. Judy Heumann, known as the 'mother of [...]

Published
2023

3. Ed Department Reminds Schools of IDEA Obligations During Pandemic

Author

Diament, Michelle

Subjects
United States. Department of Education -- Laws, regulations and rules, Epidemics -- Laws, regulations and rules, Schools -- Laws, regulations and rules, Disabled children -- Laws, regulations and rules, Disabled students -- Laws, regulations and rules, Government regulation, Education, Health, Social sciences, Sports and fitness
Abstract

Originally in Disability Scoop, October 5, 2020, by Michelle Diament With an unprecedented school year underway, federal official are weighing in yet again on how educators ought to be serving [...]

Published
2020

4. Schools Fail to Curtail Restraint, Seclusion of Students with Disabilities

Author

Diament, Michelle

Subjects
United States. Department of Education, Schools, Isolation (Hospital care), Disabled children, Disabled students, Education, Health, Social sciences, Sports and fitness
Abstract

Originally in Disability Scoop, October 22, 2020, by Michelle Diament New federal data shows that educators are continuing to rely on restraint and seclusion to address behavior issues among students [...]

Published
2020

5. Alert Issued After Record Number Of Kids With Autism Drown.

Author

Diament, Michelle

Subjects
*DROWNPROOFING, *DROWNING, *CHILDREN with disabilities, *ECOLOGY, *AUTISM, *WANDERING behavior, *EMERGENCY medical services, *ASPERGER'S syndrome, *CHILD behavior, *CHILDREN
Abstract

The article focuses on the alarming rise in drowning deaths among children with autism, highlighting the dangers of wandering and the need for urgent preventative measures. Topics include statistics on drowning and wandering incidents, risk factors such as environmental changes and overstimulation, and recommendations for immediate response strategies to prevent tragedies.

Published
2024

6. Nike Turns To Runner With Cerebral Palsy To Help Design Next-Gen Shoe

Author

Diament, Michelle

Subjects
Nike Inc. -- Product introduction, Athletic shoes -- Product introduction, Disabled persons -- Clothing, Athletic shoe industry -- Product introduction, Running, Marathons, Cerebral palsy, Brand names, Education, Health, Social sciences, Sports and fitness
Abstract

One of the world's largest athletic brands expanded its lineup of shoes specially designed for people with disabilities. Nike added a new product to its FlyEase collection, which features sneakers [...]

Published
2019

7. FDA Grants 'Breakthrough Therapy' Status To Potential Autism Drug

Author

Diament, Michelle

Subjects
United States. Food and Drug Administration, Drugs -- Social aspects, Autism -- Drug therapy -- Social aspects, Education, Health, Social sciences, Sports and fitness
Abstract

A major pharmaceutical company says it has received a designation from the Food and Drug Administration to help expedite what could be the first drug to treat the core symptoms [...]

Published
2018

8. KINESIOLOGY INSTRUCTOR RESEARCHING METHOD TO IMPROVE PHYSICAL EDUCATION INSTRUCTION FOR CHILDREN WITH AUTISM

Author

Diament, Michelle

Subjects
Autism -- Research -- Analysis -- Methods -- Study and teaching, Special education -- Analysis -- Methods -- Study and teaching, Physical education -- Analysis -- Methods -- Study and teaching, Education, Health, Social sciences, Sports and fitness, The University of Southern Mississippi -- Study and teaching
Abstract

Joann Judge, a physical education instructor in the School of Kinesiology at The University of Southern Mississippi, is evaluating a method that could influence how physical education is taught to [...]

Published
2017

9. A Secret Syndrome

Author

Diament, Michelle

Subjects
Asperger syndrome -- Diagnosis -- Evaluation, Education, Diagnosis, Evaluation
Abstract

Byline: MICHELLE DIAMENT In 2001 Lars Perner had been hired to three visiting-professor positions without having set foot on the campuses. But when it came to getting a tenure-track job, [...]

Published
2005

10. Bumpy Flight From Abroad

Author

Diament, Michelle

Subjects
Students, Foreign -- Laws, regulations and rules -- Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Student visas -- Laws, regulations and rules, Government regulation, Education
Abstract

Byline: MICHELLE DIAMENT For Erdem Serifoglu, the decision to attend college in the United States was simple. Growing up in Cyprus, he had dreamed of studying aviation in the home [...]

Published
2005

11. Off-the-Roadside Attractions

Author

Diament, Michelle

Subjects
School grounds -- Management, Universities and colleges -- United States -- Management, Company business management, Education
Abstract

Byline: MICHELLE DIAMENT A campus library may seem like the last place an overworked academic would want to visit while on a summer driving vacation. But when the road becomes [...]

Published
2005

12. Indiana U. Course Explores the Significance of Motown

Author

Diament, Michelle

Subjects
Motown Record Company L.P. -- History, Sound recording industry -- History, Education, Indiana University -- Curricula -- History
Abstract

Byline: MICHELLE DIAMENT Music is played regularly. Everyone learns a dance or two. And a sock hop, complete with soul food, tops off the six-week summer course. But this class [...]

Published
2005

13. Hold His Calls

Author

Diament, Michelle

Subjects
Universities and colleges -- United States -- Officials and employees, Education, Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Officials and employees, Compensation and benefits
Abstract

Byline: MICHELLE DIAMENT Thomas R. Morris had long vowed to walk the 366 miles separating his two homes along the Appalachian Trail in Virginia. Considering that he had never gone [...]

Published
2005

14. Trump U., Now Available on ... CD-ROM?

Author

Diament, Michelle

Subjects
Online education -- Service introduction, Private universities and colleges -- Service introduction, Company service introduction, Education
Abstract

Byline: MICHELLE DIAMENT Promising all the business wisdom of Donald Trump in a series of dazzling CD-ROM's, DVD's, and online courses, Trump University opened its virtual doors last week. But [...]

Published
2005

15. A Time to Remember

Author

Diament, Michelle

Subjects
College students -- Death of -- Rites, ceremonies and celebrations, Education, Rites, ceremonies and celebrations, Death of
Abstract

Byline: MICHELLE DIAMENT Andrew Goodman was murdered in Mississippi nearly two decades before the members of the Class of 2005 were even born, so it is not surprising if few [...]

Published
2005

16. Better Job Market Awaits Class of 2005

Author

Diament, Michelle

Subjects
Graduate students -- Employment, Education
Abstract

Byline: MICHELLE DIAMENT Job prospects for this spring's graduates are better than they were last year, according to a survey of employers released this month by the National Association of [...]

Published
2005

17. NYU Student Faces Bank-Fraud Charges

Author

DIAMENT, MICHELLE

Subjects
Bank fraud -- Cases, Company legal issue, Education, New York University -- Cases
Abstract

Byline: MICHELLE DIAMENT A New York University student who was scheduled to graduate this spring was arrested on May 6 and charged with bank fraud. Prosecutors said the student had [...]

Published
2005

18. U. of North Florida Students Hit the Rails for Anthropology Course

Author

Diament, Michelle

Subjects
Universities and colleges -- Curricula -- Florida, Anthropology -- Study and teaching, Education, University of North Florida -- Curricula -- Study and teaching
Abstract

Byline: MICHELLE DIAMENT Too often educators talk about ways students learn best, but too rarely do they leave the classroom to experiment with new ideas. That was why Jace Hargis, [...]

Published
2005

19. A Natural Selection

Author

Diament, Michelle

Subjects
The Interpreter (Motion picture), Translators (Persons) -- Contracts -- Performances, College teachers -- Contracts -- Performances, Education, Contract agreement, Contracts, Performances
Abstract

Byline: MICHELLE DIAMENT Playing a French interpreter alongside Nicole Kidman in the new political thriller The Interpreter was a natural fit for Francine Roussel, an assistant professor of theater at [...]

Published
2005

20. Coach Wins Reverse-Bias Suit Against U. of California-Stanislaus

Author

Diament, Michelle

Subjects
Employee reinstatement -- Cases, Reverse discrimination -- Cases, Company legal issue, Education, California State University, Stanislaus -- Cases
Abstract

Byline: MICHELLE DIAMENT A men's basketball coach who sued his former college for reverse discrimination has won more than half a million dollars in a California court. A jury in [...]

Published
2005

21. Private Scholarships Said to Play a Big Role

Author

Diament, Michelle

Subjects
Education, Higher -- Study and teaching -- Finance -- Reports, Scholarships -- Reports -- Study and teaching, Company financing, Education
Abstract

Byline: MICHELLE DIAMENT Scholarships from private sources play an important role in opening doors to higher education, particularly amid rising tuition costs and falling government aid, according to a report [...]

Published
2005

22. Bennett College President Will Stay After All; Job Candidate's Pro-Palestinian Views Worry Some at Princeton U.; Director Leaves Boston U.'s Institute for Sexual Medicine

Author

Diament, Michelle, Jacobson, Jennifer, and Wills, Eric

Subjects
Universities and colleges -- Officials and employees -- United States, Education, Bennett College -- Officials and employees, Boston University. School of Medicine -- Officials and employees, Princeton University -- Officials and employees
Abstract

Byline: MICHELLE DIAMENT, JENNIFER JACOBSON, and ERIC WILLS SECOND THOUGHTS: Two days after announcing her resignation from the presidency of Bennett College, Johnnetta B. Cole, 68, changed her mind. Last [...]

Published
2005

23. Diversifying Their Crops

Author

Diament, Michelle

Subjects
Livestock -- Management -- Educational aspects, Company business management, Education, Purdue University -- Educational aspects -- Management
Abstract

Byline: MICHELLE DIAMENT West Lafayette, Ind. -- At first Stephanie Miller was offended when people asked her if she was studying how to call hogs or talk to cows. But [...]

Published
2005

24. Alabama-Birmingham Settles Claims of Overbilling

Author

Diament, Michelle

Subjects
Administrative agencies -- Cases, Commercial crimes -- Cases, Company legal issue, Education, The University of Alabama -- Cases
Abstract

Byline: MICHELLE DIAMENT The University of Alabama at Birmingham has agreed to pay the federal government $3.39-million in response to accusations of overbilling. The university consented to the payments to [...]

Published
2005

25. And the Winner Is...

Author

Brush, Silla, Diament, Michelle, and Wills, Eric

Subjects
Purdue University -- Competitions, Education, Competitions
Abstract

Byline: SILLA BRUSH, MICHELLE DIAMENT, and ERIC WILLS National Rube Goldberg Machine Contest Engineers usually strive for simple solutions to complex problems. Not so at the National Rube Goldberg Machine [...]

Published
2005

27. Urban-Planning Group Moves Meeting

Author

Diament, Michelle

Subjects
Meetings -- Cases, Educational organizations -- Cases, Education, Company legal issue, Cases
Abstract

Byline: MICHELLE DIAMENT The Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning announced last week that it is moving its annual meeting from Charleston, S.C., to Kansas City, Mo. The decision followed [...]

Published
2005

28. Nice House, but It Drinks Too Much

Author

Diament, Michelle

Subjects
Alcohol and youth -- Control, Education, University of Michigan -- Officials and employees -- Services
Abstract

Byline: MICHELLE DIAMENT Imagine for a moment that you are a student, and you and your friends are out for an evening of party-hopping. It's about an hour into the [...]

Published
2005

29. Flush With Cash

Author

Diament, Michelle

Subjects
Universities and colleges -- Services -- United States, Education
Abstract

Byline: MICHELLE DIAMENT No one likes to get dumped on, but it's a bit easier to stomach when it's for a good cause. For the past three years, a fraternity [...]

Published
2005

30. Duke Told to Pay Fees to Female Athlete

Author

Diament, Michelle

Subjects
Sex discrimination -- Cases, Company legal issue, Education, Duke University -- Cases
Abstract

Byline: MICHELLE DIAMENT A federal appeals court ordered Duke University last week to reimburse a former female football player the $350,000 in legal fees that she incurred while pursuing a [...]

Published
2005

31. Faculty at Shoreline Community College Votes No Confidence in President; Community College of Rhode Island President Should Be Fired, Faculty Says

Author

Wills, Eric and Diament, Michelle

Subjects
College presidents -- Public opinion, Community colleges -- Officials and employees -- Public opinion, Education, Public opinion, Officials and employees
Abstract

Byline: ERIC WILLS and MICHELLE DIAMENT NO MOORE CONFIDENCE: Faculty members at Shoreline Community College have voted no confidence in their president, Holly L. Moore, but the college's Board of [...]

Published
2005

32. A Physicist Follows His Muse

Author

Diament, Michelle

Subjects
Physicists -- Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, College teachers -- Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Education
Abstract

Byline: MICHELLE DIAMENT Walter F. Smith likes teaching physics, but he admits that the subject isn't always the easiest to grasp. The theories and formulas can be confusing, and too [...]

Published
2005

33. Art Course at the U. of Michigan Takes Students From the Farm to the Market

Author

Diament, Michelle

Subjects
University of Michigan -- Curricula -- Study and teaching, Students -- Education -- Study and teaching, Art education -- Study and teaching, Education, Curricula, Study and teaching
Abstract

Byline: MICHELLE DIAMENT The stereotypical artist may be lonely and starving. But Nick Tobier's art students at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor certainly weren't in such a state [...]

Published
2005

34. Mascot Watch

Author

Diament, Michelle and Wills, Eric

Subjects
Universities and colleges -- Names -- Intellectual property -- United States, Mascots -- Management, Company business management, Education
Abstract

Byline: MICHELLE DIAMENT and ERIC WILLS Southeast Missouri State University Old nickname: Indians for the men's teams, Otahkians for the women's teams New nickname: Redhawks New mascot: Rowdy the Redhawk [...]

Published
2005

35. U.S. Agency Recommends Meningitis Vaccines

Author

Diament, Michelle

Subjects
United States. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention -- Health policy, Meningitis -- Prevention, College students -- Health aspects -- Usage, Education
Abstract

Byline: MICHELLE DIAMENT All college freshmen who will be living in dormitories should receive meningitis vaccines, recommends the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control [...]

Published
2005

36. Public Mission in Danger, Study Says

Author

Diament, Michelle

Subjects
Education, Higher -- Reports, Universities and colleges -- Reports -- Services -- United States, Education, Reports, Services
Abstract

Byline: MICHELLE DIAMENT Increased competition among universities and trends toward privatization are threatening the public mission of state universities and colleges, according to a report released last week. The report, [...]

Published
2005

37. Senate Confirms National Archivist

Author

Diament, Michelle

Subjects
United States. Senate -- Officials and employees, Archivists -- Appointments, resignations and dismissals, Education
Abstract

Byline: MICHELLE DIAMENT The U.S. Senate has confirmed Allen Weinstein, who came under fire last year, to be the national archivist. Concerns about Mr. Weinstein, a former professor of history [...]

Published
2005

38. Nap Flacks

Author

Diament, Michelle

Subjects
College graduates -- Contracts, Contract agreement, Education
Abstract

Byline: MICHELLE DIAMENT The pressure was on last month when seven New York University undergraduates spent two weeks working as advertising executives. When their client pitted the students against seven [...]

Published
2005

39. High-School Students Are Poorly Prepared for College, Survey Finds

Author

Diament, Michelle

Subjects
High school students -- Surveys, Education
Abstract

Byline: MICHELLE DIAMENT As many as 4 in 10 high-school graduates are not ready for the demands that they face after graduation, whether they are going to college or to [...]

Published
2005

40. Study Notes How Higher Education Benefits States

Author

Diament, Michelle

Subjects
The Investment Payoff: A 50-State Analysis of the Public and Private Benefits of Higher Education (Report), Education, Higher -- Research -- Reports, Education, Research, Reports
Abstract

Byline: MICHELLE DIAMENT Less unemployment and more volunteerism are among the benefits that accrue to states from greater spending on higher education. That is according to a report, 'The Investment [...]

Published
2005

41. In Brief

Author

Guterman, Lila, Diament, Michelle, and Brush, Silla

Subjects
United States. National Institutes of Health -- Domestic policy -- Information management -- Planning, United States. Bureau of Labor Statistics -- Planning -- Information management -- Domestic policy, Scientific literature -- Laws, regulations and rules -- Access control -- Research -- Surveys, Working women -- Information management -- Surveys -- Planning, Scientists -- Research -- Surveys -- Planning, Personal information -- Surveys -- Laws, regulations and rules -- Research, Government regulation, Company business planning, Company systems management, Education
Abstract

Byline: LILA GUTERMAN, MICHELLE DIAMENT, and SILLA BRUSH MANY SCIENTISTS CENSOR THEMSELVES: According to a paper published last week in Science, unwritten social and political rules affect what scientists in [...]

Published
2005

42. No Party Girl

Author

Diament, Michelle

Subjects
College presidents -- Beliefs, opinions and attitudes -- Finance -- Appointments, resignations and dismissals, Universities and colleges -- Finance -- Officials and employees, Company financing, Education, Ball State University -- Finance -- Officials and employees
Abstract

Byline: MICHELLE DIAMENT President Bush chose to celebrate his November electoral win with last month's inauguration blowout, costing some $40-million, the most expensive in history. But when Ball State University's [...]

Published
2005

43. Huntington College Offers a Golden Parachute to Religion Professor; U. of California Creates a Job for Partner of Santa Cruz Chancellor; John Edwards to Lead New Center at U. of North Carolina

Author

Bollag, Burton, Diament, Michelle, and Fogg, Piper

Subjects
University of California -- Officials and employees, University of North Carolina -- Officials and employees, Universities and colleges -- Officials and employees -- California -- Indiana -- Michigan, Education, Appointments, resignations and dismissals, Officials and employees
Abstract

Byline: BURTON BOLLAG, MICHELLE DIAMENT, and PIPER FOGG PLEASE LEAVE: The Board of Trustees of Huntington College, a United Brethren Church institution in Indiana, wants to get rid of John [...]

Published
2005

44. Anti-Americanism Is Focus of Controversial Course at Clemson U

Author

Diament, Michelle

Subjects
Anti-Americanism -- Study and teaching, Education, Clemson University -- Curricula -- Study and teaching
Abstract

Byline: MICHELLE DIAMENT Students know a course is going to be good when the title alone incites controversy. Such was the case when Matthew Crosston proposed a course on anti-Americanism, [...]

Published
2005

45. No Cause for Celebration

Author

Diament, Michelle

Subjects
Coca-Cola Co. (Atlanta, Georgia) -- Contracts, Soft drink industry -- Contracts, Contract agreement, Education, The University of Iowa -- Contracts
Abstract

Byline: MICHELLE DIAMENT Students at the University of Iowa filled the center of the campus with hundreds of red and white balloons early one morning last month, but they weren't [...]

Published
2005

46. Ford Foundation Strikes Compromise With Universities on Academic Freedom

Author

Diament, Michelle

Subjects
Ford Foundation -- Services, Academic freedom -- Educational aspects, University autonomy -- Educational aspects -- United States, Universities and colleges -- Educational aspects -- United States, Teaching, Freedom of -- Educational aspects, Education, Educational aspects, Services
Abstract

Byline: MICHELLE DIAMENT Define terrorism. That's what nine elite universities asked the Ford and Rockefeller Foundations to do last year, after the organizations added clauses to their grant agreements to [...]

Published
2005

47. Motor skills lagging in many with autism

Author

Diament, Michelle

Subjects
Motor ability -- Health aspects, Autism -- Physiological aspects, Education, Health, Social sciences, Sports and fitness
Abstract

In addition to social and communication struggles, a new study finds that children with autism are often up to a year behind their typically developing peers in acquiring motor skills. [...]

Published
2014

48. Autism rates spike again, CDC says

Author

Diament, Michelle

Subjects
United States. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention -- Reports, Autism -- Reports, Education, Health, Social sciences, Sports and fitness
Abstract

The federal government is revising its official autism prevalence estimate upward to reflect a 30% increase over numbers reported just two years ago. New data indicate that 1 in 68 [...]

Published
2014

49. Doctors Open Up About Turning Away Patients with Disabilities.

Author

Diament, Michelle

Subjects
*MEDICAL quality control, *PHYSICIANS' attitudes, *DISABILITY laws, *AT-risk people, *HEALTH equity, *PSYCHOLOGY of physicians
Abstract

The article presents the discussion on physicians using excuses for intentionally dissuade people with disabilities from the practices. Topics include doctors described making strategic choices for turning away individuals with disabilities; and prohibiting discrimination against people with disabilities including medical services.

Published
2023

50. Disability Service Provider Crisis Worsening, Survey Finds.

Author

Diament, Michelle

Subjects
*MEDICAL personnel, *COMMUNITY health services, *PSYCHOSOCIAL factors, *MEDICAL referrals, *WAGES, *WORKING hours, *PEOPLE with disabilities, *INTELLECTUAL disabilities, *CRISIS intervention (Mental health services)
Abstract

The article presents the discussion on disability service providers across the nation. Topics include represents disability service providers across the nation fielded the survey being the latest one conducted during a 4-week period beginning in August; and Medicaid-funded supports struggling to find providers or experiencing service disruptions.

Published
2023

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