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  • OCTOBER DISABILITY AWARENESS DAYS

    WE ARE BRINGING AWARENESS TO DISABILITY BY HIGHLIGHTING AWARENESS DAYS EACH MONTH. WE INVITE YOU TO SHARE YOUR EXPERIENCE AND STORY WITH THESE DISABILITIES. SHARING LEADS TO UNDERSTANDING AND ACCEPTANCE. NO MATTER THE LENGTH OF YOUR SHARE. October is recognized as National Disability Employment Awareness Month in the US. World Cerebral Palsy Day (October 6)… Read more

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    Do you know any words in sign language? If so, how did you learn them?What brands do you associate with? Read more

  • Sign Language and Me.

    IN HONOROF INTERNATIONAL DAY OF SIGN LANGUAGE Title: Sign Language and Me. Date: 9/23/24 Author: Tina Jackson Body: When I lost my ability to speak at age 24 due to a stroke, I felt isolated and hopeless. Although I had discovered speech devices, they were often cumbersome and difficult to understand. I enrolled in a… Read more

  • SEPTEMBER AWARENESS DAYS

    WE ARE BEING AWARENESS TO DISABILITY BY HIGHLIGHTING AWARENESS DAYS EACH MONTH. WE INVITE YOU TO SHARE YOUR EXPERIENCE AND STORY WITH THESE DISABILITIES. SHARING LEADS TO UNDERSTANDING AND ACCEPTANCE. NO MATTER THE LENGTH OF YOUR SHARE. In September, there are several important disability awareness days: Colour Blindness Awareness Day (UK) – September 6 World… Read more

  • FREEING Judith

    2016 From: Rick Roderick From their birth in 1943, twins Judith and Joyce Scott shared a childhood of togetherness in rural Ohio in the US. But aged seven, Judith was taken from their shared bed while Joyce slept. “I remember reaching my hand out, and reaching it further, and further… and she wasn’t there.” Joyce… Read more

  • An excerpt from the book, “A Celebration of Family: Stories of Parents with Disabilities”

    An excerpt from the book, “A Celebration of Family: Stories of Parents with Disabilities” The following excerpt is taken from Chapter 6, Donna: May 5th Miracles, by Donna Fox. Donna is a long-time disability advocate in Louisville, Kentucky, and the creator of the Forever YES! Transition Program for students with disabilities. She has two sons,… Read more

  • Exceptional Family Magazine Summer/Fall 2024 Available Now Exceptional Family is a disability specific publication published twice a year by CCDD. If you would like to receive a physical copy of the magazine email nicole.maher@ky.gov. To read the magazine online or to download it: English version click here: Exceptional Family Spring/Fall 2024 Spanish version click here:… Read more

  • WORDS OF WISDOM FROM DISABILITY ADVOCATE ARTHUR CAMPBELL

    Words of Wisdom from Disability Advocate Arthur Campbell This is taken from Mr. Campbell’s remarks at the screening of his movie, “If I Can’t Do It, It Ain’t Worth Doing,” sponsored by the University of Kentucky’s Human Development Institute (HDI), to celebrate the 34th anniversary of the signing of the Americans with Disabilities Act. ​There… Read more

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    Who is your favorite disability advocate, living or dead? Read more

  • An excerpt from the book, “A Celebration of Family: Stories of Parents with Disabilities”

    An excerpt from the book, “A Celebration of Family: Stories of Parents with Disabilities” The following excerpt is taken from Chapter 2, Adam and Kara: Our Road to Parenthood as Two Parents with Disabilities, by Kara B. Ayers, PhD. Dr. Ayers is an Associate Professor at the University of Cincinnati and the Associate Director of… Read more