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Seminole State College Lauches Autism- Focused Interior Design Course

Students’ goal: Redesign kitchen for family with two special needs children. Kathryn Rivera, interior design professor at Seminole State College of Florida, is blazing a new trail in the emerging field of designing interior spaces for people with autism. For the past three years, Rivera has taught classes at Seminole State on topics such as building codes,

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CONGRATULATIONS TO KRISTIN COMPTON, DMD

Dr. Kristin Compton has been named “2014 Manager of the Year” by TNCO (Tennessee Community Organizations – East Tennessee) for her work, advocacy, teaching and commitment to the oral healthcare needs of individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. The Award was accepted on behalf of Dr. Compton by Kyle Hauth, Executive Director of the Orange Grove

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Convaid Partners With Dream Foundation To Fulfill Wishes

Convaid, Inc., a Southern California-based manufacturer of lightweight, compact-folding, adaptive-assisted wheelchairs, recently fulfilled the dream of a young woman with special needs through its donation of a wheelchair to Dream Foundation, a national nonprofit that grants dreams to adults facing a life-threatening illness in their last year of life. Dream Foundation is the first and

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Genetic Alliance Applauds Major Step in Mitochondrial Disease Research

Genetic Alliance recently saluted the striking results of responses to over 40,000 survey questions concerning mitochondrial disease through the new Mitochondrial Disease Community Registry (MDCR), all in less than one week. Sponsored by the United Mitochondrial Disease Foundation (UMDF), the new registry employs Genetic Alliance’s Platform for Engaging Everyone Responsibly (PEER), and is being populated

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