Santa Visits Early Childhood Education Program
Students with special needs celebrate the holiday season with some special guests. Santa Claus took time out of his busy schedule Wednesday to visit students at United Cerebral Palsy of New York City. He handed out dozens of gifts to students in the organization’s early childhood education program. Each child also went home with a […]
7th Annual Santa Project Party Press Coverage
7th Annual Santa Project Party POST-EVENT PRESS: New York Social Diary- Impacting the Community UCP of NYC’s 7th Annual Santa Project Party & Auction on 10 PM FOX 5 News UCP of NYC 7th Annual Santa Project Party & Auction on FOX 5’s Good Day Wake Up (1 of 2) UCP of NYC 7th Annual […]
NYU Tandon To Screen Award-Winning Film On Innovative Disabilities Course
BROOKLYN, New York, Nov. 28, 2016 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — NYU Tandon School of Engineering Senior Lecturer Allan B. Goldstein’s Disabilities Studies course, where engineering students and self-advocates with cerebral palsy explore how to communicate, connect, and cultivate their abilities by making videos together, is the subject of the acclaimed documentary “The Ability Exchange.” The award-winning film […]
Staten Islander with Special Needs Promotes Local Businesses
A Staten Island man with cerebral palsy is on a mission to inspire others to do great things, while also raising awareness about Cerebral Palsy. Live music, craft beer and business owners were all part of an event held at the Flagship Brewery in Tompkinsville on Sunday. Forty local businesses and artists celebrated all things […]
New York City promised free preschool to every family, so why do some students with disabilities struggle to find seats?
Shavon Gilliam realized her son Mikel was different about six months after his first birthday. His speech wasn’t developing like most other kids his age, and he didn’t seem to grasp how certain toys worked. “Like a big toy truck — he would turn it upside down and just play with the wheels,” Gilliam said. […]