Sports, Art and Music Change Children with Special Needs' Lives and More

This week, individuals with special needs are continuously beingness inspired to express through their hobbies and passions. A new beach in Miami has been debuted, which has encouraged more individuals with disabilities to bask the surf and dominicus. Nonetheless, the disability community has besides recently faced some trials, earlier coming together success.


 Football game has shown teen with special needs that he has 'no limit'

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Austin Smith, a 13-yr-old from North Carolina, may have cognitive palsy, but that'due south not stopping him from getting out on the field and playing football in the Challenger League.

Existence part of his team has helped Smith to leading and becoming a stronger private overall. Information technology'south too given him the chance to meet his football idol Carolina Panthers' quarterback Cam Newton.

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Miami Beach Debuts Adaptive Beach For Those With Disabilities

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On June 23, 2014, Miami, FL debuted an adaptive beach for disabled individuals. The project was opened through a partnership between the City of Miami, the Miami Beach City Commission and the Sabrina Cohen Foundation.

Cohen hopes that the beach will provide the necessary adaptations and comforts that are needed, one instance being special embankment wheelchairs for moving around in the sand.

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Sidelined by inability and saddled with student loans

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Edgar Zakata is a 34-yr-erstwhile living withsevere refractory epilepsy, which is a drug-resistant condition.

"[The dr.] said it was incurable," Zakata said. "I was in daze and just crying, thinking, 'What's my life going to exist like? How was I going to pay the money I owed?' "

On height of getting this condition, Zakata also faces the struggle that many of us have faced: student loans.

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This Man With Severe Cerebral Palsy Created Listen-Blowing Art Using Only A Typewriter

Paul Smith, a man born withsevere spastic cognitive palsy, has proven to the world that there are other ways to be a brilliant artist besides pursuing traditional venues.

This man produces beautiful images working with but a typewriter. Using only the ten symbol keys on his childhood typewriter, Smith tin capture everything from animals to a portrait to a landscape.

Unfortunately, Paul Smith passed away dorsum in 2007; notwithstanding, his masterpieces are yet posted in the hallways of his sometime home.

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Football changes everything for autistic teen

Football Austism'Football changed everything. It unlocked a passion and burn in him. Football gave him a new set of friends and helped him fit into his high school in White Lake Township.'

That's exactly how Josh Bailey, an autistic senior offensive lineman for Lakeland Loftier School, now feels when it comes to football game.

"People can phone call me an inspiration, but I'one thousand just living my dream. I got through a lot and I'm however hither standing. I may autumn but I volition non requite upward. I will proceed rise once more."

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Child Rapper MattyB Defends Sis with Downwardly Syndrome in New Video

MattyB, a child rapper, has gained a collection of one billion followers through his videos on YouTube.

As the article states: Not bad for an xi-year-onetime.

This time, MattyB is getting in front of the screen, in club to defend his little sister, Sarah Grace, who has Down Syndrome. Singing forth to Cindy Lauper's "True Colors", the video has already gained over five one thousand thousand views.

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A 5-Year-Old Girl With Autism Creates Remarkable Paintings That Vest In A Gallery

5 year-old artistGrace, a five-twelvemonth-one-time autistic girl from Leicestershire, began painting in guild to help improve with her spoken communication therapy.

Through painting, Grace is able to express what she is thinking and feeling with the apply of the many brushes and paints made available to her.

The works of art that she creates are beingness auctioned off every week. The gain go to do good awareness for autism in the Great britain.

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Against the Challenges of Evacuating People with Disabilities

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In 2013, the UN conducted a survey of people with disabilities who had survived disasters around the world. Their results showed that onlyxx percent said they could evacuate "immediately without difficulty" in the upshot suddenly disaster.

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RUNNERS WITH DISABILITIES Ready FOR CHICAGO MARATHON

In but two weeks, over 40,000 runners will be participating in the 26.ii mile 2014 Bank of America Chicago Marathon — a off-white pct of these participants are runners with disabilities.

For more information on the Chicago Marathon, visitwww.ChicagoMarathon.com.

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