Additional Needs News for the week of November 11 – 15, 2019

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Companies Need to Do More for Employees and Customers with Disabilities

By Julia Taylor and KennedyPooja Jain-Link

November 13, 2019

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‘Peanut Butter Falcon’ Star Zack Gottsagen’s Unlikely Path to Hollywood

By MARC MALKIN

FYI: The Peanut Butter Falcon is now at Redbox.
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‘Treacle of bureaucracy’: report on special educational needs is a huge relief for parents like me John Harris
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Overcoming negative body image is never easy – with a disability it’s even harder

By Samantha Renke Actor, presenter and disability rights campaigner Tuesday 12 Nov 2019
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GOOGLE AND CANADIAN DOWN SYNDROME SOCIETY TEAM UP TO MAKE SMART SPEAKERS MORE ACCESSIBLE

BY MELISSA LEMIEUX ON 11/4/19
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Reviewing the Disability Employment Research on People who are Blind or Visually Impaired: Key Takeaways By American Foundation for the Blind
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LOGAN takes ownership of South Bend Hannah & Friends neighborhood for people with special needs

By Joseph Dits South Bend Tribune Nov 13, 2019
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3-year-old with Down syndrome kicked out of day care over potty training, center is fined

Chesterbrook Academy Preschool in Moorestown, New Jersey, kicked out the girl because she was not potty trained by a certain date, authorities said.

By Minyvonne Burke Nov. 14, 2019,
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U.S. House committee leaders call for more action to prevent airline mishandling of wheelchairs

By Kelly Yamanouchi
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VISION AND ADDITIONAL NEEDS: THE MISSING LINK

Written by Dr. Matthew Walsh
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Downtown Clemson hotel that will employ special needs students breaks ground

Zoe Nicholson, The Greenville News
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