Employment Opportunities for Adults with Special Needs: An Interview with the Founder of Hugs Cafe
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Employment Opportunities for Adults with Special Needs: An Interview with the Founder of Hugs Cafe

Hugs Cafe is a restaurant located in downtown McKinney, Texas that works to employ adults with special needs. There are few and far between options for employment for this population, and Ruth Thompson, the founder of Hugs Cafe, is doing everything she can to fix that problem. Although Ruth has been interviewed by Upworthy and…

Further Education for Adults with Special Needs: An Interview with the Executive Director of My Possibilities
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Further Education for Adults with Special Needs: An Interview with the Executive Director of My Possibilities

Adults with special needs have few opportunities for advancement once they age out of high school. Currently, there is no university program in Texas designed specifically to educate people with intellectual disabilities. The Executive Director of My Possibilities, Michael Thomas, is trying to change that. My Possibilities is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to…

7 Famous People with Special Needs

7 Famous People with Special Needs

Stevie Wonder by World’s Direction (Edited in Canva) Several prominent people of American and international history have been known for their mass achievements despite adversity. You’ve probably heard these names before. Maybe you knew they had a disability. Maybe you had no idea. But the one thing they all had in common is their success…

The Lion King DIY Projects: Creating ACT’s Summer Show Set

The Lion King DIY Projects: Creating ACT’s Summer Show Set

Lion by Edge Earth (edited in Canva) NNAAAAAAA ISAMMMBINAAAAA BABAHITI BABA Every year, our students at Achievement Center of Texas put on a Summer Show to showcase their talents and achievements. This year’s show is a musical production of The Lion King, and it’s coming up on Friday, August 18th, between 7:00 and 9:00 p.m. Our…

Special Needs Representation in Film

Special Needs Representation in Film

“Stephen Hawking at Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge” by Lwp Kommunikáció (edited) The Best Years of Our Lives, Children of a Lesser God and Forrest Gump are all moving, Oscar winning films spanning across the past century. They’re all about disabled individuals overcoming great obstacles with all odds stacked against them. The presence of disabled…