February 20, 2006
Dates Announced for 2006 Abilities Expos
"With a brand new team in place in our new offices in New York City, we are excited to bring fresh ideas and a renewed energy to all of the Abilities Expos throughout the country," said Veronica Gonnello, show manager of the Abilities Expo events. "Only at Abilities Expo are people with disabilities able to spend hours on the exhibit floor, testing and comparing products and services offered by state of the art exhibitors."
For 2006, several exciting sports demonstrations are being planned that are always popular among attendees, including martial arts, basketball, hockey, football, quad rugby, and wheelchair fencing. The Expo's also host concerts and performance art, as well as sculptures and paintings created by artists with a disability.
Abilities Expo/New York Metro: April 21-23 at the New Jersey Convention Center in Edison, NJ.
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November 04, 2005
Complex name hails 9/11 hero
The Costello Independent Living Complex, approved in June 2004, is slated for a secluded area adjacent to Maher Manor and Raritan Bay Medical Center's Old Bridge Division. The Costello complex and Maher Manor will be connected by a driveway.
...The complex is named after Charles "Chuck" Costello, an Old Bridge resident who died in the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attack in New York City.
Costello was an employee at a Cranford-based elevator company. He and a co-worker were driving in Lower Manhattan that day, when he decided to run to the World Trade Center site in hopes of rescuing people trapped in elevators, according to family members.
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October 08, 2005
Disabled students given new chance for college
The College of New Jersey and Mercer County Community College were selected by the National Down Syndrome Society to use Steve and Laura Riggio's grant to create programs giving disabled students the chance at education after high school.
It's clearly not a traditional role for postsecondary education.
But the idea of developing lives beyond loading bags at a cash register or stuffing envelopes has gained momentum - largely through grass-roots demand, partly through backing from the U.S. Department of Education, said Madeleine Will, director of New York-based NDSS.
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July 27, 2005
Vacation Home for Blind Children
The Helen L. Diller Vacation Home for Blind Children offers a fully funded one-week vacation to any visually impaired or blind youngster between the ages of 7 and 15. The season runs to Aug. 26. Parents or relatives of a visually impaired child may obtain a registration form by calling the administrator at (609) 884-6780.
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