Archive for the 'Special Needs' Category

Wicked Local:
A new business in downtown Mansfield is helping out local youths while allowing people to shred documents and protect their privacy.

Mansfield Shredding Service, located at 174 N. Main St., is non-profit and all green. It has been designed to fill a void: employment for some of Mansfield’s mentally challenged teenagers.
The operation is the brainchild […]

nbc5i.com:
A Texas mom frustrated with constant insulin injections has invented a device that she said is changing the lives of diabetics.
K.K. Patton invented an injection port and now she only has to feel the pain of the needle stick once every three days.
“When it was something that I was going to have to do for […]

Montgomery Newspapers:
After her family’s 14-year fight with childhood cancer, Tammy Creciun-Virgilio, Telford, lost her daughter Britiani to the disease that had dominated so much of her young life. Although Creciun-Virgilio was crushed by Britiani’s passing, she has continued her fight, and today is doing everything she can to help other families dealing with the terrible […]

East Valley Tribune:
Scottsdale stay-at-home mom Tina Ryder was working out at a local gym while her 2- and 3-year-old children played in the gym’s nursery.
“How great is that,” she told a workout buddy. “But you can’t leave.”
She wished she and her friend could grab a grown-up lunch afterward knowing her children were safe and well […]

Nashuatelegraph.com:
Most business meetings don’t double as play dates, but for three stay-at-home moms, it’s the way they balance work and family.
Cara Facques, Naadia Nazeer and Jennifer Mastergeorge, all of Amherst, have nine children between them. Last year they opened Amherst Therapy Connections, a clinic that provides speech therapy for private clients and to local school […]

The Washington Post:
Debra Ruh’s daughter Sara always wanted to be a nurse, but because she read on a kindergarten level when she was in the sixth grade, her parents knew that Sara’s dreams may be out of reach.
They looked into the possibility of Sara becoming a nurse’s aide, but to take those tests she needed […]

WVLT-TV:
When you think of construction crews, you probably don’t think of women–especially in terms of the owner.
Well there’s a mom in town who owns a construction company with her daughter and they’re building a big business. We caught up with them today to find out what it’s like to be a woman in this industry.
Their […]

If you are wondering about market availability for a product you’re interested in offering, there is no need to worry. Where there is a will, there is a way. Karen Hattaway can attest to that. She is the proud owner of Sweet Necessi-Teas, an online store that offers over 300 different tea […]

PR Web:
A husband’s love of the outdoors and his wife’s passion for helping others is the recipe for an extraordinary Web site, which features adaptive hunting and fishing equipment for people with disabilities.
AdaptiveOutdoorsman.com “was fate,” said Renee Error, president of the company that she and her husband, Mike, launched recently. It’s also the couple’s first […]

The Canadian Press:
From dazzling decor to the perfect set of wheels, Megan Greff and Simone Dahl aim to help their clients prepare for their big day in style.
But the Calgary-based duo aren’t fine-tuning details for a walk down the aisle - they’re offering a hand to parents-to-be getting ready for their new arrival.
As co-founders of […]