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SAP looks to recruit people with autism as programmers
ReutersFRANKFURT (Reuters) - German software company SAP is looking to recruit people with autism as programmers and product testers, drawing on skills that can include a close attention to detail and an ability to solve complex problems. SAP has asked start-up...Tags: Asperger Syndrome, Vodafone Group Plc, Behavioral Conditions, Nokia Corp., Autism
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Boca, West Boca Memorial Day events salute vets
Add three concerts, a ballet performance and a new party for an autism group to the traditional Memorial Day salutes to veterans in the city and county. Organizers are counting on families sticking around for the long weekend instead of getting out of...Tags: American Legion, Fort Lauderdale, Human Interest, Autism, Music
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Graduates thank teachers, other school personnel, bosses, and families
julieg@herald-mail.comTeachers and graduates exchanged hugs, high-fives and smiles on-stage Wednesday morning as more than 200 people celebrated the graduation of students from the Washington County Job Development Program and Marshall Street School. As each graduate was...Tags: Graduation, Teaching and Learning, Students, Autism, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland)
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Asperger's does not make a murderer
Regarding your article about the teen girl accused of plotting her father's murder with her boyfriend ("Troubled child on a dark path," May 19), I found the article filled with misleading information and misinformation. First, the article tells us she...
Tags: Ellicott City, Behavioral Conditions, Mental Health, Autism, Health
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Chicago Tribune All-State Academic Team
Scott Beck By John P. Huston,Tribune reporter Scott Beck's brain isn't the only instrument he uses to help him excel at math and science. Beck, a Highland Park High School senior, turns to the French horn to "kind of keep me balanced and keep me...
Tags: Teaching and Learning, Vaccines, Science, Autism, Engineering
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Girl charged in father's death struggled with mental health
Morgan Lane Arnold, an emotionally frail 14-year-old freshman, navigated the hallways of her Howard County high school each day filled with anxiety, unable because of a learning disorder to decipher the social cues, jokes and emotions of her peers. Her...
Tags: Psychology, Witnesses, Teaching and Learning, Ellicott City, Students
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Mental illness in youth: a common struggle
Go to a busy street in your community and count the next 25 adolescents who walk, bike, skateboard, stroll or saunter past. Odds are that two of those 25 kids (8.3% to be exact) would own up to having experienced 14 or more days in the last month that...
Tags: ADHD, Environmental Pollution, Medical Procedures and Tests, Mental Health, Social Issues
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Up to 1 in 5 children suffer from mental disorder: CDC
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters) - Up to 20 percent of children in the United States suffer from a mental disorder, and the number of kids diagnosed with one has been rising for more than a decade, according to a report released on Thursday by the U.S. Center for...Tags: Diabetes, Mental Health, Disease Prevention, Autism, Substance Abuse
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Lawuits say school closings unfair,discriminate against blacks
Tribune reporterThe Chicago Teachers Union's decision to go to court to try to stop the city from closing 53 elementary schools, while not unexpected, makes clear that the Board of Education's vote on the proposal next week will not put an end to the controversy. The...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Lawyers, Students, Judges, Trials
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Speaker identifies with student athletes recognized at True Grit Awards
will.robinson@herald-mail.comSt. Maria Goretti outdoor track and cross country coach Mike Spinnler took the podium at Tuesday’s 32nd True Grit Awards banquet like a minister in front of his congregation. The keynote speaker of the awards spoke of 2011 keynote speaker Susan...Tags: Basketball, Track and Field, Teaching and Learning, Students, Baseball
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READER SUBMITTED: New York Writers Studio Comes To Connecticut: Hill-Stead Museum Offers Teacher Workshop
FarmingtonFrom June 24 through June 26, during Hill-Stead's Sunken Garden Poetry Festival, Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Philip Schultz will lead a three-day introduction to his Writers Studio Method for teachers and writers. This innovative program utilizes the...Tags: Entertainment Events, Human Rights, New York City, Columbia University, Festive Events
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Nonprofit JAFCO builds $12 million center in Sunrise for autistic youth
South Florida nonprofit JAFCO is building a $12 million center in Sunrise to start offering services for children with autism and other developmental disabilities. The center is slated to open in October and serve more than 500 families annually....Tags: Physical Fitness and Exercise, Judaism, Behavioral Conditions, Broward County, Finance
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