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The LEAD Center has released a brief titled, The ABLE Act and Employment: Strategies for Maximizing the Effectiveness of the Achieving a Better Life Experience (ABLE) Act as a Tool for Financial Stability and Employment Outcomes of People with Disabilities. This brief demonstrates how provisions in the ABLE Act can be combined with federal benefit services and other federal programs and initiatives to further competitive integrated employment for people with disabilities.

Keaton's Story: Down Syndrome Keaton was born with Down syndrome .  His mom, Paula, shares her perspective of raising a son with Down syndrome.  She describes how Keaton is happiest when he is making someone else happy by helping or serving . 

Tourette Syndrome is one type of Tic Disorder. Tics are involuntary, repetitive movements and vocalizations. They are the defining feature of a group of childhood-onset, neurodevelopmental conditions known collectively as Tic Disorders and individually as Tourette Syndrome. The three Tic Disorders are distinguished by the types of tics present (motor, vocal/ phonic, or both) and by the length of time that the tics have been present.

Alcohol Use in Pregnancy Excessive alcohol use* is risk factor for a wide range of health and social problems including liver cirrhosis, certain cancers, depression, motor vehicle crashes, and violence ( 1 ). Alcohol use during pregnancy can lead to fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASDs) and other adverse birth outcomes ( 1 ). Community studies estimate that as many as 2% to 5% of first grade students in the United States might have an FASD, which include physical, behavioral , or learning impairments

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Happy Mother's Day The modern holiday of Mother's Day was first celebrated in 1908, when Anna Jarvis held a memorial for her mother at St Andrew's Methodist Church in Grafton, West Virginia. ... Her campaign to make " Mother's Day " a recognized holiday in the United States began in 1905, the year her mother , Ann Reeves Jarvis, died. Watch Video History