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Recent News
Agencies working to break the silence of suicide
Sun, Aug 1st, 2010
Suicide — it’s a topic too disturbing and raw for most people to discuss. For some, it’s a cultural taboo filled with an underlying fear that talking about it will increase the chances someone at risk will attempt it.
Identifying Trends and Supports for Students with ASD
Fri, Jul 30th, 2010
There are 5,800 students identified with ASD currently in Ontario’s publicly funded secondary schools. School staff expect that approximately 1,100 of these students will seek to enter college or university between 2009 and 2011.
Upcoming Events
Sun, Aug 1st, 2010
Specifically designed for youth 13-17 with a disability. Two weeks in August Monday to Friday, 9:00am-4:00pm.Participants will help to plan
> read more Mon, Aug 2nd, 2010
The Guelph Enabling Garden welcomes all to participate in these FREE educational workshops from 7-8 pm. Private Sessions facilitated > read more
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Useful ArticlesDancing & DisabilitiesBy Megan Drummond Thu, Jan 21st, 2010
With the help of American DanceWheels, it's possible for anyone to learn to dance, even if they thought they couldn't. Ray Leight, a paraplegic as the result of a 1991 car accident, and Melinda Kremer, a ballroom dancer and mother of a disabled child, founded American DanceWheels Foundation in 1998 with help from Sandra Fortuna. American DanceWheels teaches American-style wheelchair ballroom dancing. The international style, popular in Europe and Asia, is a refined style in which the arms are held high, handholds are hard to break and the able-bodied dancer always leads. Most people in the U.S. are not familiar with the international style and it limits with whom you can dance. In the American style of ballroom dance, if a person knows dances such as the waltz, the foxtrot, the cha cha or even the hustle, they can dance with a partner in a wheelchair. Read more at Suite101: Dancing & Disabilities: Wheelchair Ballroom Dance Can be a Fun Hobby or Competitive Sport http://disabilities.suite101.com/article.cfm/dancing_disabilities#ixzz0e6vSxVVq |
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Ever watched Dancing With the Stars and wished you could do that? Or watched from the corner while your friends danced at a wedding or a party and longed to be out there with them? Maybe you just want a fun way to get in shape?
