As she walked into the school auditorium for a Black History Month program, Raya Smith’s eyes lit up. “You’re going to sing today,” her teacher told her. The notion might have seemed strange to Raya’s Columbus Alternative High School classmates. Up to that moment in late February, they had never heard her utter a word. …
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The Franklin County Board of Developmental Disabilities will have its regular monthly meeting at 5 p.m. Thursday, March 31, at 2879 Johnstown Rd. The meeting will be held in person and also will be streamed live on the Zoom platform. To join the meeting on Zoom, please click on the link below: FCBDD Monthly Meeting …
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After 10 years of retirement, Jeff Birr was bored. But not so bored that he wanted to return to the corporate “rat race” that had left him exhausted, stressed and in poor health. The former vice president at a tech company recently became a part-time bus driver for the Franklin County Board of Developmental Disabilities. …
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Each March, advocates work together to raise awareness about the many ways people with and without developmental disabilities come together to form strong, welcoming and diverse communities. The following essays from two perspectives – a senior citizen who has developmental disabilities and a church striving to be neighborly to everyone – help show how inclusion …
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