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BNSF Provides Make-A-Wish Train Ride for Sixth Year in North Texas
Children and families members gathered at the Fort Worth Stockyards Station earlier this month to climb aboard for the 6th annual BNSF Railway Make-A-Wish train…
Gamma-Secretase Linked to Plaques in Both Alzheimer’s and Down Syndrome
BrightFocus grantee Huaxi Xu, PhD and colleagues at the Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute in La Jolla, CA, have published a paper that sheds light on…
Adobe Corporate Responsibility Zeros in on Social Impact
By Leon Kaye Adobe recently released its most recent corporate responsibility report, which is chock full of data on where the $4.1 billion Silicon Valley software giant…
Beauty, grace and Down syndrome. Dancer Lives ‪#‎lifewithoutlimits‬.
Mikayla Holmgren has been dancing since she was a little girl. When she’s dancing, she’s in her element. Just like any other dancer, she’s pushed…
‘Disease you’ve never heard of’ does not stop 10-year-old and family seek better treatment, cure
By Patti Borda Mullins White gauze bandages cover 10-year-old Erik Barnes from neck to toe every hour of every day, except right after a bath.…
SPLC urges investigation of Louisiana program failing at-risk children
The SPLC urged federal officials today to investigate Louisiana’s Coordinated System of Care program, which is failing to prevent young people with severe behavioral health…
Former foster youth in the 1% as she goes for her master’s degree
Sade is a motivational speaker who talks about her foster care story and how an Aunt and a “time out” in the foster care system…
NAD & RID: Statement on Interpreting Services and the Media
The Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf, Inc. (RID) and the National Association of the Deaf (NAD) come together in collaboration and in support to…
Students set to break social barriers during National Mix It Up at Lunch Day
An estimated 1 million students across the country will step out of their cliques and challenge stereotypes today as part of National Mix It Up at…
The Way to Fight Breast Cancer Is With a Vaccine — Not Another Pink Product
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Â But there is more to fighting breast cancer than selling pink products or wearing pink. Â Fran Visco, President of…
Stories from the field: SPLC legislation helps Louisiana youth receive second chance at school
By Eden Heilman Jessica* was a 10th-grader in a small school district outside of New Orleans when she withdrew from school because she was pregnant.…
Choosing to Have a Child
Two years ago, Martha Alanoca and her husband were trying unsuccessfully to start a family. In Bolivia, where Martha lives, the prohibitively high cost of…