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"Breaking Down Barriers": A Partnership with VaultArt Studios

"Breaking Down Barriers": A Partnership with VaultArt Studios

The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust and VaultArt Studio have joined forces to promote the inclusion of artists with disabilities in contemporary art. Works from two VaultArt resident artists are on display in the Cultural District: Kim Bond and Charlie Wallace.

October is National Special Needs Law Month

October is National Special Needs Law Month

The National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys has designated October as "National Special Needs Law Month." In honor of National Special Needs Law Month, Achieva Family Trust would like to take this opportunity to remind readers of the importance of future planning for individuals with disabilities.

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'We're beginning to see the collapse of the system': agencies that serve people with disabilities call for more funds to pay staff

'We're beginning to see the collapse of the system': agencies that serve people with disabilities call for more funds to pay staff

WESA FM (Nancy Murray, president of The Arc of Greater Pittsburgh and senior vice president at Achieva is quoted)

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Advocates say low pay and unreliable funding is putting intellectual disability system at risk of collapse

WITF

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The PA justice system often fails autistic people. Can these activists and judges bring reform?

The PA justice system often fails autistic people. Can these activists and judges bring reform?

Public Source (Lu Randall, executive director, Autism Connection of PA is quoted)

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How to spend $400 billion on home care? Pennsylvania plan to bump pay offers some clues

Pittsburgh Post Gazette

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Vote To Merge Six Pennsylvania Universities In State System Expected Today

WESA The Confluence (11:33 - 21:30) Nancy Murray and Karen OOsterhous

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Safety Net Organizations Ask Pennsylvania For Additional Funds

WESA 90.5

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Devaluing people with disabilities

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

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'Love Like the Boys' spreads cheer as David and Cecil did

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

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Achieva and Autism Connection create new affiliation (12:01 - 18:00)

WESA-FM

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While You Were Sleeping

Abrams Nation

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New Achieva and Autism Connection affiliation will benefit people within the Disability Community

Pittsburgh Parent

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People on the move: 12/21/2020 - Awards and Honors

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

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Pittsburgh Steelers' Cam Heyward Donates Cleats To Benefit Community, Tree Of Life Synagogue Shooting Victims

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One in a Million Award recipient: David Tinker

Multiplying Good

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Concerns Surrounding Fall Schooling Plans For Children With Special Needs And Their Parents

CBS Pittsburgh

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30 years later, Americans with Disabilities Act still lauded but 'work is never done'

TribLive

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UPMC, Achieva form partnership to hire those who have disabilities

Pittsburgh Business Times

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Pandemic Sparks New Concerns For People With Disabilities

WESA |The Confluence

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Fellow Feature: Liz Arbuckle and Sarah Markland

Pittsburgh Schweitzer Fellowship Program

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Early childhood therapy continues, despite the pandemic, via telehealth sessions

Kidsburgh.org

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'Babies in the 'Burgh' baby supply distribution in Hempfield Twp. set for Friday

Latrobe Bulletin

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'Invisible community,' struggling during pandemic, warily eyes reopening

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

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After World Down Syndrome Day relay postponed, Pittsburgh mom selling masks for cause

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

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'A small fish in a big pond': Smaller, essential health care nonprofits are struggling to find masks, soap

Pittsburgh Post Gazette

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