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Westmont Cheer Team Fundraiser To Bring iPads To Special Needs Children
WESTMONT, Ill. (CBS) — Friday night’s Westmont High School halftime show will be anything but normal. A big out-of-town crowd is expected, and 55 cheerleaders will both cheer and raise money to provide...
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Westmont Cheerleaders Buying iPads For Special Needs Kids
WESTMONT, Ill. (WBBM) – The gift of an iPad for a special needs girl from Westmont is prompting her big sister’s cheerleading team to “pay it forward,” and help other special children. All the...
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Parents Upset With CPS Policy On Age For Kindergarten
CHICAGO (CBS) – One age doesn’t fit all – that’s what dozens of Chicago parents say about the Chicago Public Schools’ rigid policy about starting kindergarten at age five and no later. CBS 2’s Dana...
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Waukegan Special Needs Students Will Be ‘Walking On Sunshine’ At Their Very...
WAUKEGAN, Ill. (CBS) – High schoolers everywhere are getting ready for prom, but at most high schools, special needs students get left out every year. That’s not the case at Waukegan High School. WBBM...
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CPS Boss: Special Needs Students Will Keep Teachers After School Closings
CHICAGO (CBS) – The head of the Chicago Public School system has been trying to reassure parents of students with special needs that they won’t suffer if their current schools are consolidated or...
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PACE Van Driver Causes Crash On South Side
UPDATED: 6/24/2013 2:30 p.m. CHICAGO (CBS) – Chicago police say the driver of a PACE van carrying as many as nine developmentally disabled adults was at fault in a crash in Roseland on Monday morning....
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Parents Of Special Needs Kids To Soon Get Access To Tax-Free Savings Accounts
CHICAGO (CBS) — Parents of special-needs children in Illinois will soon get some relief from the financial burden of the care their kids require. “It’s the kind of thing that you just don’t think is...
View ArticleChildren With Special Needs Will Have Limited Options During Teachers’ Strike
CHICAGO (CBS) — School buildings will still be open for students even with classes canceled on Thursday for an imminent teachers’ strike, but not every child can go. As CBS 2’s Jim Williams reported...
View Article‘Autism Database’ Seeks To Help Provide Help When Special Needs Kids Get Lost...
CHICAGO (CBS) — We’re in the middle of National Autism Awareness Month and a suburban police sergeant hopes to make departments across the country aware of his special needs tool. He’s figured out a...
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Parents Of Children With Special Needs Say Porter County Education Services...
PORTAGE, Ind. (CBS) — A little girl with special needs is at the center of a days-long legal fight that begins Monday morning in Northwest Indiana. It’s all about what her family claims is unfair...
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