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Intellectual Disabilities

Fairfield, CT
Politics
Tim Walz Says Trump’s Slur Is Inspiring Others To Scream It Outside His House Tim Walz Says Trump’s Slur Is Inspiring Others To Scream It Outside His House
Tim Walz Says Trump’s Slur Is Inspiring Others To Scream It Outside His House Tim Walz called it a slur that should never be repeated. Now, he hears it all day. The Minnesota governor, on Thursday, Dec. 4, said people have been driving by his home and screaming the r-slur — a word used to malign those with intellectual disabilities — since President Donald Trump called him that in a social media post last week. "This creates danger," the embattled governor said, discussing Republican rhetoric. "... I've never seen this before: people driving by my house and using the R-word in front of people. This is shameful, and I have yet to see an elected official — a Republican…

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by Josh Lanier
Randolph, NJ
News
Missing Endangered Randolph Woman Last Seen At Dover Library: Prosecutor Missing Endangered Randolph Woman Last Seen At Dover Library: Prosecutor
Missing Endangered Randolph Woman Last Seen At Dover Library: Prosecutor A 26-year-old Randolph woman has been missing for almost two weeks, authorities announced Thursday, July 24. Destiny Erts was last seen at 11:30 a.m. at the Dover Public Library on Friday, July 11, Morris County Prosecutor Robert J. Carroll, Chief of Detectives Robert McNally, Dover Police Department Chief Jonathan Delaney, and Human Services Police Chief Brian Lee said. Erts has been diagnosed with intellectual disabilities and is considered "endangered," authorities said. She is 6'3", with brown eyes and black hair. She was last seen wearing black pants, a navy blue tank t…

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by Sam Barron
Nottingham-Perry Hall, MD
News
Caught On Camera: Caregiver Sentenced For Assaulting Vulnerable Man In Baltimore Caught On Camera: Caregiver Sentenced For Assaulting Vulnerable Man In Baltimore
Caught On Camera: Caregiver Sentenced For Assaulting Vulnerable Man In Baltimore A Baltimore County caregiver convicted of assaulting a vulnerable adult at a local housing facility has been sentenced after disturbing security footage captured the abuse, the Maryland AG's office announced. Omubo Micah, 55, of Perry Hall, was found guilty of second-degree assault on after a jury reviewed video evidence of the April 2024 incident that showed him forcefully grabbing and striking a resident with intellectual disabilities at Creative Options, Inc.  The Creative Options facility, located on the 6100 block of Eastern Parkway, provides housing for individuals with intellect…

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by Zak Failla
Lynn, MA
Police & Fire
Rockport Man Raped Disabled Child He Knew Repeatedly For 2 Years: Police Rockport Man Raped Disabled Child He Knew Repeatedly For 2 Years: Police
Rockport Man Raped Disabled Child He Knew Repeatedly For 2 Years: Police A 59-year-old Essex County man was arrested and charged this week with raping a child with intellectual disabilities multiple times, authorities said.  Brian E. Tuck, of Rockport, is charged with aggravated statutory rape, indecent assault and battery on an intellectually disabled person, indecent assault and battery on a person under 14, rape of a child under 16 by force (three counts), and reckless endangerment of a child, Rockport police said.  He was ordered held without bail on Thursday, April 4.  Police said the assaults took place between 2013 and 2015 but did no…

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by Josh Lanier
Hampden-Silver Spring, PA
News
PA Man With Disabilities Loses Testicle After Beating With Metal Rod By Caretakers: AG PA Man With Disabilities Loses Testicle After Beating With Metal Rod By Caretakers: AG
PA Man With Disabilities Loses Testicle After Beating With Metal Rod By Caretakers: AG Two "direct support counselors" beat a man under their care with a metal rod so badly that his testicle needed to be surgically removed, according to a release by Pennsylvania's Attorney General Josh Shapiro's office on Thursday, Sept. 8, 2022.  August Thorne Young of North Versailles and Eric Walker of Pittsburgh were working for Taylor Maleski Home, LLC, an organization that provides supportive home services to individuals with intellectual disabilities in Allegheny, Indiana, and Westmoreland counties, when they assaulted the man with a metal rod on Nov. 2, 2021, according to the…

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by Jillian Pikora
Pittsfield, MA
News
Western Mass Man Found Guilty Of Sexually Assaulting Disabled Woman While Driving Her To Work Western Mass Man Found Guilty Of Sexually Assaulting Disabled Woman While Driving Her To Work
Western Mass Man Found Guilty Of Sexually Assaulting Disabled Woman While Driving Her To Work A bus driver from Western Massachusetts was found guilty of sexually assaulting a woman who was incapable of providing consent, the Berkshire District Attorney’s Office said.  Joseph Lamb, age 36, was convicted of sexually assaulting a person over the age of 14 with intellectual disabilities, on Tuesday, July 19, the office reports.  The charge stems from an incident where Lamb inappropriately touched the victim without her consent while driving her to and from work in early 2000, the office reports.  “I thank the victim for coming forward and sharing her story,"&n…

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by David Cifarelli
Columbia, MD
News
Special Olympics Torch Set To Arrive In Howard County This Week Special Olympics Torch Set To Arrive In Howard County This Week
Special Olympics Torch Set To Arrive In Howard County This Week The Special Olympic Torch, or the "Flame of Hope" is set to return to Howard County later this week, officials say. The torch will be handed off at Centennial Park in Ellicott City at 10 a.m., Thursday, June 23, according to Howard County Officials.  Law enforcement officers will carry the torch with the assistance of Special Olympics athletes over a six mile course of roadways around the park.  The torch has been carried hundreds of miles across Maryland during the month of June to raise awareness and money for the Special Olympics Maryland. The Special Olympics athletes partic…

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by Annie DeVoe
Fairfield, CT
Schools
Area High School Teacher Wins $15K Leadership Award Area High School Teacher Wins $15K Leadership Award
Area High School Teacher Wins $15K Leadership Award A high school special education teacher from Connecticut has won a prestigious $15,000 leadership award. Kelsey LaPrad of Stamford, who teaches at Brien McMahon High School n Norwalk, received the grant as part of the Nellie Mae Education Foundation’s Lawrence W. O’Toole Leadership Awards. A total of 13 teachers across the region are being honored for their leadership.   LaPrad provides students with intellectual disabilities and autism with real-world learning experiences.  LaPrad said she plans to use the grant to train students and teachers to implement a peer-assisted classroom model …

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by Jon Craig
Mount Pleasant, NY
Lifestyle
Westchester Man Named President, CEO Of 2022 Special Olympics USA Games Westchester Man Named President, CEO Of 2022 Special Olympics USA Games
Westchester Man Named President, CEO Of 2022 Special Olympics USA Games A finance and technology expert from Port Chester has been named president and chief executive officer for the 2022 Special Olympics USA Games.  Special Olympics Florida and Special Olympics North America announced they proudly hired Dzaluk to head the USA Games in Orlando from June 5 through June 10 in 2022.  In this role, Dzaluk will oversee a team that will help showcase the power and joy of sports for athletes with intellectual disabilities through the largest humanitarian event in Florida’s history. Prior to this endeavor, Dzaluk served as the chief financial officer of AA Metals, whe…

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by Jon Craig
Trumbull-Monroe, CT
Neighbors
Trumbull's Kennedy Center Names Shelton Man As New President/CEO Trumbull's Kennedy Center Names Shelton Man As New President/CEO
Trumbull's Kennedy Center Names Shelton Man As New President/CEO TRUMBULL, Conn. — The Kennedy Center has a new president and CEO — Richard Sebastian Jr. of Shelton. Sebastian has been appointed effective Jan. 2.  He succeeds Martin Schwartz of Trumbull, who is retiring after nearly 40 years of service. Schwartz, who was the Trumbull-based center’s first president and CEO, will remain as acting president and CEO until Jan. 18 in order to ensure a smooth transition. “With over 200 resume submissions, Richard Sebastian was chosen because he has the credentials to create growth and sustainability for the agency; embodies the persona of our leadership; and…

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by Meredith Guinness