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The start of a new season brings some changes and good news for park visitors with autism. Author: Nikki Krize Updated: 6:06 PM EDT April 19, 2021
ELYSBURG, Pa. Everywhere you look, there is something happening this week at Knoebels Amusement Resort. The park near Elysburg opens for the season this weekend.
The season was cut short last year because of the COVID-19 pandemic, but Knoebels is opening on time this year. The park s opening will look similar to last year. There will be plexiglass barriers, social-distancing markers, hand sanitizing stations, and mask requirements. Even if you are double vaccinated, you have to continue to wear a mask, said co-owner Brian Knoebel.
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QCDC organises webinar series to raise awareness of ASD
18 Apr 2021 - 10:17
Samantha Campion Gibson (left) and Sabika Shaban
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The Qatar Career Development Center (QCDC), a member of Qatar Foundation (QF), has organized a webinar series to raise awareness of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), to coincide with April - Autism Awareness Month.
QCDC will hold the next live webinar via Zoom in English, titled ‘Autism Awareness Month: Ordinary Heroes – Nurturing People with Autism’. Taking place on Monday, April 19, at 8 30pm, it targets parents and young men and women with autism.
Special guests Sara Coleman, Special Education Teacher at Awsaj Academy; Samantha Campion-Gibson, Autism Specialist at the Learning Center; and Sabika Shaban, a parent of two neurodiverse children, will speak at the webinar. They will tackle the blessings and challenges of raising and educating children diagnosed with ASD, speaking about experiences and lessons learned. The webina
HANFORD â Local families were treated to an evening of fun for a good cause courtesy of Sensory Rock Gym and the Hanford Police Department Wednesday night.Â
The event was held as part of Autism Awareness Month, with police estimating at least 350 attending the festivities at Civic Park.
According to Hanford Police Lt. Stephanie Huddleston, the idea first emerged in November with Officer Rolando Jaime, who works in the Problem Oriented Policing (P.O.P.) program, which was created to enhance the image of the Department through community outreach. With Autism Awareness Day having taken place on April 2, they decided it was the right month to hold the event. From there, they received signs, banners, fliers, time and funds from Sensory Rock.