Autism school a hit in its rookie year

Posted by Maurice Snell on August 24th, 2009

Saturday was a special day at Easter Seals Metropolitan Chicago. To celebrate the one-year anniversary of our state-of-the-art Therapeutic School and Center for Autism Research, Easter Seals Metropolitan Chicago organized the first annual Running Bases for Independence (RBI for you baseball fans).

The softball tournament featured sponsors such as the CENTURY 21 Real Estate Corporation, CVS …Read More » »

ARTHUR needs a new friend

Posted by Beth Finke on February 3rd, 2009

Calling all ARTHUR fans! CVS Caremark All Kids Can, a program dedicated to making life easier for kids with disabilities, and ARTHUR, the award-winning PBS KIDS GO! television series, are teaming up to announce the Arthur/All Kids Can …Read More » »

CVS and All Kids Can

Posted by Beth Finke on July 28th, 2008

About this time a year ago, I was preparing to visit a summer school class of future educators. Most of the students I talked to at Elmhurst College last year graduated in May. They’ll be teaching in another month, and it’s likely they’ll have children with disabilities in their classes.

While I was preparing my talk last year, I wrote …Read More » »

CVS Caremark All Kids Can™ grants help families with autism

Posted by Beth Finke on April 30th, 2008

The Easter Seals 2008 Training Conference Awards Banquet was Monday night, and man, I’m still stuffed.

Still happy, too. Here’s why: In addition to the well-deserved awards Easter Seals gave out to individuals at the dinner Monday night, CVS Caremark Charitable Trust awarded $350,000 in grants to different Easter Seals autism programs across the country. This means the Trust …Read More » »

Dreams come true for Easter Seals staff member

Posted by Beth Finke on March 20th, 2008

When their house got hit by Hurricane Katrina, Easter Seals of the Gulf Coast (AL) staff member Lydia Gaudet and her family decided they could live with the damage. She and her husband Steven immersed themselves in disaster relief, and their eight children helped clean up neighborhood yards.

The family’s selfless dedication to helping others inspired members of the …Read More » »

New NY governor shows how “All Kids Can”

Posted by Beth Finke on March 17th, 2008

I was lucky enough to be on Long Island last week when they made the announcement about New York’s new governor. I’d flown to New York by myself – well, with my Seeing Eye dog — to visit elementary schools there. The idea was to promote my children’s book and teach the kids how Seeing Eye dogs work.

In the end, …Read More » »

Inclusion and “All Kids Can”

Posted by Beth Finke on July 11th, 2007

Ever since my memoir Long Time, No See was published I’ve been asked to guest-lecture for college classes. I usually talk about writing, about the assistive technology I use to write, or simply about what it’s like to live with a …Read More » »