Disabilities
Special X-Games End In Extreme Tragedy
LOS ANGELES—Event organizers and promoters are as yet unable to explain to the satisfaction of law-enforcement officials how Ricky Creston, a 10-year-old Down syndrome ...
Quarterback Has Normal, Healthy Son
NEW YORK—New York Jets quarterback Chad Pennington, whose torn rotator cuff has sidelined him for the remainder of the 2005 season, still has that ...
Special Olympics Investigated For Use Of Performance-Enhancing Hugs
WASHINGTON, DC—Three months after the Special Olympics World Winter Games in Nagano, Japan, the International Special Olympics Committee has begun to investigate charges that ...
Nation Afraid To Admit 9-Year-Old Disabled Poet Really Bad
LYNDONVILLE, VT—Afflicted from birth with a rare degenerative disease, wheelchair-bound Luke Petrowski has confronted his illness by penning heartfelt verse that touches on elements ...
Retarded Child Gets New Video Game Right Before Every Dinner Party
KETTERING, OH— Jeffrey Dumas, a developmentally disabled 12-year-old, receives a new PlayStation 2 video game right before every dinner party thrown by his parents. "Look ...
Everyone Glad Someone Else Making Small Talk With Disabled Woman
SAN ANTONIO, TX–A palpable sense of relief came over passengers on the westbound D-line bus Monday when someone else struck up a conversation with ...
Clinton Deploys Very Special Forces To Iraq
WASHINGTON, DC—Dubbing the mission Operation Great Job!, President Clinton deployed very special U.S. troops to Iraq Tuesday.
