disabilities
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Riverflow Community nets $1.2M to expand
The Monkton community was awarded $1.2 million to support construction of a second home at Riverflow.
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Riverflow will serve adults with disabilities
It’s normal for any parent to worry about what their child’s life will look like after leaving the nest. But for the parents of individuals with developmental disabilities, that…
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A young life back from the brink
The devastating event happened 10 years ago, on April 1, 2014, but Karly McConnell relives it every day.
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Letter to the editor: Expand free fishing license eligibility
My name is Raymond Bapp and I am an adult male with intellectual disabilities. My favorite thing to do during my free time is go fishing.
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Vergennes artist advocates for more access
As a consumer of visual and performing arts, Vergennes artist Keilani Lime is very aware of the way art can be less accessible to people with disabilities, despite…
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Ways of Seeing: Impacts of illness can be invisible
I am about to tell you a difficult story. Stay with me, please. There’s a reason I’m sharing it.
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Teen advocates for inclusivity in wilderness
Hannah Gallivan, a rising junior at Mount Abraham Union High School, has spent the past year working to update the Green Mountain Emergency Toolkit and make the disaster…
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Letter to the editor: Disabled rights often overlooked
The current situation of disabled people in family law reflects society’s impression that those of us with a disability are incompetent, that we need to have decisions made…
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Letter to the editor: Disabled anglers need, deserve more state support
Several years back, a petition signed by hundreds of local citizens was sent to the legislature in Montpelier, asking to amend Vermont Fishing License regulations.
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Cornwall bike maker rolls out new mobility device
CORNWALL — RAD-Innovations LLC, which custom builds adaptive bikes for people with disabilities, recently announced availability of its RAD RaceRunner running frame. The RAD RaceRunner running frame is…
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Inn at Baldwin Creek receives ADA award
MONTPELIER — The Vermont Governor’s Committee on the Employment of People with Disabilities (GCEPD) recently announced that the Inn at Baldwin Creek in Bristol will be the only…