disabilities
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Athens-Clarke County
ESP to Host Big Hearts Talent Show at Athens Church
Extra Special People, a nonprofit organization serving over 900 individuals with disabilities and their families, will hold its annual talent show Friday at Athens Church. The talent show will feature acts from 48 participants as part of ESP’s efforts to create transformative experiences for people with disabilities such as autism,…
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Athens-Clarke County
‘Radically Inclusive’: Athens Coffee Spot Employs, Empowers People with Disabilities
At Bitty & Beau’s coffee shop, customers might notice “we love you” or “you are awesome” written on the side of their cup of joe. These positive notes are emblematic of a culture of encouragement and inclusivity in the store, which is a space dedicated to primarily hiring people with…
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Athens-Clarke County
UGA Students with Disabilities Advocate for Awareness on Campus
Beginning in high school, the sounds of coughing, sniffing, heavy breathing and dishes clattering triggered a pain-like reaction for Angelise Sleeman. Sleeman, a fifth-year jewlery and metals major, learned she had misophonia. Misophonia, or selective sound sensitivity syndrome, is a disability related to hearing where certain sounds cause a strong…
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Health
New Emojis Proposed to Represent People With Disabilities
On March 23, Apple submitted 13 new emojis to the non-profit corporation Unicode Consortium, the organization that reviews the requests for new emoji characters. According to the proposal, the emojis will include a guide dog, a person with a white cane, a deaf sign, an ear with a hearing aid,…
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Athens-Clarke County
UGA, Georgia Tech Athletes Work Together at Extra Special People Summer Camp
Athens, GA–“Teammates” is probably not the first word that comes to mind when you think about Georgia and Georgia Tech. However, that’s exactly what they are today as they reveal their design plans for a summer camp for Extra Special People. Georgia and Georgia Tech students will present their designs…
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UGA
Driver Asks for Parking Spot Changes
ATHENS — Cletus Stripling says his life is being made harder because people are taking his parking spot.