A basketball team of Delaware Valley Regional High School students, both players with disabilities and those without disabilities, recently competed with similar teams fielded by North Hunterdon and Voorhees high schools. The team is called “unified.”
The students, mentors and parents were joined on the ice by Kim Trotz, wife of Capitals head coach Barry Trotz, as well as Red Rockers from the Washington Capitals and Valorettes from the Washington Valor. They enjoyed an hour long skating session where you could see
A smile across her face, Caroline Maffai, 19, recounted fun going to the movies and out to restaurants with peers on weekend and after school outings she has enjoyed as part of her school’s new Best Buddies chapter. Maffai, a Fairfield Ludlowe High School senior, is among members of the new club, a chapter of…
Last week, Wheelock College Best Buddies celebrated #BestBuddiesMonth by holding a Spread the Word to End the Word event, aiming to decrease the use of the R-word. In this student-produced video, hear from students and their buddies about what the event and the program mean to them.
On Friday March 3, 2017 the Suffolk University’s chapter of Best Buddies held their “Spread the Word to End the Word” event in the Sargent Hall Function Room. “Spread the Word to End the Word” is a campaign advocated by Best Buddies and the Special Olympics that aims at raising awareness and to educate people
There’s an old saying: Sticks and stones may break my bones, but names will never hurt me. … But boy, is that a lie. Alumna Kelly Reymann (’03), assistant director for The Center on Sensory and Complex Disabilities and an adjunct professor of education, is one of many who disdain the r-word: retarded.
Charlotte McKinney — went to a prom on Friday in Bloomington, California. McKinney, 23, surprised student Samuel Castro, 16, as his date, and even brought him a boutonniere. The model volunteers with nonprofit Best Buddies, which works with “people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.”
Someday in the future, when you need a caring nurse, Alexis Ramsey is the one you’ll hope is nearby when you need her. You should see her in action as the president of the Cleveland High’s “Best Buddies” club, the state’s Chapter of the Year award-winner in 2016, from reading several announcements to scurrying…
Anneliese Barron doesn’t want you to feel sorry for her. After all, that’s the last emotion she would ever feel these days.Before her son, Matthew, was born, she knew he was going to have Down syndrome. Armed with that information, she began to research what assistance might be available for Matthew…
Best Buddies Qatar members visited Al Magrabi Eye, ENT and Dental Centre for checkups recently and took part in a workshop to raise health awareness and gain knowledge of medical profession. Best Buddies Qatar members of the age of 7-12 years from Umm Slal Al Ali Primary…