From the Headlines
Our work has been featured in a number of publications:
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"When I called Tim Enfield the other day, he said he was 'shocked' to be profiled in this Youth Rising blog. That shock in some ways has been shaped by his disability: 20-year-old Tim, a Junior at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, has cerebral palsy. 'I do this not expecting anything. Disability kind of makes me humble.'"
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"Program Helps Disabled Succeed"
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"Growing up with cerebral palsy, Tim Enfield spent a lot of time on the sidelines watching. But watching wasn't enough. He pushed himself to learn to tie his shoes with the one hand with working fingers, to swim and to play basketball. He wanted to participate in the 800-meter run in the International Paralympic Games, but didn't have the money to make it to the trials..."
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"A UMass Student With Cerebral Palsy Gives a Boost to Other Kids with Special Needs"
by Pat Grabbe
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"Olivia Smulyan of Amherst will attend a fiddle camp in Maine this summer thanks to a grant from Think Alive, a foundation started by a University of Massachusetts student who wants to help young people with special needs.
Smulyan, 19, has been playing the violin since she was in third grade, despite having a cognitive disorder called Williams syndrome. "I was really excited," she said after receiving a plaque and a voucher at a ceremony at the Regional Middle School last week...."
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by Akilah Johnson
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"Kristen Gately's new tricycle means independence and the chance to keep pace with friends, many of whom can run and jump without the assistance of a walker or leg braces.
The shy first-grader with cerebral palsy, who takes halting steps and sometimes uses a walker, learned to ride about a month ago as part of her physical therapy at the William Henderson Inclusion Elementary School in Dorchester...."
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"Santa Fe Prep Grad Helps Kids with Disabilities"
by Ana Maria Trujillo Originally Published: December 5, 2010
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'One year, it was tying my shoes," Enfield, 19, said in a phone interview while on a study break from his courses at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst. "I would work hard to tie my shoes. The next summer it was swimming, then biking — simple things that could put me on the same level playing field as my peers....'"
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