The nicest place in America is a small Midwest town with a thriving park, generous residents and a local theater that gives people with special needs the chance to be stars. Reader’s Digest has crowned Columbiana, Ohio, the winner of its third annual “Nicest READ MORE
Kodi Lee captivated the “America’s Got Talent” judges and America with his golden buzzer-earning audition. Now, he’s the winner of “AGT.” USA TODAY “America’s Got Talent” has a new champion. Kodi Lee was crowned the Season 14 winner during Wednesday’s live, two-hour season READ MORE
Photographed Left to Right: Jeff Lambert, Executive Director, Arkansas Family Supports, Inc. Micayla Cole, Executive Director, The Arc for the River ValleyMicayla Cole presents Jeff with The Arc for the River Valley, Spark For The ARC Gold Sponsor 2019. Arkansas READ MORE
Photo by Theo Wargo/Getty She’s a winner! Ali Stroker took home the 2019 Tony Award for featured actress in a musical at Sunday night’s show. Stroker won for her take on Ado Annie Carnes for the Oklahoma! musical revival currently lighting up READ MORE
Microsoft has announced plans to hire people with autism. Working with specialist employment agency Specialisterne, which trains and finds positions for people diagnosed on the autism spectrum, the pilot program begins in May with 10 full-time positions in the company’s Redmond, Wash., corporate headquarters. READ MORE
Pictured left to right, Jeff Lambert, Executive Director, Arkansas Family Supports, Inc. and Micayla Cole, Executive Director, ARC of River Valley. Spark for the Arc, Gold Sponsor, 2018 This year was the Arc’s first annual Spark for the Arc. Arkansas READ MORE
I can confirm there was at least one place in America this weekend where no one was thinking about the lagging economy or the Gulf oil spill, or anything else on our current list of national headaches. And there’s a READ MORE
Amid the tumult of the summer of 1968 came an event the likes of which the world had never seen: an Olympics for children with intellectual disabilities. At that first Special Olympics, founded by Eunice Kennedy Shriver, about 1,000 competitors READ MORE
