These are the minutes from the July Mayor's Committee meeting.

CALLING ALL DISABLED WATER SPORTS FANS! This post may interest you! Check it out.

This article will explain what Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, FAS, is and how to prevent it. Research taken from the CDC Web site

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder affects millions of people worldwide. It's time to devote a portion of this blog to it! Read inside to get the basics on PTSD.

This article Courtesy of WWAY tells about Surfer's Healing, which gives children with autism a chance to hit the waves!

Since the Yahoo/AP story about Tropic Thunder surfaced, many other news rooms have been buzzing. Read all the news here beginning with a Washington Post Editorial.

The movie Tropic Thunder is tragic to those in the mental health community. Check out this article courtesy of Yahoo News/AP.

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covering key principles and hands-on tools for innovative vocational assessment, career development skills, and vocational profiling for youth and adults with disabilities.

For those who did not see yesterday's Star-News, Sam Scott wrote an amazing story on Zac Adair. Adair, almost totally blind for four years, loves to ride waves day in and day out! Check out his story and post reactions here!

VSA arts is an international, nonprofit organization founded in 1974 by Ambassador Jean Kennedy Smith to create a society where all people with disabilities learn through, participate in and enjoy the arts. This article is composed of information from the VSA Web site.