These are the stories sent by students for the "Current Events" assignment due April 19th. I tried to organize them in general clusters of themes that repeated across different articles.
Building relationships amid memory loss: http://www.cnn.com/2012/04/09/living/dementia-building-relationships/index.html?iref=storysearch
Path is Found fo the Spread of Alzheimer's: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/02/health/research/alzheimers-spreads-like-a-virus-in-the-brain-studies-find.html
Article on coach Pat Summit: http://thechart.blogs.cnn.com/2012/04/18/alzheimers-and-college-basketballs-top-coach/
Music as a treatment for Alzheimer's: http://newsfeed.time.com/2012/04/11/alzheimers-patient-awakens-when-listening-to-music-from-his-past/#ixzz1sR86UlJl
Questions about Services for those with Developmental Disabilities: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/11/nyregion/federal-government-criticizes-new-york-on-disabled-care.html?_r=1
Debate about Healthcare and insurance in the US: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/05/opinion/down-the-insurance-rabbit-hole.html
Ricky Gervais defends comedy show Derek http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-17656633
"NY Police: Partially paralyzed woman beaten, held captive for months: http://www.cnn.com/2012/03/28/justice/new-york-imprisoned-woman/index.html?iref=storysearch
Lawsuit over disability in the workplace: woman sues Abercrombie & Fitch: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1192674/I-banished-stockroom-says-disabled-shop-girl-suing-Abercrombie--Fitch-discrimination.html
Amputee at Fenway: http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20120416&content_id=28829438&vkey=news_mlb&c_id=mlb
Paralympic Cyclist: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/15/nyregion/the-cyclist-damian-lopez-alfonso-heads-for-paralympics.html?_r=2&ref=paralympicgames
Ipads and disability: http://mashable.com/2011/07/25/ipads-disabilities/ and more here: http://www.todaysthv.com/news/article/162138/2/On-Assignment-Apps-helping-children-with-disabilities
Easing the Seizures, and Stigma, of Epilepsy: http://www.nytimes.com/ref/health/healthguide/esn-epilepsy-ess.htmlhttp://www.nytimes.com/ref/health/healthguide/esn-epilepsy-ess.html
Is there a link between the rise in obesity and the rise in autism? http://www.disabilityscoop.com/2012/04/09/obesity-moms-autism/15350/
"Attention Problems May Be Sleep-Related"http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/04/16/attention-problems-may-be-sleep-related/?ref=health#