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Pearl S. Buck: The First American Woman to Win a Nobel Prize in Literature
She expressed her opinions on war, politics, religion, equal rights for all people and many other subjects. She also gave many speeches.
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Pearl S. Buck: The First American Woman to Win a Nobel Prize in Literature
Buck talked to young people about the importance of a good education. She also told them they needed to know more about other people around the world.
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Playground Provides Learning, Safety for Kids with Autism
At first look, the playground at the Children's Guild-Transformation Academy in Baltimore, Maryland, looks like any other.
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Playground Provides Learning, Safety for Kids with Autism
It has swings, slides, and places for children to climb and crawl. But the playground is not just a place for fun.
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Playground Provides Learning, Safety for Kids with Autism
It is also a place where students can learn, grow and gain independence.
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Playground Provides Learning, Safety for Kids with Autism
Everything from the kind of surface it sits on, to the color of its sitting areas, to the placement of the surrounding fence is specifically designed for kids with autism.
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Playground Provides Learning, Safety for Kids with Autism
Mark Rapaport is the managing director of autism services at the Transformation Academy.
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Playground Provides Learning, Safety for Kids with Autism
He told VOA Learning English the school accepts students aged 5 to 21 with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and are lower-functioning.
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Playground Provides Learning, Safety for Kids with Autism
“None of our kids will ever drive,” Rapaport said. “None of our kids will ever live fully independently
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Playground Provides Learning, Safety for Kids with Autism
Rapaport said the goal of Transformation Academy is to make the students as independent as possible in an effort to help them prepare for adult life.
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Playground Provides Learning, Safety for Kids with Autism
The school aims to provide help with developing communication and social skills, as well as practical abilities like cleaning or cooking. “And learning through play is a big deal,…
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Playground Provides Learning, Safety for Kids with Autism
“The classroom is great. But it's [things like play] that’s at the heart of the mission, which is building independence and getting them to be able to go into the adult world.”
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Playground Provides Learning, Safety for Kids with Autism
The playground, designed by Maryland company Sparks@Play, using structures manufactured by Landscape Structures, Inc., took months to develop, said Dan Hack.
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Playground Provides Learning, Safety for Kids with Autism
He works for Sparks@Play and helped lead the playground’s design. Hack said he and others spent weeks getting to know the students and understanding their needs before any buildin…
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Playground Provides Learning, Safety for Kids with Autism
The design process involved physical therapists occupational therapists and other specialists.
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Playground Provides Learning, Safety for Kids with Autism
The $500,000 project was funded with support from the state of Maryland and the nonprofit Orokawa Foundation.
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Playground Provides Learning, Safety for Kids with Autism
Parts of the playground that seem small are very important for children with autism and other disabilities. The surrounding fence extends into a wooded area to make it seem more o…
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Playground Provides Learning, Safety for Kids with Autism
And the ground under the play areas is made of soft, but solid materials to support students using wheelchairs or crutches
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Playground Provides Learning, Safety for Kids with Autism
Instead of just one slide, there are two sitting side-by-side. That way, parents or teachers with older, larger students can go down the slide together with the kids.
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Playground Provides Learning, Safety for Kids with Autism
A spinning structure called the We-Go-Round has a place for kids with wheelchairs so they can also have fun.
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Playground Provides Learning, Safety for Kids with Autism
The playground’s designers say a number of sensory elements are also included to help the students.
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Playground Provides Learning, Safety for Kids with Autism
Children with autism often have Sensory Processing Disorder, which makes them very sensitive to certain sounds or textures
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Playground Provides Learning, Safety for Kids with Autism
The benches on the outside of the playground look simple from far away, but are “one of our most inclusive sensory” elements, Hack said.
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Playground Provides Learning, Safety for Kids with Autism
They have many different colors that bring about feelings of calm and curiosity. They are also made with smooth material that can be felt and moved.
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