{"id":3943,"date":"2016-11-01T18:55:35","date_gmt":"2016-11-01T22:55:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.daytonastateinmotion.com\/?p=3943"},"modified":"2018-05-13T17:53:01","modified_gmt":"2018-05-13T21:53:01","slug":"october-shines-light-on-abilities-awareness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.daytonastateinmotion.com\/oldsite\/october-shines-light-on-abilities-awareness\/","title":{"rendered":"October shines light on abilities awareness"},"content":{"rendered":"

G\u2019Ante Freeman
\nIn Motion Staff Writer
\nDaytona State College hosted its 22nd Annual Abilities Awareness Day on Oct. 19, with many supportive returnees, but just as many curious newbies eager to learn about a wide range of informational topics concerning those who live with, and overcome, disabilities with a little help from their friends.<\/p>\n

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Sandy and service dog Scout (German Shepard)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The campus courtyard was filled with tables aimed at bringing awareness to students, staff and faculty about special needs and what is being done and can be done to help them succeed. For those with disabilities, information could be found on almost any related topic. Represented at the awareness fair was the Epilepsy Foundation of Florida, as well as groups such as CARD and PALS, which center around autism and related disabilities.<\/p>\n

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Members of Daytona State College\u2019s Occupational Theraphy Staff and Students Demonstrating tasks with out sight.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Vocational rehabilitation program representatives were present as well and best known for helping the disabled with employment matters. Apart from the formal information centers, there were fun activities set up such as a Wheel Chair Rally and The Trust Walk.
\nBut the event soon broke any mind sets of it being only about those with disabilities. This is why the event is called \u201cAbilities\u201d awareness and not \u201cDisabilities\u201d awareness. Everyone has the ability to need special assistance and this event made it clear that help with almost any need is available. The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, Care Management for Combat Veterans and Votran services offered brochures and pamphlets on their services.<\/p>\n

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Daytona State Councelor, Carol Eagle Luby talking with Kathleen and Vaughn.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Club recruitment was also present with members handing out information about their activities, what they do and why students should join them. The Global Friends Club, for example, is dedicated to promoting friendship and understanding among many cultures. The Lions Club International dedicates time to helping and improving communities, especially those in the blind community. For those who missed the day-long event, here are some numbers that might come in handy:
\nEpilepsy Foundation: 1-877-553-7453
\nCenter for Autism & Related Disabilities (C.A.R.D): 1-800-9-AUTISM
\nProviding Autism Links & Support (P.A.L.S): 407-823-6020
\nNational Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1-800-273-TALK
\nGlobal Friends: 386-506-3888
\nLions Club International: 630-203-3845<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

G\u2019Ante Freeman In Motion Staff Writer Daytona State College hosted its 22nd Annual Abilities Awareness Day on Oct. 19, with many supportive returnees, but just as many curious newbies eager to learn about a wide range of informational topics concerning those who live with, and overcome, disabilities with a little Continue reading October shines light on abilities awareness<\/span>→<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3904,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3943","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.daytonastateinmotion.com\/oldsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3943","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.daytonastateinmotion.com\/oldsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.daytonastateinmotion.com\/oldsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.daytonastateinmotion.com\/oldsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.daytonastateinmotion.com\/oldsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3943"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.daytonastateinmotion.com\/oldsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3943\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3945,"href":"https:\/\/www.daytonastateinmotion.com\/oldsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3943\/revisions\/3945"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.daytonastateinmotion.com\/oldsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3904"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.daytonastateinmotion.com\/oldsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3943"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.daytonastateinmotion.com\/oldsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3943"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.daytonastateinmotion.com\/oldsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3943"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}