Stefani Busansky's vision of a playground for all children - including those with disabilities - is finally coming to fruition. ...more

November 26, 2007

TAMPA - Stefani Busansky's vision of a playground for all children - including those with disabilities - is finally coming to fruition. ...more

November 25, 2007

SEBRING — Daily diaper changes are just a small sample of the amount of work it takes to raise two middle-aged adult siblings who suffer from severe Cerebral Palsy and have the mental makeup of 8-month-old babies. Scott Lukaszewski, 41, and his sister, Jill, 38, have fought hard against the odds and lived relatively healthy lives, even though they do virtually nothing on their own. And although the siblings cannot speak for themselves, according to their father, the Florida Legislature has decided that budget deficit issues will come before their personal care. On Sept. 26, Mike Lukaszewski, 66, received a letter from the Agency for Persons with Disabilities- State of Florida, which said that each child he cared for would be getting a two hour per day cut in personal care assistance per month. The care each sibling would get was now going from 212 hours per month to 180. ...more

October 7, 2007

Responding to outcry from families, lawmakers are trying to fix legislation they passed this spring that limited the state's care of people with severe developmental disabilities. ...more

October 4, 2007

Almost as soon as Christina Toy joined the Riverview Moose Club, members were offering to help her son Trent, 9, who has cerebral palsy and does not walk or talk. ...more

October 1, 2007

Almost as soon as Christina Toy joined the Riverview Moose Club, members were offering help to her son Trent, 10, who has cerebral palsy and does not walk or talk. ...more

September 26, 2007

Almost as soon as Christina Toy joined the Riverview Moose Club, members were offering help to her son Trent, 10, who has cerebral palsy and does not walk or talk. ...more

September 26, 2007

TAMPA - Linda Dill said she thought Daphne Jones was "sent from up above" when the state-licensed caregiver took her from a hospital to live at a palatial house along the Hillsborough River. The 60-year-old woman said she soon learned the accommodations at Jones' adult family-care home came with an unexpected price: doing chores. ...more

September 5, 2007