The Arc of Riverside County http://arcriversideca.org The Arc of Riverside County is committed to securing for all individuals with intellectual and other developmental disabilities, in partnership with their families, legal guardians or conservators, the opportunity to choose and realize their goals of where and how they learn, live, work and play. Thu, 16 May 2013 19:29:50 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Tim’s Place: Where breakfast, lunch and HUGS are served! http://arcriversideca.org/tims-place-where-breakfast-lunch-and-hugs-are-served/ http://arcriversideca.org/tims-place-where-breakfast-lunch-and-hugs-are-served/#comments Mon, 11 Mar 2013 15:18:27 +0000 admin http://arcriversideca.org/?p=513

Tim Harris owns his own restaurant — where hugs are on the menu! The sign says, “Tim’s Place: Breakfast, lunch and hugs!”

Tim has Down Syndrome — and is, we are told, the only restaurant owner with Down Syndrome.

Greetings guests at the door with a hug — you can see the joy he gets from serving people food — and from giving a little bit of love!

As Tim says, “We serve breakfast lunch and hugs: hugs are the best part!”

The Albuquerque restaurant calls itself “the world’s friendliest restaurant!”

Owning a restaurant has been a lifetime dream: “When he was 14 years old, he said he wanted to own a restaurant.”

Tim sums up his philosophy of being a restauranteur — and life: “Food is food. I give them a hug and then they all feel better!”

]]> http://arcriversideca.org/tims-place-where-breakfast-lunch-and-hugs-are-served/feed/ 0 Disability Employee Networks Promote Disability Awareness http://www.disaboomjobs.com/career-resources/disability-employment-general/employee-networks-help-people-with-disabilities http://www.disaboomjobs.com/career-resources/disability-employment-general/employee-networks-help-people-with-disabilities#comments Wed, 13 Feb 2013 22:33:50 +0000 admin http://arcriversideca.org/?p=510 When Pepsi aired a Superbowl commercial featuring deaf actors who communicated in sign language, the ad became an instant hit. Though an agency created the ad, credit for the idea went to EnAble, Pepsi’s employee network for people with disabilities…Read More

]]> http://www.disaboomjobs.com/career-resources/disability-employment-general/employee-networks-help-people-with-disabilities/feed/ 0 RIVERSIDE: Author pens children’s book on bullying http://www.pe.com/local-news/riverside-county/riverside/riverside-headlines-index/20130208-riverside-author-pens-childrens-book-on-bullying.ece http://www.pe.com/local-news/riverside-county/riverside/riverside-headlines-index/20130208-riverside-author-pens-childrens-book-on-bullying.ece#comments Fri, 08 Feb 2013 19:49:32 +0000 admin http://arcriversideca.org/?p=497 A Riverside woman used her bulldog as the narrator of the book inspired by a child’s comments… Read More ]]> http://www.pe.com/local-news/riverside-county/riverside/riverside-headlines-index/20130208-riverside-author-pens-childrens-book-on-bullying.ece/feed/ 0 Storytelling Tips for Parents of Kids with Learning Disabilities http://specialedpost.com/2013/01/30/storytelling-tips-for-parents-of-kids-with-learning-disabilities/?utm_source=SEPAC&utm_campaign=a039505874-The_Week_in_Special_Education10_29_2012&utm_medium=email http://specialedpost.com/2013/01/30/storytelling-tips-for-parents-of-kids-with-learning-disabilities/?utm_source=SEPAC&utm_campaign=a039505874-The_Week_in_Special_Education10_29_2012&utm_medium=email#comments Wed, 06 Feb 2013 17:53:01 +0000 admin http://arcriversideca.org/?p=494 “Reading to anyone, regardless of their communication and cognitive skills, is integral to their development,” says Netbuddy‘s consultant speech and language therapist, Chris Wade.

]]> http://specialedpost.com/2013/01/30/storytelling-tips-for-parents-of-kids-with-learning-disabilities/?utm_source=SEPAC&utm_campaign=a039505874-The_Week_in_Special_Education10_29_2012&utm_medium=email/feed/ 0 Sweet Mama Dog Interacting with a Beautiful Child with Down Syndrome http://arcriversideca.org/sweet-mama-dog-interacting-with-a-beautiful-child-with-down-syndrome/ http://arcriversideca.org/sweet-mama-dog-interacting-with-a-beautiful-child-with-down-syndrome/#comments Fri, 04 Jan 2013 18:22:24 +0000 admin http://arcriversideca.org/?p=425 Sweet Mama Dog Interacting with a Beautiful Child with Down Syndrome

]]> http://arcriversideca.org/sweet-mama-dog-interacting-with-a-beautiful-child-with-down-syndrome/feed/ 0 Parent designed app for kids with autism to recognize emotions http://arcriversideca.org/parent-designed-app-for-kids-with-autism-to-recognize-emotions/ http://arcriversideca.org/parent-designed-app-for-kids-with-autism-to-recognize-emotions/#comments Wed, 12 Dec 2012 18:21:55 +0000 admin http://arcriversideca.org/?p=408 The list of apps developed for and used by children with autism keeps growing. This article covers one designed by a parent to help kids on the spectrum learn to recognize people’s emotions, which most struggle with. [read more]

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]]> http://arcriversideca.org/a-special-thank-you/feed/ 0 August 28, 2012: Psychologist’s studies make sense of bullying http://arcriversideca.org/august-28-2012-psychologists-studies-make-sense-of-bullying/ http://arcriversideca.org/august-28-2012-psychologists-studies-make-sense-of-bullying/#comments Tue, 28 Aug 2012 16:28:51 +0000 admin http://arcriversideca.org/?p=324 Everyone knows that school bullies torment their peers to compensate for low self-esteem, and that they are scorned as much as they are feared.

But “everyone” got it wrong, according to Jaana Juvonen, a UCLA professor of developmental psychology whose decade of groundbreaking research on mean kids and their hapless victims is changing the way parents and schools think about bullying.
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]]> http://arcriversideca.org/august-28-2012-psychologists-studies-make-sense-of-bullying/feed/ 0 August 28, 2012: Psychological Abuse Just As Damaging As Physical Abuse http://arcriversideca.org/august-28-2012-psychological-abuse-just-as-damaging-as-physical-abuse/ http://arcriversideca.org/august-28-2012-psychological-abuse-just-as-damaging-as-physical-abuse/#comments Tue, 28 Aug 2012 16:27:37 +0000 admin http://arcriversideca.org/?p=321 Psychological abuse can be just as damaging to a child’s physical, mental and emotional health as physical abuse, according to experts. And it may be the most prevalent form of child abuse, according to a position statement from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) in the August issue of the journal Pediatrics.

Psychological abuse may be difficult to pinpoint, but it includes belittling, denigrating, exploiting or neglecting a child, said Harriet MacMillan, M.D., a professor in the departments of psychiatry and behavioral neurosciences and pediatrics at McMaster University.
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The first day of school is often difficult for children with an ASD, as it brings a change in routine, said Jeanne Marshall, a Wildwood resident and vice president of Autism Services for Life Skills.
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