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        Disability Mentoring Day in Salisbury
        ACE Program Visits Eden Mill
        "DORS" Open for Bowie Student with Cerebral Palsy
        Human Services Council Holds Awards Ceremony
        Alliance Aids Disabled Farmers
        Cooking Up a Career in Food
        Disabilities Open Doors to Employment
        DORS Helps Disabled Workers Find Mainstream Job Opportunities
        Reaching My Goal
        Retreat Provides Work Experience for Deaf Students
        Securing Our Homeland
        Way Station Helps Brunswick Man Carve Life as Wood Craftsman
        Work Is Way to Recovery
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News Archive 2006

December 27, 2006
Work is way to recovery by Hanah Cho, The Baltimore Sun
Individuals with mental illness find work and recovery through supported employment programs sponsored by DORS.

October 19, 2006
Career paths in spotlight
by Monique Lewis, The Salisbury Daily Times
Wicomico and Delmar high school students visited seven employers, including Wicomico Day School and WMDT-TV, to learn about career opportunities on Disability Mentoring Day 2006.

September 8, 2006
DORS helps disabled workers find mainstream job opportunities by Ann Wilkins Jefferson, The Harford County Aegis
An overview of DORS programs and services in the Harford County area for employers and individuals with disabilities who want to go to work.

August 20, 2006
Cooking up a career in food by Karen Nitkin, The Sun in Anne Arundel
Students in DORS Maryland Business Enterprise Program for the Blind take 6 weeks of culinary arts training at Anne Arundel Community College's Hospitality, Culinary Arts & Tourism Institute.

August 17, 2006
"DORS" open for Bowie student with cerebral palsy by David Emanuel, Bowie News-Blade
Bowie high school student Kelly Barrett, who has cerebral palsy, prepares to begin a college honors program with the aid of DORS transitioning services.

August 17, 2006
Alliance aids disabled farmers by Monique Lewis, The Salisbury Daily Times 
Thanks to the partnership between DORS and the Delaware-Maryland AgrAbility Project, Eastern Shore farmer JR McGrath was able to keep doing the thing he loves -- farming.

July 20, 2006
Disabilities open DORS to employment by Joseph M. DeLeon, The Frederick News-Post
A profile of Frederick DORS consumer Audwin Thomas that describes DORS programs and services available in the Frederick area, as well as WTC’s programs.

July 20, 2006
Way Station helps Brunswick man carve life as wood craftsman by Joseph M. DeLeon, The Frederick News-Post
Michael Marra, who has a chronic mental illness, has started his own woodworking business with the help of DORS RISE program.  

July 20, 2006
Retreat provides work experience for deaf students by Joseph M. DeLeon, The Frederick News-Post
Teenager Jackie Coffren, who is deaf, participated in the Frederick County Summer Youth Program funded by DORS.

July 14, 2006
ACE Program Visits Eden Mill, by Matt Button, The Aegis
A group of Maryland high school students who are blind or visually impaired from DORS All About College Exploration (ACE) Program spent a day at the Eden Mill Nature Center, including a canoe trip on Deer Creek.

July 12, 2006
CSM Works with Disabled Students to Ease Transition, The Calvert Recorder
A profile of two College of Southern Maryland students and the accommodations and assistance available to them from the college as they make the transition from high school.

July 2, 2006
Human Services Council holds awards ceremony by Abby Schmidt, Caroline County Star

DORS rehabilitation specialist Kara Morris was named Individual of the Year by the Caroline County Human Services Council for her work with transitioning students.

Spring 2006
Securing Our Homeland, Careers & the disABLED

A profile of Sharon Sweezy, who uses a wheelchair and found her new career with the Department of Homeland Security through a carefully planned job search.

March 12, 2006
A 'way out of a lonely place', by Rona Marech, The Baltimore Sun
Sarah Stup, who has autism, is publishing a children's book, Do-Si-Do with Autism, with the assistance of DORS and the RISE program.

February 2006
Reaching My Goal by Ronald Thompson, Literacy Link
Legally blind since birth, Ronald Thompson recently passed the GED exam with assistance from DORS and the Literacy Council of Prince George's County.

February 1, 2006
Maryland launches successful High School/High Tech programming, Career & Technical Education Advisor

Newsletter for vocational educators describes DORS' five High School/High Tech programs and gives guidelines for educators seeking to start their own HS/HT program.

February 1, 2006
High-Tech Enables Employees, by Frank Jossi, HR Magazine
A national human resources magazine surveys how assistive technology helps make the workplace more accessible and disabled workers more productive.

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