Precocious 8-year-old Zion Harvey, the world's first child to receive a bilateral hand transplant earlier this summer, and charismatic little boy who captured the hearts of millions around the world, was discharged from The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP). Earlier this summer, surgeons at CHOP joined with colleagues from Penn Medicine and Shriners Hospital for Children - Philadelphia to complete this landmark surgery

As the start of a new school year approaches, I feel the need to comment on education as it affects students with disabilities. I have a lot of mixed feelings about Special Education, both as a student who went through the system and now as a certified teacher.

“No, you cannot play until your homework is finished.” Sound familiar? The jury is out as to whether homework is actually beneficial. Children have traded playtime for homework, test prep and doing projects. Beneficial?

Project Angel Fares is committed to providing individuals with special needs and their families a chance to travel and enjoy a weekend at Morgan's Wonderland, and San Antonio, Texas, an opportunity they wouldn't otherwise have seen as possible.