Facing The Challenge
Summit For Children, Adults With Disabilities Helps Students Focus On Strengths
Posted: June 14, 2012
Daniel Michael-Lee, 18, a recent Turner Ashby High School graduate, talks to a group at the Youth and Parent Summit at James Madison University on Tuesday. The event was hosted by the Virginia Department of Education, the I’m Determined Project and the Partnership for People with Disabilities. Michael-Lee, who was once an attendee of the event, now works as a youth leader. (Photos by Nikki Fox / DN-R)
Ethan Harvey, 21, helps out a participant at the summit. Harvey, who also was once an attendee of the event when he was a student at TA, now works as a youth leader.
Participants at the I’m Determined Project’s Youth and Parent Summit practice talking to each other, sharing the story of their disability at JMU Tuesday morning.
HARRISONBURG — Ethan Harvey and Daniel Michael-Lee have led similar lives in some respects, despite their three-year age difference.
Harvey, 21, graduated from Turner Ashby High School in...
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