Computer Technologies Program The Bridge to a Career
Meet Jewel Kats, the real life woman who inspired the new Archie comic book character, Harper. Jewel is responsible for instigating as well as inspiring the character. A long-time Archie fan herself, when she saw Dan Parent, the Archie writer/artist, at a comic book expo, she wheeled right up to him, looked him in the eye and said, “How come there’s no one in Riverdale with …
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Computer Technologies Program prepares people with disabilities for professional employment by providing technical training, coaching and associated services. Our comprehensive program is tailored to suit an incredibly diverse student population. To do this we treat each student as an individual and work to find their unique strengths and weaknesses.
Since 1974, CTP has helped hundreds of people with disabilities gain employment and develop their careers.
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Comic Book Embraces Disabilities
The venerable comic book classic Archie, first published in the 1940s, has always tried to stay current with our ever-changing culture, and in their newest effort to better reflect modern life, the comic book creators are introducing a character with a disability. Joining the eternally teenaged characters Archie, Jughead, Betty, Veronica and Reggie in the fictional town of Riverdale is Harper, described as a …
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What trials and tribulations do mothers with disabilities face and how do they adapt? What are their actual experiences? That’s the subject of a new book called Disabled Mothers. This collection of 18 scholarly works and personal accounts from Canada, the U.S. and Australia explores and analyzes issues of parenting by mothers with a variety of physical and mental disabilities. The book also delves …
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