Survey to determine needs for intellectual disabilities

Inclusions East wants survey feedback to adapt programs to needs in Kings County PEI

By David MacDonald david@peicanada.com. Eastern Graphic

Inclusions East, the organization overseeing the Kingswood Centre and the Southern Kings Group Home in Montague, is awaiting responses from a housing needs survey that could be the first step in getting additional support for those with intellectual disabilities living in eastern PEI.

Editor – what the article doesn’t say is if the survey will widen the scope of the program to people with intellectual disabilities beyond existing clients. Secondarily, how much assistance is being given to the people being surveyed? Sending complex questionnaires to people with intellectual disabilities often results in low response rates or inaccurate responses for obvious reasons. They may not understand the questions or may be intimidated by the process. We attempted to ask these questions but gave up after holding on the line for more than 30 minutes.

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Endeavour cleared for lift off Sunday 4:59 AM ET

Space Shuttle hurtles into space one more time

At Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the crew of space shuttle Endeavour's STS-130 mission posed for a group portrait

NASA -It will be just another Sunday morning in Florida during February excepting one of man’s technological marvels, the space shuttle, will lift off one more time. Endeavour STS 130 is headed for the International Space Station.

On Launch Pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the Rotating Service Structure around space shuttle Endeavour is being rolled back. First motion was at 7:58 a.m. EST. The rollback is in preparation for Endeavour’s liftoff at 4:39 a.m. EST early Sunday morning.

Commander George Zamka will lead the STS-130 mission to the International Space Station aboard space shuttle Endeavour. Terry Virts will serve as the pilot. Mission Specialists are Nicholas Patrick, Robert Behnken, Stephen Robinson and Kathryn Hire. Virts will be making his first trip to space.
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