Utah-Tube: Working With Lemons’ delightful ‘Beauty and the Beast’ video features all-abilities cast
Working with Lemons invited Camp Kostopulos to participate in their delightful music video for “Beauty and the Beast” video. The special needs campers, from the Salt Lake camp, played the villagers in the music video for “Belle.” The Kostopulos Dream Foundation has offered recreational opportunities for people of all ages and abilities since 1967. Its longest running program […]
Utah-Tube: Heartwarming video shows Springville High student inviting special needs friend to homecoming
With homecoming around the corner for most Utah high schools, one Springville High student is making his date feel extra special with an above-and-beyond homecoming invitation. Bradley Nicol created a inception-esque video to invite his friend, Taylee Smith, to homecoming. Nicol became acquainted with Smith, a special needs student, through a peer tutoring program. Peer […]
Miss Teen Extraordinaire Pageant crowns 14 special needs girls
Contestants show their talents, model their evening gowns, and smile and wave to the crowd. The audience cheers, the cameras flash and the judges deliberate — but it’s not a Miss Utah pageant. It’s Miss Teen Extraordinaire, a beauty pageant for special needs high school girls in the Nebo School District. Whitney Talbert, a 22-year-old Utah Valley University […]
Swimming in service: PG’s Sheila Morrison has dedicated years helping Down syndrome and autistic kids learn to swim
It may be the middle of winter, but one backyard pool in Pleasant Grove is full of warmth. Each week, dozens of children enter the pool to improve their swimming skills during lessons from instructor Sheila Morrison. And on two evenings a week, the lessons are free of charge and the students are particularly […]