{"id":6503,"date":"2012-01-26T11:23:18","date_gmt":"2012-01-26T15:23:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/?p=6503"},"modified":"2012-01-26T11:23:18","modified_gmt":"2012-01-26T15:23:18","slug":"2012-youth-achievement-award-smart-kids-with-ld","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/2012-youth-achievement-award-smart-kids-with-ld\/","title":{"rendered":"2012 Youth Achievement Award &#8211; Smart Kids with LD"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_pop\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/gallery\/share-button-gray.png\" style=\"border:0px\" alt=\"Share\" \/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\",\"StumbleUpon\",\"Digg\",\"Reddit\",\"Bebo\",\"Delicious\");var hupso_icon_type = \"labels\";var hupso_background=\"#FFFFFF\";var hupso_border=\"#FFFFFF\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_twitter_via=\"wrightslaw\";var hupso_url=\"\";var hupso_title=\"2012%20Youth%20Achievement%20Award%20-%20Smart%20Kids%20with%20LD\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" style=\"border: 1px solid black; margin-left: 3px; margin-right: 3px; float: left;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/nltr\/img\/smart.kids.ld.sm.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"37\" \/>There is still time to apply!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.smartkidswithld.org\/award\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Smart Kids with LD &#8211; Youth Achievement Award<\/span><\/a>.\u00a0 This $1,000 award recognizes the strengths and accomplishments of young people with learning disabilities and ADHD.<\/p>\n<p>It will be given to a student 19 or younger who has demonstrated initiative, talent and determination resulting in a notable accomplishment in any field\u2014including art, music, science, math, athletics or community service.<\/p>\n<p>Winners are nominated by a parent, teacher, mentor, coach, or self. <span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Deadline!<\/strong><\/span> Applications must be submitted by <strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">February 28, 2012<\/span><\/strong>.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The award will be presented at the organization\u2019s annual benefit on the evening of Friday, June 8, 2012 at the Stepping Stones Museum in Norwalk, Connecticut.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The winner of the 2011 Youth Achievement Award was Ryan Haggerty of Stamford, CT. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.smartkidswithld.org\/success-stories\/youth-award-winners\/overcoming-severe-dyslexia-ryan-haggerty-wins-2011-youth-achievement-award\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Ryan<\/span><\/a> decided early on that he would not let his severe language and reading disabilities get in the way of his achievement\u2014including his determination to excel at hockey. Buoyed by his gifts as an athlete and ability to think \u201coutside the box,\u201d he took a leading role in student life at Villa Maria School for children with learning disabilities in Stamford, and was recruited as a high school junior by the U.S. National Developmental Hockey Team. Ryan played a key role in the team\u2019s Gold Medal-winning seasons in 2010 and 2011, and is currently a freshman at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, NY.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Do you have a Ryan in your family \u2013 or know someone who does?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Learn about this <a href=\"http:\/\/www.smartkidswithld.org\/award\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Award<\/span><\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.smartkidswithld.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/YAA_form_2012.pdf\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">download an application<\/span><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.smartkidswithld.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/YAA_form_2011_no_crops%282%29.pdf\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"snap_com_shot_link_icon\" src=\"http:\/\/www.previewshots.com\/images\/v1.3\/t.gif\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a> from the Smart Kids with LD website.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Deadline!<\/strong><\/span> Applications must be submitted by <strong>February 28, 2012<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There is still time to apply! Smart Kids with LD &#8211; Youth Achievement Award.\u00a0 This $1,000 award recognizes the strengths and accomplishments of young people with learning disabilities and ADHD. <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/2012-youth-achievement-award-smart-kids-with-ld\/\">Continue Reading \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[643],"tags":[872,462,434],"class_list":["post-6503","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-success-stories","tag-ryan-haggerty","tag-smart-kids-with-ld","tag-youth-achievement-award"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6503","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6503"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6503\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6515,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6503\/revisions\/6515"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6503"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6503"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6503"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}