Direct media inquiries to:
Tara Sheridan
Communications and Development Manager
Community Support Services, Inc.
9075 Comprint Court
Gaithersburg, MD 20877
(301)926-2300 ext. 277
tsheridan@css-md.org

CSS in the News

2/17/12

http://www.gazette.net/article/20120220/NEWS/702209819/1022/poolesville-...
http://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/mainstory/story.aspx?id=222489
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHtUMSUEn4U&feature=youtu.be

CSS was approached by a group of Poolesville High students, Roberta (Bobbie) Lock, Alice Huang, and Marianne Zhao entering into the High School level competition for the Ability One Network Design Challenge 2011, they observed individuals supported by CSS who work for the Gazette bagging and delivering newspapers every week and created a device that would facilitate the bagging of the newspapers so that the supported workers could be more independent in performing the job.

Here is the video of Roberta (Bobbie) Lock, Alice Huang, and Marianne Zhao’s newspaper packaging device that has been entered into the High School level competition for the Ability One Network Design Challenge 2011.
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Garden to Table program in Gaithersburg provides nutrition education for adults with autism-Gazette-September 15, 2010
http://ww2.gazette.net/stories/09152010/gaitnew192638_32538.php

Social networking and volunteerism work hand in hand across county- Gazette- September 15, 2010
http://ww2.gazette.net/stories/09152010/gaitnew192642_32539.php

Advocates call for action on 'crisis' of special needs-Gazette-June 3, 2009

CSS Receives Donation from Noah's Pretzels-Gazette-March 19, 2008

Recent Press Releases and Media Advisories

Aronson & Company Provides $10k Grant to Community Support Services, August 19, 2010

Media Advisory: 5th Annual CSS Olympics and Annual Family Picnic, May 25, 2010

Montgomery County Inter Agency Club Basketball offers adults with developmental disabilities a chance to learn, play sport., April 2010

Community Support Services, Inc. Receives Gift from Food Lion, November 2009

Community Support Services, Inc. hosts 4th Annual CSS Olympics, June 2009

Rockville Girl Scout Troop 2587 to Assist Individuals with Autism during the Holidays, December 2008

About Portraying People with Disabilities in the Media

Easter Seals has created an excellent guide for media professionals to reference when featuring and portraying people with disabilities in their work. Please refer to this guide for tips and ideas on how to correctly and compassionately portray individuals with developmental disabilities and autism in the media.

Portraying People with Disabilities in the Media