Mobile and Baldwin County News
Coverage of special needs from South Alabama News, the local news source for Mobile, Baldwin and the surrounding counties of the Alabama Gulf Coast.
The 17th annual Food and Folly brought local restaurants, wine, craft beer and the Excelsior Band to Fort Whiting on Thursday, raising money for United Cerebral Palsy of Mobile's programs…
Arc Gateway's free "Sea No Limits" fishing clinic returns to Pensacola's Community Maritime Park Oct. 10, offering hands-on instruction, gear and lunch for children and adults with disabilities.
United Cerebral Palsy of Mobile's Camp SMILE welcomes campers with special needs of all ages for four weeks each summer — a rare model in a landscape where most camps…
Thirteen students with special needs graduated from Mobile County's Project Search program after a year of hands-on job training at the Battle House and Renaissance Riverview Plaza hotels, with five…
A group of special needs students at The Learning Tree in Mobile is getting some holiday wishes fulfilled this season. On Wednesday, the students mailed their letters to Santa Claus…
CITRONELLE, Ala. — A moment captured on video during a Citronelle junior varsity football game has struck a chord across the community, drawing more than 3,400 views in a single…
As a therapeutic specialist with the city of Mobile’s Parks and Recreation Department, Ella Mooney supervises inclusive and therapeutic programs that serve people with special needs. For her, the work…
LILLIAN, Ala. — Sarah Henkel spent 30 years in the classroom, much of it teaching special needs students and challenging them to succeed despite their disabilities. Now retired, the longtime…
Students at the Regional School for the Deaf and Blind in Mobile have spent weeks turning tarpaper into colorful scenes of local sea life, and their work goes on display…
The Exceptional Foundation of Baldwin County, a newly incorporated nonprofit dedicated to serving individuals with special needs along the Gulf Coast, announced ticket sales for its inaugural major fundraiser in…