Sentence examples for emotionally handicapped from inspiring English sources

Mr. Wagner also wants the board to strengthen the direction of special education programs for the physically and emotionally handicapped.

At the News Gallery in SoHo, there is an exhibition of 33 hand-hooked, mostly wool rugs made by people who are mentally, physically or emotionally handicapped.

Instead, 70percentt are labeled "learning disabled" or "emotionally handicapped," terms that are loosely applied and may provide cover for a teacher who wants to get rid of a troublesome student, recent studies of the system have found.

As a part of the school's 25-year-old horticultural therapy program, Ms. Martin works with about 170 residential and day students ages 5 through 15. "I have some of the toughest kids," said Ms. Martin describing students who may be emotionally handicapped, schizophrenic or suffer from Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.

Meatier material unfolded in Jacques Audiard's De rouille et d'os (Rust and Bone), a compelling drama about an emotionally handicapped boxer and a physically handicapped whale trainer, and Captive, Brillante Mendoza's forceful dramatization of a Philippine hostage situation.

Our workers are all mentally or emotionally handicapped people.

Trained personnel working with the emotionally and mentally handicapped, senior groups, nursing homes, inner city youths, the blind and the disabled are "converting persons with needs into resources," Nancy Chambers said.

"A lot of my movies deal with characters that are emotionally disabled or handicapped, but that have will or drive.

Its aim is to promote a therapeutic process in which children who are emotionally troubled, physically handicapped, learning disabled or seriously ill swim in pools with dolphins.

Eclectic President Art McDonald said the cost is "about what it would cost the government to do the job itself". Levinson said the market for private firms is not in handling mainstream prisoners, but in the emotionally disturbed, physically handicapped, elderly and those inmates requiring protective custody.

"Mavis is off in the ultraviolet of being shut off because she's so gorgeous and so negative, and I'm off in the red of being shut off because I've been damaged and I'm emotionally and physically handicapped, literally and figuratively.