{"id":134,"date":"2010-04-20T15:14:17","date_gmt":"2010-04-20T15:14:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/inspirationreport\/2010\/04\/special-needs-teens-get-prom.html"},"modified":"2010-04-20T15:14:17","modified_gmt":"2010-04-20T15:14:17","slug":"special-needs-teens-get-prom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/inspirationreport\/2010\/04\/special-needs-teens-get-prom.html","title":{"rendered":"Special Needs Teens Get Their Own Prom"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>High school teens in St. Charles, Missouri put together their annual special needs prom.&nbsp;The special needs prom&nbsp;first began&nbsp;14 years ago when a sponsor of the high school Renaissance Club had a child with Down syndrome.<\/p>\n<p>The prom is still put&nbsp;together by&nbsp;the Renaissance Club, dedicated to doing good things, and invitations are mailed each year&nbsp;to all the special needs students in the county.&nbsp; No matter how different the background all the teens&#8211;those with and without special needs&#8211;come together for one night to have fun celebrating a high school rite of passage.<\/p>\n<p>One teacher and current Renaissance Club sponsor revealed why the special needs prom is so important: &#8220;<span style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black\" itxtvisited=\"1\">Everybody has a place and everybody belongs together and everybody takes care of one another.&#8221; (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ksdk.com\/news\/local\/story.aspx?storyid=200341\">KSDK.com<\/a>)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black\" itxtvisited=\"1\"><strong>Watch a video highlighting&nbsp;the special needs prom:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black\" itxtvisited=\"1\"><\/span>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><center><object id=\"ep\" height=\"374\" width=\"416\" classid=\"clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000\"><param name=\"_cx\" value=\"11007\" \/><param name=\"_cy\" value=\"9895\" \/><param name=\"FlashVars\" value=\"\" \/><param name=\"Movie\" value=\"http:\/\/i.cdn.turner.com\/cnn\/.element\/apps\/cvp\/3.0\/swf\/cnn_416x234_embed.swf?context=embed&amp;videoId=living\/2010\/04\/19\/special.needs.go.to.prom.ksdk\" \/><param name=\"Src\" value=\"http:\/\/i.cdn.turner.com\/cnn\/.element\/apps\/cvp\/3.0\/swf\/cnn_416x234_embed.swf?context=embed&amp;videoId=living\/2010\/04\/19\/special.needs.go.to.prom.ksdk\" \/><param name=\"WMode\" value=\"Transparent\" \/><param name=\"Play\" value=\"0\" \/><param name=\"Loop\" value=\"-1\" \/><param name=\"Quality\" value=\"High\" \/><param name=\"SAlign\" value=\"LT\" \/><param name=\"Menu\" value=\"-1\" \/><param name=\"Base\" value=\"\" \/><param name=\"AllowScriptAccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"Scale\" value=\"NoScale\" \/><param name=\"DeviceFont\" value=\"0\" \/><param name=\"EmbedMovie\" value=\"0\" \/><param name=\"BGColor\" value=\"000000\" \/><param name=\"SWRemote\" value=\"\" \/><param name=\"MovieData\" value=\"\" \/><param name=\"SeamlessTabbing\" value=\"1\" \/><param name=\"Profile\" value=\"0\" \/><param name=\"ProfileAddress\" value=\"\" \/><param name=\"ProfilePort\" value=\"0\" \/><param name=\"AllowNetworking\" value=\"all\" \/><param name=\"AllowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><embed src=\"http:\/\/i.cdn.turner.com\/cnn\/.element\/apps\/cvp\/3.0\/swf\/cnn_416x234_embed.swf?context=embed&#038;videoId=living\/2010\/04\/19\/special.needs.go.to.prom.ksdk\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" bgcolor=\"#000000\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" width=\"416\" wmode=\"transparent\" height=\"374\"><\/embed><\/object><\/center><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>High school teens in St. Charles, Missouri put together their annual special needs prom.&nbsp;The special needs prom&nbsp;first began&nbsp;14 years ago when a sponsor of the high school Renaissance Club had a child with Down syndrome. 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