Central students help tsunami victims

Eight students at Central Special School look like kids who can at best ask for help, not give it themselves. Some can't walk. Most can't speak. Seven are sight-impaired. And all have serious developmental disabilities.

But by doing odd jobs over the past 10 days, they've raised more than $600 to help young victims of last month's Southeast Asian tsunami.

"We wanted to make a contribution," said special education teacher Joyce Harai, who came up with the idea.

Her students are among 200 at the Edgewater school that offers a preschool for children ages 3 to 5 and a full-day program for children with severe disabilities,...