1.0Arkansas Department of Human Serviceshttps://humanservices.arkansas.govBrent Joneshttps://humanservices.arkansas.gov/author/brent-jones/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="IBfuR29DT8"><a href="https://humanservices.arkansas.gov/news/gassville-man-overcomes-adversity-regains-sight-wins-award/">Gassville man overcomes adversity, regains sight, wins award</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://humanservices.arkansas.gov/news/gassville-man-overcomes-adversity-regains-sight-wins-award/embed/#?secret=IBfuR29DT8" width="600" height="338" title="“Gassville man overcomes adversity, regains sight, wins award” — Arkansas Department of Human Services" data-secret="IBfuR29DT8" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); </script> It’s a classic American story, but with a twist. Born of Italian parents, Michael Bellassai of Gassville was only 15 years old and spoke no English when his family immigrated to the United States. He would attend high school during the day and go to language school at night to learn English. He said “it […]https://humanservices.arkansas.gov/wp-content/uploads/dhsHome-grandpa.png1440695