Meet: Dr. Christopher Najarian
Dr. Christopher Najarian, a pediatric doctor at Akron Children’s Hospital “stopped by” Parenting Special Needs Live earlier this month to share his story and how adaptive sports programs impacted his...
Success Stories
Meet: Thomas Wilson
College: Syracuse University/InclusiveU QUESTIONS: 1. Tell us your biggest struggle at the beginning of attending college. It was hard learning the new assignments and learning how to talk to...
Meet: Indigo Abell
Program: Master of Education in Behavior Analysis Expected Graduation Date: December 2022 Background: I am 27 years old, a wife and a mom to three beautiful daughters. I am originally...
Preparing for Elections and Voting: Meet Brooke
Brooke’s Story Voting for people serving in elected offices is important to my family. From the years my great-grandmother spent all day driving the elderly to voting places to the...
Meet: Maggie Scherder
College: Succeed Program, University of Missouri-St. Louis QUESTIONS: 1. Tell us your biggest struggle at the beginning of attending college. Making my own decisions and being away from my family....
How I Was Able to Find Love Again
Photo from left to right: Justin Davner (boyfriend), McKenzie Foster (daughter), Erin Foster (mom), Kyle Foster (son). How I was able to find love again and my boyfriend loves both...
From Special to Ordinary
How do we help your loved one shift from the “special” to the “ordinary”? Special classrooms, programs and groups. Our family members with developmental disabilities are forced to live a...
Empowering Ability
in·de·pend·ent /ˌindəˈpendənt/ adjective 1. free from outside control; not depending on another’s authority. 2. not depending on another for livelihood or subsistence. We all know what it means to be...
Celebrities with Disabilities that Turned their Dreams into Attainable Goals
Celebrities with disabilities There is no greater misconception than those surrounding physical and intellectual disabilities. The idea that those with disabilities are less than or that success cannot be attained...
Cody Breaking the Tape: How Disabilities Didn’t Stop Him in Life
Cody My name is Michelle Carroll-Piver, and my husband, Dale, and I have four children. My oldest is18 and serving in the US Army stationed at Fort Sam Houston in...
