Let’s Talk Inclusion
What Is Inclusion? [ in-kloo-zhuhn ] Inclusion is the practice of educating all students together – students with disabilities and students without disabilities – side-by-side in the general education setting...
Advocacy & Support
Divorces with Special Needs Children Require More Planning
“I want a divorce” are hard words to say. Reaching this point can be especially difficult when the welfare of children comes into play, and even more so for parents...
What Is Blindness/Visual Impairment?
What is Blindness/Visual Impairment? -Blindness: Complete or nearly complete vision loss Many people regard blindness as the inability to see at all or to discern light from darkness – Legally...
Important Life Skills to Teach Your Child with Special Needs
Life Skills A parent is the first teacher a child will have. We may start out by trying to teach them how to say “mama” or “dada”, or to identify...
Hunter Syndrome a Mother’s Journey
Hunter Syndrome 3.95 million children were born in the US in 2016. For most of these children a cough, cold or runny nose is normal, but for 1 in 162...
Profits & Non-Profits Working Side-By-Side
Profits & Non-Profits More and more we are seeing “for profit” and “non-profit” organization coming together. We sat down with Evan Delahanty to learn more about the partnership his company...
Let’s Help More Families: GoTo Cart
GoTo Cart Shop Our goal: 1 in #EverySupermarket Transforming shopping trips for special needs families The Firefly GoTo Shop is an adapted shopping cart suitable for kids with special needs...
Music: Breaking Down Boundaries and Uniting People
Breaking Down Boundaries and Uniting People Did you know that music is the only written language that is the same anywhere in the world? Music does not care what your...
Joshua Walker: Life, Learning and Making Progress
The video above is Joshua Walker’s interview in full. He is asked a series of questions including, “What made the biggest difference in his life?”. In addition, his Mother, Diane,...
