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This was supposed to be a story of success about my daughter’s participation on the school soccer team. And in part, it was a success. To the credit of the school soccer coach, assistant teacher, and the athletic department, my daughter had the time of her life while being allowed to play soccer. She was… Read More »

We were honored to have HALFTIME HOWIE here on Sunday, October 20th for his LIVE BROADCAST on WGBB during his “Broadcast on the Beach”

What will happen to my child when I can no longer care for him or her? As a special needs planning attorney, this is one of the most commonly asked questions among parents of children with special needs. This week on Family Comes First we meet Millie Alpert and her twin adult sons who are… Read More »

Anyone who has ever been married will tell you that there’s an adjustment period once the excitement and exhaustion of the wedding wears off. For many, this adjustment period is necessary to grow as a married couple. Unfortunately for Paul and Hava Forziano, a married couple with special needs, that adjustment period was thwarted. Both Paul… Read More »

TAPA started another year of Saturday Respite classes last weekend and we all had a blast!  Ms. Elizabeth started the morning with an amazing art project from recycled materials.  We made “reverse” aquarium collages.  The fish, seaweed, and ocean were added in a reverse order to make these one-of-a-kind collages come to life.  They look… Read More »

A moving article from Huffington Post…  Disability Awareness: 10 Things Parents Should Teach Their Kids About Disabilities By Tiffiny Carlson, THE MOBILITY RESOURCE   But there are a few things that are repeated. From telling their child to always look away or giving them a generic viewpoint of people with disabilities, mistakes on how to… Read More »

We found the most fantastic blog written by our friend, Adrienne Jones.  Her blog “No Points For Style” discusses her life with a child who is not typically developing and her adventures as a writer and mom. Below is an excerpt from her letter to “People who do not have children with disabilities” “I have… Read More »

The Misunderstood Child: I am the child that looks healthy and fine. I was born with ten fingers and toes. But something is different, somewhere in my mind. And what it is, nobody knows. I am the child who struggles in school. Though they say I’m perfectly smart. They tell me I’m lazy – can… Read More »

Dante sent us a great story about solar-powered wheelchairs that were developed on the beaches of Greece to allow wheel-chair bound beach lovers to swim in the ocean! There are currently 11 devices in Greece and each one has enough solar power a day to escort 30 people in and out of the water.  More… Read More »