(Above: Dominion Energy generously treated the participants, staff and volunteers of Children & Youth to admission, a boxed dinner and a gift bag filled with goodies.) Warm coats. Rosy cheeks.…
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by Lisa Coates Director of Children & Youth Services at SOAR365 The holidays can be a time full of lights, laughter, family fun and lots of great activities. Navigating all…
Welcome to March! The month when daffodils and tulips begin popping out of the ground and frigid mornings become the exception rather than the rule. Along with the month’s promise…
Twenty-two things one mother wants you to know about parenting a child with disabilities.
Next Move Program is a nonprofit that provides intensive training for people with developmental disabilities.
Marybeth and Charles Meacham have three children: sons who are in their forties and a daughter who is thirty-eight. Their daughter Anne attended college and now works as a textile…
SpectrumWise College Consulting prepares and places students with autism spectrum disorders in colleges that have the supports they need to succeed. Barbara Simeroth, M.S.Ed., founded SpectrumWise because she knows that…
Jeff Katz, WRVA radio personality, wrote this touching letter to his disabled daughter, Julia, on her fifteenth birthday. Jeff said parents of disabled children experience these sorts of emotions on…
The eager glint in their eyes and enthusiastic smiles are what you first notice when the River City Stars bound onto the stage. Dressed in navy, silver, and Carolina blue…
Kids of all ages – with and without disabilities – play and learn together at PARK365 in Richmond.
Kate and John have three children. One of them has been diagnosed with autism, and is enrolled in Henrico County Public Schools with an individualized education plan (IEP) in place.…
Let’s say you have two children, a daughter and a son. You can freely save money for your daughter’s future, but your son’s is constrained by harsh financial restrictions. While…
