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Monday, August 31, 2020

Job Opportunity: Board of Elections

JOB OPPORTUNITY: District of Columbia Board of Elections (DCBOE) is looking for ADA Compliance Assistants for polling places on Election Day.

For more information, click here: Voting Information Center

Thursday, August 27, 2020

Back to School Baskets Were Packed And Have Been Picked Up By Our 5 Lucky Winners!

Back to school baskets were packed and have been picked up by our 5 lucky winners! They also received a brand new Chromebook for their kiddo(s)!

Man With Down Syndrome Holds Nephew And The Look On His Face Is Priceless!

"My brother is a low functioning downsie. He used to love to hold babies but it's rare someone let's him now. My wife and I let him hold our baby today and here is his look when we gave her to him and then the way he held her without movement for 5 minutes. I almost cried. 🙂"

Credit: Guinean (https://www.reddit.com/user/Guinean/)

Tuesday, August 25, 2020

COVID-19 May Shut Many Disability Programs For Good

We need to find ways to keep our day services viable. There will be a time when we will need them and it would be tragic for people to lose options.

Disability service providers across the country are closing programs as the coronavirus pandemic wears on and many are unlikely to reopen.

In a survey of 191 organizations serving people with intellectual and developmental disabilities nationally, 77 percent said they shut down or discontinued programs as a result of challenges related to COVID-19 and 16 percent of those indicated that the programs are not expected to reopen.

To read more on this story, click here: COVID-19 May Shut Many Disability Programs For Good

Monday, August 24, 2020

Words of Encouragement from Barbara Merrill

This tribute video is part of a campaign through The National Alliance for Direct Support Professionals (NADSP) to honor and recognize DSPs during the COVID-19 pandemic.

My Husband’s Autism Diagnosis At 44 Changed Our Family – For The Better

Eighteen years ago, I lived in Norwich and worked on Channel 5’s The Wright Stuff as a co-presenter. One day, I received a phone call out of the blue from Kelly, a man I had met years prior. He had seen me on the show and decided to call the station to get back in touch.

I was over the moon to hear from him. It had been five years since we’d been in touch and I had always held a bit of a torch for him. He asked if I was ever in London, I said yes, and we met up and went on a date. We had such a fantastic evening, chatting lots over cocktails. I knew then that this was more than a regular date – it was the start of a relationship.

To read more on this story, click here: My Husband’s Autism Diagnosis At 44 Changed Our Family – For The Better

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