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Everyone deserves the promise of a full, meaningful life. We connect people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD) and their families to support they need to live the life they choose.

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October 19, 2020
Six Ways to Build Confidence with a Disability

I’m sure this is a pretty universal experience when living with a disability.  You enter a room and most of the eyes in the room focus on you. Maybe it’s just a glance. But hey, is that person staring at me?   In my younger years, this made me so uncomfortable. As I got older and […]

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October 12, 2020
Working Hard Against the Grain- Moving Up!

For LIFEPlan member Spencer Blevins, challenges are part of everyday life. Spenser is a young man on the Autism Spectrum but that has not stopped him from doing what he loves.   Spencer was struggling in school. Like many who have autism, he needed support learning how to respond to different social situations. In a homeschool setting with his family by his side, Spencer worked hard for two years to develop the skills to […]

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October 5, 2020
Trevor’s Seizure Story

LIFEPlan Member and Hudson Valley Regional Liaison Stacy Mason shares the story of her family journey with a seizure disorder.    In my 16 years working as a Social Worker and Parent Trainer with special needs families, I had worked with many families whose children have had an additional diagnosis of epilepsy along with autism, cerebral palsy and […]

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