Mike Briggs
Mike Briggs is the President and CEO of Little Friends. Little Friends empowers clients with autism and other developmental disabilities to thrive in our community. Their groundbreaking programs and nationally-renowned staff provide lifelong opportunities for growth, so their clients can work, learn, play and experience the joy of life’s everyday moments.
Little Friends to work with Northwestern University
For several years now, Little Friends has been having discussions with members of the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine on how we could...
Little Friends: Be inspired to help
During the past month, I had the privilege of being invited to speak to several individuals with foundations where their location for the winter...
Little Friends: Our new world… doing more with less
There are months writing this column when the topic to cover is easy to write about. Reflecting on the fact that this month starts...
Little Friends: April is Autism Acceptance Month
Updated Post, April 5, 2022 / During the first meeting of the Naperville City Council in April, Councilman Ian Holzhauer read a Mayoral Proclamation...
Little Friends: The next steps with a new venture
For the past several years at Little Friends, we have been involved with the use of improvisation as a tool to help our students...
Little Friends: Diagnosis of Autism is on the rise again
Just over a month ago new statistics were announced by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that showed the prevalence of Autism was...
Little Friends: ‘The Giving Tree’
It seems beyond hard to believe that we are in the middle of our holiday season. By the time this goes to print, Thanksgiving...
National Disability Employment Awareness Month
Just as Positively Naperville goes to print for its November issue, we will be completing the National Disability Employment Awareness month at the end...
Little Friends: The workplace shortage
All of us today driving on today’s streets can’t help but see the “Help Wanted” signs in respective businesses. I feel for those in...
LEARNING PRACTICAL SKILLS FOR COMMUNITY EMPLOYMENT AT LITTLE FRIENDS
Time continues to fly by evidenced by the new school year getting started in late August. There is a sense of excitement for the...
Neurofeedback training is coming to Little Friends
Over the past year, Little Friends has been investing in our business with a desired goal to add new services that add to the...
Little Friends: Timely and relevant feedback matters… and is appreciated!
Recently I was able to participate in a conference that was focused on Strategy and Innovation. While Little Friends is an agency that provides...
Little Friends: A return to normalcy… sort of
The announcement by the Governor in May that we are headed to the final phase 5 that technically reopens our State was welcome news...
Little Friends launches $10 million capital campaign
It has been over 28 years since Little Friends has launched a formal capital campaign. In early April on the day celebrating National Autism...
Little Friends – April is Autism Awareness Month
Every April is World Autism month where we and other organizations involved with this developmental disorder share information and stories about individuals and families...
Little Friends – March is National Disability Awareness Month
On February 26, 1987, then-President Ronald Reagan officially declared Proclamation 5613 making the month of March National Disability Awareness month. According to what was...
Little Friends – Our new normal
Above / Large windows welcome natural light throughout the new home for Little Friends where a spacious playground is the centerpiece, featuring many outdoor...
Little Friends: Reflections at the end of the year
Every year about this time, it seems appropriate to reflect upon the past 12 months and put in place new plans for the coming...
Little Friends – A time to give thanks!
With the way 2020 has gone, it seems incredible that the holiday season is coming quickly. Thanksgiving, in particular, is a favorite for so...
Little Friends: No need for Halloween masks… we’ve already got them!
I have to believe that no one predicted that this Halloween everyone would be wearing a mask! But here we are and while normally...
