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Little Friends – Perspective
The news today tends to be filled with sensationalized video and sound bites that don’t always share good news. As we wind down our...
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Little Friends: Trauma support and its impact on people with intellectual disabilities
Every month I try to write about something positive about the people we serve with disabilities, and the work done by so many to...
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Little Friends: April is Autism Acceptance Month
In March of 2021, the Autism Society of America officially announced a shift in terminology from Autism Awareness month to Autism Acceptance Month. The...
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Little Friends: Community Services for Children & Adults with Intellectual and other types of Developmental Disabilities
It struck me after participating in an update for our legislators with several other providers that some of the information we shared that day...
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Little Friends: Record employment for people with disabilities
With last month’s announcement of our new facility and plans to implement more opportunities for personal development and job training for people with disabilities,...
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More new space for Little Friends
Late this fall, Little Friends was presented with an opportunity to add new space for the organization’s future. I’m pleased to share that we...
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Little Friends: A time to say thank you
By the time this column goes to press, our Thanksgiving holiday will have passed us all. I hope that you and your families experienced...
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Little Friends: Employment for people with disabilities
One of the more active topics this past year related to people with disabilities has been the work done by many focused on creating...
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Awake Labs – Pilot study with Little Friends
At Little Friends, we spend most of our time working to help make the lives of those we serve, individuals with intellectual/developmental disabilities (I/DD)...
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Little Friends – A new team model… more innovation for Krejci Academy
Over the past year, our Educational Services team has been working hard on developing new ways to support the children we serve dealing with...
