Transportation: a link to a quality life

Posted by Patricia Wright on October 30th, 2009

On Wednesday I was fortunate enough to attend a roundtable on Transportation for Students with Disabilities. The roundtable was sponsored by Easter Seals Project Action, which promotes cooperation between the transportation industry and the disability community. The goal of Wednesday’s event was to identify the transportation needs of youth with disabilities and develop a set of actions …Read More » »

Will health care reform affect Medicaid?

Posted by Katy Beh Neas on August 18th, 2009

It came as no surprise to those of us here at Easter Seals to hear the very first question at President Obama’s health care town meeting in Montana last Friday. It came from a woman who has a son with autism — she is worried about her son’s health care.

I’m an MSU student. I have a son that suffers …Read More » »

Dr. Wright interviewed in Education Week

Posted by Beth Finke on August 14th, 2009

Last month, Patricia Wright published a post here called Friendly’s helps kids find Friends Who Care.

FRIENDS WHO CARE® is an interactive educational program designed to help children understand what it means and how it feels to be a young person with a disability. The program shows kids how their peers with autism and other disabilities adapt to …Read More » »

A thank-you to Eunice

Posted by Beth Finke on August 12th, 2009

Eunice Kennedy Shriver, an advocate for people with physical and developmental disabilities, died yesterday. Shriver was a co-founder of the Special Olympics, an organization she hoped would develop confidence and social skills for …Read More » »

Friendly’s helps kids find Friends Who Care

Posted by Patricia Wright on July 27th, 2009

Thanks to the Friendly Ice Cream Corporation, Easter Seals has been able to update and re-design our free disability awareness curriculum for teachers and parents.

FRIENDS WHO CARE® is an interactive educational program designed to help children understand what it means and how …Read More » »

Maurice and Patricia on the air!

Posted by Maurice Snell on July 24th, 2009

Last Sunday was a special day for me and my colleague, Patricia Wright. We were two willing people on a mission: our mission was to convey information to families about autism. That’s what we both did Sunday, discussing autism with Bill Jurek from CRIS Radio (950 AM) in Chicago.

When I first met Bill from the radio station, I noticed something …Read More » »

Children with autism grow up to be…adults with autism

Posted by Beth Finke on July 16th, 2009

An article in the Arizona Republic last Sunday reminds readers that children with autism grow up to be adults with autism. The reporter points out what so many tend to forget. Autism is not a childhood disorder. It never goes away.
The child born in 1980 – the year the American Psychiatric Association first added autism to its list of …Read More » »

What Harry Potter can teach us about autism

Posted by Beth Finke on July 6th, 2009

Attention all “Muggles”: To celebrate the long-awaited paperback release of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows tonight (The book goes on sale at midnight on July 7), we are publishing a Harry Potter post from our 2007 archives — enjoy!Harry Potter and the Chamber of Autismby Ellen Harrington-KaneJuly 24th, 2007What can reading a Harry Potter book teach us about …Read More » »

People with autism need health insurance reform

Posted by Katy Beh Neas on June 25th, 2009

Too many people with autism and other disabilities are forced to make major life decisions based on whether their insurance meets their individual needs. Parents of a child with autism take out a second mortgage to pay for therapy that helps their child learn and manage his behavior. A young couple decides they cannot get married because one of them …Read More » »

Walk With Me TV appearance was “totally cool”

Posted by Bob Glowacki on June 24th, 2009

Last week Milwaukee Fox 6 TV featured an interview about our June 19 Walk With Me event.

The interview gave me an opportunity to spend some quality time with Stephanie Mayer and her son, Kyle. Kyle …Read More » »