Our mission is to improve the quality of life for individuals with disabilities and their families through community inclusion and support.
An overview of the draft 5-Year State Plan for the Washington State Developmental Disabilities Council, including an explanation about how the public can give comments before the plan is finalized.
Your voice needs to be heard! Deadline to respond: June 18, 2021
Registration in May. Math & reading focus, fun activities, food & transportation provided.
Hotline: 509-526-6770. Open 8am-7pm Monday through Friday and monitored on the weekends and holiday breaks.
Often the most valuable form of support comes from other parents who have traveled the road before you. We understand the emotion, myths, and realities of parenting a child with a disability.
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We walk with families through every life stage of their child/adult. Each stage of life presents its own challenges and rewards. Resources can be found here.
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Whether your child was just born, just adopted, just diagnosed or waiting for a diagnosis, or you recently moved, there are resources to help you get started today.
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Social/recreational activities, informational workshops, and support meetings for parents/caregivers and individuals with disabilities are taking place all the time.
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Meet the amazing Board of Directors and Staff who work hard to make our vision a reality.
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The number of therapists certified to provide applied behavior analysis (ABA), a widely used autism therapy, has skyrocketed in the past two decades, yet more than half of all counties in the United States have none, according to a new study. These counties are home to many autistic children, however, suggesting that numerous families who want services are not able to get them.
Chef Regina Mitchell’s Zoom cooking class begins like a lot of Zooms: friendly banter, reminders to mute here, some technical adjustments there. A few minutes after the 4:30 p.m. start time, there are about 20 people on the call. The menu for tonight: a vegetable stir-fry and a lemongrass-ginger soda.
President Joe Biden’s $1.8 trillion American Families Plan would establish a federal paid leave program and boost child care and special education, but the proposal falls short on modernizing Supplemental Security Income.
