Our mission is to improve the quality of life for individuals with disabilities and their families through community inclusion and support.
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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Individuals with disabilities age 13 and older are invited to participate in monthly SOAR activities to increase independence and social skills while having a great time.
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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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We welcome your feedback, suggestions, information, or questions.
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Interested in volunteering and/or investing in our programs? Improve the Walla Walla Valley by joining with us. You can make a huge difference.
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Meet the amazing Board of Directors and Staff who work hard to make our vision a reality.
Meet our board and staff.
Viktor Bevanda sings while he works, the oil pastel in his hand dashing across the paper as he fills in a sketch of a basset hound with bright, vivid colors.
Bevanda, 14, is an immigrant from Serbia and is on the autism spectrum. He’s semi-verbal, meaning he has the ability to speak, but with great difficulty.
Empathy.
Courtesy.
Information about what sights, sounds and experiences to expect.
Quiet places to retreat if those experiences get overwhelming.
In High Point, tourism leaders are betting if they can offer these basics for autistic people and their families, they can attract more visitors and dollars to the city while becoming more inclusive.
With Global Accessibility Awareness Day just days away, Apple is previewing a raft of new iOS features for cognitive accessibility, along with Live Speech, Personal Voice and more. The company said it worked in "deep collaboration" with community groups representing users with disabilities, and drew on "advances in hardware and software, including on-device machine learning" to make them work.
