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Next presentation scheduled for Sturbridge: Sign up Now!
We will be bringing “22 at 20: A Nontraditional Transition Story” to the South Valley Family Support Center 128 Main Street, Sturbridge, MA! Please join us 7:00-9:00pm on October 21, 2014 RSVP Elizabeth Carroll Senior Family Support Specialist Phone: 508.796.1950 Email: ecarroll@sevenhills.org
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Blog posts coming this week!
The Building a Home Conference this week was excellent; congratulations to Massachusetts Families Organizing for Change (www.mfofc.org) for an outstanding day. My slides are available here. I’ll be sharing my thoughts this week on “trajectory planning” as I describe in our story – based on the trajectory our son was on, status quo (no transition…
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No, it’s not “happily ever after” – let’s be real, here
As I begin gathering the team to work on our presentation at the MFOFC Building a Home Conference in September, one of the first things we will do is look at past presentations and decide where we need to update information. Of course, my mind first goes straight to the end, where in the past we’ve…
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“22 at 20: A Non-Transitional Transition Story” accepted as a workshop in September!
The team is very excited that our workshop has been accepted for the 2014 “Building a Home” Conference on September 27th in Worcester, presented by Massachusetts Families Organizing for Change! Check out their website. Registration will be open soon. Meantime, don’t forget that this workshop is available to any group or organization (free of charge)…
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Lack of Preparedness is a critical barrier to Employment
I was honored to be one of 4 speakers at Autism Awareness Day on April 15, 2014 at the Massachusetts State House. Here is my message. I’ve been shouting to the rooftops about how my husband and I successfully transitioned our son, after nearly a year in a psychiatric hospital and 5 years in an…
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Thank you, Shrewsbury Rotarians!
My deepest appreciation to my friend Attorney Debi Hemdal and the Shrewsbury Rotary Club, for the opportunity to speak to you today. As we discussed, kids with autism grow up and become adults with autism. The growing prevalence of individuals with autism becoming adults in the next 10 years requires our society to galvanize efforts…
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Addressing the Legislature in Worcester
I addressed about a dozen members of the legislature at Holy Cross College this week, as a guest of an event hosted by The Center of Hope. I received a lot of great feedback at the event, so I thought I’d share it. I do think it contains some messages that need to be heard.…
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Great turnout at our March presentation!
Thanks to everyone who joined us in Auburn on March 18th! The conversation was great, feedback seemed very positive, and we are excited about the momentum we continue to gather. Cheryl has been booked to present at the Shrewsbury Rotary Club, Center of Hope Legislative breakfast, Autism Awareness Day at the Statehouse in Boston and…
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MARK YOUR CALENDARS
We will be presenting “22 at 20: A Nontraditional Transition Story” at Auburn High School (99 Auburn Street, Auburn) on Tuesday March 18, beginning at 7:00pm. Cheryl Chan, mom of 21 year old Nicky, whose story will be presented, will be joined by Auburn’s former Director of Special Education and former Director of DMR (now…
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Testing our team spirit
Back in our last post, we shared the pre-holiday status that described the continued efforts of an extraordinary team, to the commitment of the success Nicky has already had in his first year. Since then, the holidays have come and gone and we are turning our sights to 2014. Since just before Christmas, Nicky has…
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Successful Transitions 