by Gabbie Nadeau | Aug 7, 2019 | Uncategorized
TO MY AMERICAN FRIENDS: I had the pleasure of representing us at the CdLS International Conference last weekend in Europe. It was a bittersweet experience to say goodbye to our friends around the world who are part of our CdLS Family. It was thrilling to see families...
by Gabbie Nadeau | Jun 14, 2019 | Uncategorized
by Shaun Heasley | June 12, 2019 With a bipartisan proposal, members of Congress are pushing a new plan to increase competitive, integrated employment for young people with developmental disabilities. A bill introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives this month...
by Gabbie Nadeau | May 24, 2019 | Uncategorized
Deep within a labyrinth of offices at Wright Junior High School, eighth-grader Mikayla Needlman gently knocks on Lincolnshire-Prairie View School District 103 Superintendent Scott Warren’s door. Warren quickly opens up and smiles at his young visitor. Mikayla...
by Gabbie Nadeau | Dec 27, 2018 | Uncategorized
By Paul SullivanThe New York Times (https://nyti.ms/2RanViN) Carole and Michael Maguire were careful to plan early for the financial needs of their daughter Ally, who is now 19 and attends the Riverview School on Cape Cod, Mass.Credit Credit Kieran Kesner for The New...
by Gabbie Nadeau | Oct 17, 2018 | Uncategorized
Our friend Demetri was recently featured in Woman’s Day Magazine with his therapy horse, Sweet Pea. The two first met last year at an infant development center in Kansas. Demetri is deaf, nonverbal and legally blind, which are common characteristics of CdLS, but...
by Gabbie Nadeau | Oct 17, 2018 | Uncategorized
Dr. Haaland is currently the President of the CdLS Foundation Board of Directors What is something about CdLS or the Foundation that people might not know, but should? Many families recognize the Foundation for one or two things, since that’s what they call the...
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