The Long Road
By Sue Loring This journey we are on, it’s a long road. Sometimes it seems we aren’t making any progress. The Holy Grail – Progress. Sometimes it comes so slowly…
By Sue Loring This journey we are on, it’s a long road. Sometimes it seems we aren’t making any progress. The Holy Grail – Progress. Sometimes it comes so slowly…
By Jaya Pandey Driving back from High school parking lot was very difficult. Last Friday was junior year prom and Anand decided to go. It was kind of last minute…
By Jaya Pandey As parents, we are everything for our kids, a friend of mine says –job description- cook, teacher, driver, cleaner, launder, planner, organizer, care taker, personal assistant,…
by Mia McDonald I’m a mother of 5 who can’t leave the house without disaster, tears and/or damage to person or property. I just need a place to vent. Mia…
April is Autism Awareness Month and we should all work to promote awareness and acceptance of the differences of those who are on the Spectrum. On April 7th our own…
Evolution of a Leader Carrie Noseworthy has served HMEA’s Autism Resource Central, as a member of the Family Advisory Board for six years. Like many parents, she has the passion…
By Gina Graves I am the parent of a student who has been on MCAS-Alt. I begged and asked for years will my son get a High School diploma?. YES,…
By Erica Ploof Erica is a longstanding member of the Family Advisory Board at HMEA’s Autism Resource Central, as well as a fierce and tireless advocate for our community . She…
Music, Autism, and Inclusion by Laurel Collins My 16 year old son with autism has two loves in his life: teddy bears & music. The music he likes is on…
By Mike Moloney, CEO , HMEA At one time, 7,000 people with intellectual and developmental disabilities lived in Massachusetts institutions. From Burton Blatt’s pictorial “Christmas in Purgatory” describing the conditions…