by Erin Croyle | Apr 6, 2023 | Uncategorized
Healthcare can be complicated when you have a disability. Implicit bias – a form of bias that occurs automatically and unintentionally in all of us – can impact care. Medical professionals rarely receive adequate training in how to meet the needs of kids...
by Erin Croyle | Dec 7, 2022 | Uncategorized
It’s the most wonderful time of the year … to recognize those UNSUNG HEROES in our lives. Who are yours? Our Family to Family Regional Network Coordinator for Northern Virginia shares: “I sing about this hero all the time but she deserves more...
by Guest Author | Aug 10, 2020 | Uncategorized
By Valerie James Abbott I was recently at an in-office medical appointment with my 15-year-old daughter, Bridget. She is hard-of-hearing and wears hearing aids – all day, every day. During COVID-19, at least here in Virginia, she is now also required to wear a face...
by Erin Croyle | Apr 14, 2020 | Advocacy, Help, Help, Home Life, Individuals, Parents, Self-Advocacy, Uncategorized, Work Life, YOU
The Center for Family Involvement and the Center for Disability Leadership at the Partnership for People with Disabilities have partnered to put together a toolkit to help individuals with disabilities and their families during this pandemic. This document has...
by Erin Croyle | Apr 4, 2020 | Advocacy, Help, Medical Team, Parents, RELATIONSHIPS, Uncategorized, YOU
COVID-19 is here. This pandemic has spread to every corner of the United States. This is just the beginning. The gravity of this crisis is still sinking in, when it’s over we will either be someone or know someone who has gotten sick. This is a particularly terrifying...
