Darkness into Light
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…
It Takes a Village
By Jaya Pandey “It takes a village is a proverb that leverages the cultural context and belief that it takes an entire community to raise a child. A…
Life on the Spectrum
By Ryan Litchfield, Self Advocate and Student Intern at Autism Resource Central Being diagnosed with full blown autism at the age of two, doctors didn’t think I would ever thrive…
MVP (or, the Volunteer Whisperer)
Many of you probably know that the 2012 ARCCM Community Walk and Run for Autism Awareness Presented by Autism Intervention Specialists was the most successful one yet in terms of…
The Silver Bullet
The origin of one of the greatest success stories in the Central Massachusetts Autism Community can be traced to the Silver Bullet. Eleven years ago, Julie Atherton, captain of Team…