MassHealth Renewal Information
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A Message to DDS Families from Commissioner Jane Ryder
March 24, 2021 Dear DDS Community: Just over a year ago, I sent my first “Coronavirus update” to the DDS community. We shared the Governor’s declaration of a State of…
Mission Possible
By Mary Loughlin MS OTR/L Thirty years ago, I had my first son, and although he wasn’t diagnosed with autism for another almost 4 years, even as an infant, he…
Be an Autism Super Hero
My life is chaos. That kind of comes with the territory when you have 4 neurotypical kids. Not just “what do you MEAN you can’t find your shoes?!” chaos, though…
Steps to Independence
By Amy Smith Long time Center members may remember another time that this young man packed his bags for a trip to Jacob’s World. For those who don’t remember…
Finding My Zen
By Sue Loring In 1988, when my son was three, and we were anxiously seeking an answer to what was causing his language delay, his seeming lack of need…
Circle Life
by Cynthia Gauthier Last night as I was drifting off to sleep I heard from across the hall your still childlike voice, rambling off a new string of…
Making of a village. A desi one.
by Jaya Pandey The energy, the laughter, the happiness and the excitement in that room was so obvious, for a moment I forgot that these are the moms whose…
Prom Night
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…
Parents are the Change Agents – Thank you MFOFC
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,…