We are a private, nonprofit organization. Our primary purpose is to affirm the value and improve the quality of the lives and education of people with disabilities. We also seek to lend support to their families. One way we do this is through our newsletter, which contains a healthy dose of humor, which is so often lacking in the field of disabilities. Disabilities are not funny, but everyone needs humor in her life.
Laughter is good medicine.
As a group, we are encouraging people to form local groups on the grassroots level versus developing a large national organization. We've had a float in the last two city parades. As a result of one of those appearances, we were approached by a local organization and encouraged to apply for a grant, which we won. Currently, we are working on a developmental disabilities awareness training program for our school district. We also speak at meetings or classes here in town about disability awareness, and support one another by attending each others IEP meetings, etc.