By Adria Nassim I recently took a trip to King’s Island in Ohio with some friends. Amusement parks tend to be a popular destination for families during the summer. Just because families may have a child or adult with disabilities doesn’t mean they can’t take them along to take advantage of all the fun and… Read more »
Year: 2021
‘Hey Ma, Look What I Wrote!’ Helping Kids with Disabilities Find Their Passion
By Adria Nassim A lot of people are interested to hear about how I got my job as a columnist with The Herald-Times here in Bloomington. Although writing has now become a career for me, it did not start out that way. It started out as just something I enjoyed doing, beginning when I was… Read more »
Independence with Supports: A Day in the Life
Written by Adria Nassim A lot of times, I think parents of teens and young adults with disabilities and even young people with disabilities themselves think that being independent means living entirely on one’s own without supplemental supports. Also, I think for many parents, particularly for those raising teens and young adults who may be… Read more »
Ed Sheeran, Hot Sauce, and Dogs: Getting to Know Me—And Yes, My Disabilities Too!
Several factors can predict success for young people with disabilities. Those include things like employment readiness and supports, appropriate postsecondary transitional supports, and experience with independent living. However, having a supportive and positive social network is also crucial to successful development in young adulthood. Social opportunities and demographics can vary based on where one lives…. Read more »
‘With a Little Help from My Friends’
The 1967 Beatles song “With a Little Help from My Friends” from Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band describes how I see my future. Like other teens and young adults with disabilities, I found it difficult to accept having help from others with everyday tasks. As I grew older, there were days when I would… Read more »