Transition services
Too often special education students leave school without the necessary skills or experience to make a successful transition into adulthood. The Individuals with Disabilities Education …

Employment for all
New Hampshire Vocational Rehabilitation (NHVR), a Division of the New Hampshire Department of Education, is working on a local, regional, and national level to facilitate …

Kaitlin’s story
GREENLAND, NH — Unlike most students, Kaitlin McCaffrey began preparing to enter the workforce the day she started the seventh grade. As a result, the …

Ten things every child with autism wishes you knew
Autism was once thought “incurable,” but every day now individuals with autism are showing us that they can overcome, compensate for and otherwise manage many …

Self-advocacy
Have you ever wondered what it’s like to be a self-advocate with a disability? Does it sound like it’s a very important piece of work? …

Start young to guide your special-needs child to adulthood
It’s a beautiful vision - your special needs-child all grown up, a capable and independent adult. We all want to create and hold that vision, …

Is my child okay?
Parents often compare their own children with other children in size, personality, and speech, even though they know that each child is different. When should …

Learning your child has a disability
How isolating life can be, when ‘finding out’, or ‘suddenly realizing’, or ‘coming to terms with the fact’ that your perfect little boy is - …

How to communicate with your child's doctor
A number of parents of special needs children have told me stories about their interactions with physicians and how they have been frustrated at times …

Recreational inclusion builds a stronger community
The bases are loaded with two outs and our child walks to the batters’ circle. This is his chance to shine and make childhood memories …