The DSP Yellow Flag Campaign
The DSP Yellow Flag Campaign was started to build awareness of the Direct Support Professional work force. While working with people with disabilities in our …

Joe Ramsay's remarkable transition
At the Market Basket in Londonderry, Joe Ramsay bags groceries for his “regular customers”— people who choose his register line because they enjoy Joe’s sense …

Taking time for siblings
When a family has a child with a disability, or chronic illness, the family dynamics can be severely tested. Brothers and sisters often go through …

Transition planning
Here are answers to some of the most frequently asked questions regarding the services of New Hampshire Vocational Rehabilitation: Who is eligible for NHVR services? …

Employment rights: what you should know
You have the right to be free from discrimination in the workplace. It is illegal for employers to discriminate against you on the grounds that …

Maintaining healthy indoor environments in NH’s public schools
Furniture, supplies and books block ventilation units. Curtains and other fabrics go unwashed. …

Impressions
Jeff Leclair Jeff lives in Milton with his wife Liz and Ron, a man he has supported and lives with for more than 17 years. …

From kindergarten to the podium
Is inclusion in the public school setting the best education for a child with special needs? As I look back over the past nine years …

Love through adoption
Parents become parents in a variety of ways. Some people give birth, while others marry someone who already has children, or adopt. …

It takes two
Meet Deb Drobysh, mother Juliet is a beautiful child who loves music, is known as the fashion queen and has a will of her own. …

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Heading to preschool
The transition from ESS to preschool special education and/or other community program is a time of change. Children and families receive Family Centered Early Supports …

My name is Kathy
The role of labels Labels can serve a necessary purpose. Without labels, individuals who have disabilities would not be able to receive the equipment and …

How to write an effective Individualized Education Program (IEP)
Before we begin, we have to tell you that there is no one way to write an IEP. Nor do we have the “magic formula” …