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Here is the info you need to share your opposition on the proposed 6% budget cuts (see our last post!) Write today. Help us make a difference on this very important issue.   New York State Senator41st...

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Potential Devastation. Help Us Fight Proposed Budget Cuts.

Yesterday I used this blog to announce the proposed cuts to funds for agencies in New York State which serve those with developmental disabilities. Today, I ask you to take action.  Please join us as...

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Check it out.

Abilities First Preschool Open House Event Tuesday, March 12th 1pm-4pm 167 Myers Corners Road, Wappingers Falls, New York RSVP to 845.298.2090 Learn more about our: *Comprehensive Treatment Plans...

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Easy link to elected officials.

Have you written to your elected officials yet to fight the proposed cuts of $240 million to agencies like Abilities First? Visit http://abilitiesfirstny.org/medicaid-cut-letter.php to link directly to...

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Senator Terry Gipson fights for us.

We can win this fight! Thank you, Senator Terry Gipson….(click link, everyone!) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ps0LCt1Y9to&feature=youtu.be If you haven’t yet sent a letter to your legislator to...

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Call to Action.

PLEASE share with friends and write to your elected officials to help us win this battle!

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The Real Upper Class.

Most Americans spend a great deal of time perseverating over how much money they earn, how big their nest egg could be, how much debt they are burdened with, and how much the neighbors have by...

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Hello, Governor? Is that you on the line? We need to talk.

Governor Andrew Cuomo.   Yep. It’s time to turn your attention  to him for a moment. (he does, after all, work for all of US).   The Senate and Assembly voted to restore the 6% cut, thanks to your...

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Meet Samantha.

  Meet Samantha, of the Abilities First School-to-Work Program. As a special needs mom, I can tell you that while the initial diagnosis for my child was extraordinarily painful, the real slow “boil”...

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Save a Job. Save a Service. Save Quality of Life.

We are down to the wire. Anyone who loves an individual with a disability (or knows someone who does, or simply has any compassion at all) can make a difference this afternoon. Call your Senator. Call...

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The Highest Class of People.

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What I Want the World to Know

It’s World Autism Awareness Day. Here’s What I Want the World to Know. Here’s the interesting thing about Autism: as a parent of a child who was diagnosed many years ago now, I quickly recall that in...

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A Whole Lot of Goings-On.

Spring is here and we are ready to rock and roll with a whole lot of goings-on! A few things to mark on your calendar: Tuesday, April 16th Wappingers Falls SEPTA Meeting; Gayhead Elementary School...

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LOVE OUR KIDS Campaign to kick off with Flash Mob.

The LOVE OUR KIDS Campaign will kick off with a Dancing + Drumming Flash Mob at the Poughkeepsie Galleria Mall on Friday, June 7th at 4:00pm. Sponsored by NP Dance Productions, Lite 92.1, the...

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Walk With Us.

The number is 1 in 88.    That’s right. 1 in 88 children have Autism Spectrum Disorder. (and some studies suggest even more staggering statistics)    At Abilities First Preschool | School |...

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A Confident Adult: School-to-Work Helped Make it Happen.

Recently, I had the opportunity to meet an extraordinary father-son team, Frank and Joseph Staib, of Rhinebeck, New York. As Frank, Joseph’s father, began to share his story with me, I was overcome...

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Happy Mother’s Day: A Letter to my Son.

Dear Son, When I was in college, I took a course called “Exceptionality”. At the time, I was studying education, and, at the time, this was the term they used in academia to refer to coursework which...

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LOVE OUR KIDS CAMPAIGN DETAILS.

LOVE OUR KIDS CAMPAIGN DETAILS Kickoff Event: Friday, June 7th, 4pm at the Poughkeepsie Galleria Mall Dancing + Drumming Flash Mob choreographed by NP Dance Productions and Leaf Miller Sponsored by NP...

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Meet Bradyn. We LOVE OUR KIDS.

Even before my son Bradyn was born there were so many complications.  I was in the hospital for 3 months on bed rest due to the fact that I had unknown bleeding.  They had no idea, that if I was to go...

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The Girl with the Pearls.

When my son was first diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder, I was, well, pretty distraught, of course. It was the end of the school year, and I was very pregnant (about 8 ½ months, to be exact) with...

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