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Self-Direction Spotlight with Caroline Signore

Self-Direction Spotlight with Caroline Signore

Caroline gives advice on managing support staff and building natural supports with friends and people in your community. She believes that when people help each other, it brings them closer together and strengthens connection. She is the Deputy Director of the Division of Extramural Research, at the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD).

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Welcome to our five new Board Members!

Welcome to our five new Board Members!

New board members (from top left): Anita Cameron, Lateed McLeod, Kyla Mundwiller, Priya Penner, and Edward WillardWe are so pleased to welcome a diverse and dynamic slate of new board members! The majority of our five new members are disabled and/or people of color....

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When Colors Get Along: Self-Direction Spotlight with Mara Clawson

When Colors Get Along: Self-Direction Spotlight with Mara Clawson

Mara is an artist who runs her own business that she named “When Colors Get Along.” She makes art because, as she describes, “art makes me happy and gives me lots of courage. My body cannot make tears. So, my pictures tell how I feel.”  She likes making people happy with her art by sharing “how I see the world.” Artwork above is Finding Ways to Keep the Water Clean © 2019 Mara Clawson

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