by Rachel | May 4, 2020 | Featured, Imagining Better, Uncategorized, Updates
The services cliff and its impact Parents face considerable anxiety as adult children with disabilities encounter the services cliff – an end to support services – when transitioning from high school. A lack of access to support services for young adults...
by Rachel | Apr 6, 2020 | Featured, Northeast, Uncategorized, Updates
MFOFC Co-Chair, Sophia Johannson, and MFOFC family leader, Elizabeth Bostic, made waves on the radio this past week on a piece produced by Boston’s NPR News Station, WBUR. These two moms, along with another family caregiver in Massachusetts, painted a vivid...
by Rachel | Apr 6, 2020 | Southeast, Uncategorized, Updates
A current member of this year’s Southeast Family Leadership Series, Michelle Winchell, has been collaborating and sharing the experience and insight she gained from her background in education to help others navigate remote learning during the Coronavirus...
by Rachel | Apr 6, 2020 | Uncategorized, Updates
Life has changed drastically for many, including students receiving special education services in Massachusetts. Parents now have the added responsibility of monitoring and making sure their children are keeping up with their school work. MassPAC/FCSN has created...
by Rachel | Apr 6, 2020 | Featured, Uncategorized, Updates
In a search for materials available in Vietnamese for the families she serves, Oanh Bui, MFOFC family leader, compiled this great list of links to information about Coronavirus (Covid-19). She not only found a wealth of resources in Vietnamese, but a bunch of other...
by Rachel | Apr 6, 2020 | Events, Featured, Imagining Better, Updates
Here at MFOFC, we are driven by the vision of empowerment for individual and family support that includes planning, choices and decision-making. Person-centered planning is very much in line with this vision, as it puts the individual at the center, helping them...