by Rachel | Apr 20, 2020 | Uncategorized
Thanks to our friends at the Massachusetts Developmental Disabilities Council, MFOFC has been working hard to distribute protective masks across the state. We wanted to make sure everyone had information about how to properly use them. Thank you to our partners at...
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...
by Rachel | Mar 10, 2020 | Featured, Imagining Better, Uncategorized, Updates
[su_note note_color=”#FFFF66″ text_color=”#333333″ radius=”3″ class=”” id=””]Imagining better is one reason MFOFC strives to provide resources to families: resources that promote self-determination, autonomy,...
by Rachel | Feb 12, 2020 | Featured, Northeast, Uncategorized, Updates
MFOFC knows that parents and individuals across our state work hard everyday to make positive change for people with disabilities in their communities and beyond. These are people just like you and I who are imagining better and then making their ideas happen. We are...
by Rachel | Jan 8, 2020 | Featured, Uncategorized, Updates
We can’t wait for the next MFOFC Housing Webinar! We’ll be hearing from Sandra Heller. She’s MFOFC’s board co-chair, but in certain circles, she’s better known as Craig’s mom. Sandra will share what it was like to successfully...
by Rachel | Dec 9, 2019 | Advocacy, Uncategorized, Updates
A new Position Paper is hot off the presses here at MFOFC today. Thanks to the last 30 years of building strong family leaders in Massachusetts, we have learned a lot about what it means to help families imagine better. MFOFC recognizes, like many here in...