St. Mary's Kids

10/27/2025

After a negative experience dining out with his two kids who have autism and are nonverbal, a father created a restaurant designed to be a judgment-free zone for families with children with disabilities.

09/08/2025

Join us for St. Mary’s Annual Monster Mash! 🎃👻

🗓️ Sunday, Oct. 19 | 11 AM – 2 PM
📍 St. Mary’s Hospital for Children

FREE family fun: music, games, food, raffles, Trunk-or-Treat, costume contests & more! All proceeds support St. Mary’s Kids!

Want to be part of the fun at St. Mary’s Annual Monster Mash?
Sign up to host a trunk at our Trunk-or-Treat and help make this event unforgettable for our kids! 👉 Register now at stmaryskids.org/trunk-or-treat

09/07/2025

Fall activity for fine motor skills

09/06/2025

An Elwood teen who has two cousins on the autism spectrum is striving to help others through the creation of sensory kits.

Olivia LoBue, a rising senior at Elwood-John H. Glenn High School, has created more than 100 kits since last year that include items such as fidget toys, noise-cancelling headphones and dozens of picture cards to help users communicate during emergencies. The kits have been distributed to locations including nurse’s offices at the four schools within the Elwood school district and seven fire departments in western Suffolk County, she said.

LoBue, a Girl Scout, pursued the project as part of her Gold Award, the highest achievement attainable within the Girl Scouts of the USA. She is a member of Troop 2597.

Read more here: https://www.nwsd.li/a4b608.
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09/05/2025

Only Two Weeks Away!!!
NSSA is once again excited to host our A Special Night for Our Special Kids event at Adventureland. For three hours on September 19th, the park will be closed to the public, and open for individuals with autism their families and friends. It’s a wonderful night and we hope you’ll be able to join us. See link in bio for tickets.
https://tinyurl.com/NSSAadventurelandfall25

08/28/2025

08/26/2025

The unique neuro-inclusive housing project is a public/private partnership between a parent-led nonprofit and a university autism center that will offer on-site support services in a walkable community.

08/25/2025

Check out these awesome sensory jobs!

04/01/2025

Register here:
https://drny-org.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMsf-2qrDgrHNcSlV0XyueIciXoBRxV7Sch #/registration

04/01/2025

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Swipe to learn the truth about home-based Applied Behavior Analysis and why these misconceptions might be holding your child back.