Empowering Ausome

07/20/2025

This is an amazing price!!

Limited Time Offer: Special bundle includes the RePlay of the Beyond Behaviorism and Supporting All Brains conferences—featuring leading experts and neurodiversity-affirming practices—plus a course on restraint and seclusion in North American schools. Just $49 https://endseclusion.info/3GYxywS

04/24/2025

Rewards and consequences are not working. Join us for Beyond Behaviorism to learn why understanding the “why” behind behaviors matters. Featuring 13 presentations, lived experience panels, and actionable strategies for educators, parents, and advocates.

04/24/2025

Recent changes at the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) and the Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division are placing the nation’s most vulnerable students—children with disabilities and Black and Brown children—at unprecedented risk. Under the guise of “co...

04/24/2025

Andi Putt and her son have both been diagnosed with autsim. The disability advocate responds to U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s recent comments about how "autism destroys families."

04/06/2025

Get your tickets today! Just $79 for two days, 13 live sessions, two special guests, and 6-month access to recordings. Are you ready to move Beyond Behaviorism to trauma-informed, neuroscience-aligned, neurodiversity-affirming, relationship-driven, and collaborative approaches?

04/06/2025

Calling all kiddos! 📣 Get ready for a fun & FREE sensory-friendly dental day at PNC Park! 🤩 April 14th! ⚾️🦷 Spots are limited! Preregister by April 7th on the Autism Pittsburgh website (Upcoming Events, then click the event link to download the form)! 🔗 Let's smile! 😁

03/15/2025

Add your name to tell lawmakers: no cuts to Medicaid!

03/15/2025

🌟 Need help programming a speech app? 🌟

✅Our dedicated team of speech-language pathologists will work with you on programming any speech app, on any device, to ensure needs are met and you are set up for success.

Get more info here: https://bit.ly/3Dk64jy

02/27/2025

Our Listening Tour starts tomorrow! We hope you signed up for one of our virtual or in-person events to share your ideas on what matters most to Pennsylvanians with developmental disabilities and their families. The information you share will guide our future work. Learn more/Register: https://www.paddc.org/listening-tour-2025-we-want-to-hear-from-you/

02/27/2025

The bill passed the Senate chamber with a vote of 31-16, moving it to the House.

02/27/2025

ROLL CALL: Who's joining us at the Sixth Annual Conference next week? (March 5-7th) Let us know in the comments below & get ready for the best community connection.

In less than one week we will be connecting with over 600 of you - virtually or in-person - and we cannot wait!

We've got only 5 in-person tickets left, but endless virtual tickets are available. Ticket sales end March 3rd at 7pm CST.

If you want to join us but cannot afford the ticket, please email us - we have unlimited scholarships and no questions asked. If you want to be there - we want YOU there. email sara@pdanorthamerica.org

SPEAKERS, TICKETS & AGENDA DETAILS:
https://pdanorthamerica.org/conference/

02/27/2025

Registration is open for our Special Needs St. Patrick’s Day Dance on March 14, 2025 at Pine Community Center. Registration is also open for the Kick Off to Summer Dance on May 23, 2025 at Marshall Township. Come enjoy a night of music and dancing with friends.
Visit https://ranp.recdesk.com/Community/Program to sign up.