Parent volunteer Ute Ren taking Victors blood pressure.
photo by Shannon Carr
The Special Hope Foundation is committed to making quality health care accessible to adults with disabilities. Shannon Carr of the Morgan Autism Center shares the story of how parent Ute Ren is helping individuals with autism feel more comfortable visiting the doctor.
Visiting the [Read more…]
“Hello, this is Matthew calling,” said the phone message “I want to talk to my mother about something. Mom? Are you there? Mom?”
Matthew, who has autism, is my son. He was 23 at the time of that phone call and living in a supported living program near Santa Cruz, California, about an hour [Read more…]
In May, 2012, The Special Hope Foundation provided a grant to the Autistic Self Advocacy Network (ASAN) to develop a policy brief series educating the disability professional community and the public about healthcare barriers, challenges, and needs of adults and youth with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
The project, Pacific Alliance on Disability Self-Advocacy (PADSA), [Read more…]