Introducing Erin Dalton, Arts In Action’s newest Writer! Erin holds a BA in English from Loyola University in Maryland. Before becoming a...

Because we have been busy, busy, busy at Arts In Action writing so many proposals, it’s been awhile since we have posted our grant...

When you travel to a new place with someone, you really get to know them. Sharing transportation, a hotel room and expectations for the...

When you travel to a new place with someone, you really get to know them. Sharing transportation, a hotel room and expectations for the...

Treks to Vermont to expand and stretch my mind are familiar to me. I spent three years at Goddard College in Plainfield from 2007 to...

My daughter has been cast in her first play at a community theater. For lots of reasons, it’s a place that I never really envisioned I’d...

Most of my summers, since graduating from Goddard College in 2011, I have had the opportunity to connect with my residency buddies....

Summer in the Northeast is bliss! The culture up here in the Delaware Valley and beyond is to work Monday through Thursday. Summer hours,...

I would not describe myself as a religious person, but I would say that I am spiritual. For decades I have, in intervals, observed...

In less than 24 hours I will be presenting at the New Jersey Society of Public Healthcare Educators conference on the very broad subject...

As many of you know, I work with the Florida Developmental Disabilities Council on some Self-Advocacy projects geared toward assisting...

For the last decade convincing Human Resources departments large and small to take the leap and to take a chance and hire a person with a...

If you have been following my posts, you have probably already met Tricia Riccardi; an inspirational Self-Advocate professional colleague...

I am still recuperating from an amazing whirlwind experience at the FL SAND Annual Conference that took place from December 5 to December...

Tricia doesn’t normally like to admit that she has a disability. She was born an able bodied individual and treated when she was a child,...

As a parent that is diagnosed with a developmental disability, Tricia worried that Brielle would not be on time with all of her cognitive...

It’s scary for any new parent to take their newborn baby home from the hospital, especially one’s first baby! For Tricia, Brielle infused...

Tricia always dreamed of having kids some day. Realizing that for most people with a disability, this dream never has a chance to be...

Tricia and Marshall at their wedding. Tricia and her husband Marshall met in 2004 through Yahoo Personals. Tricia had just graduated from...

On April 8, 2014, the Justice Department announced it entered into an agreement that will resolve violations of the Americans with...