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Inclusive holiday events & 2025 disability workshops in Massachusetts are here. Enjoy sensory zoo light walks, holiday concerts, dances, Santa Trains, and "Noon" Year's Eve parties. 2025 workshops cover special education and mental health, and find new recreation opportunities.
December & 2025 Events Include:
• NAMI Basics for Emotional or Behavioral Challenges:
• Special Education Appeals "Mediation & Facilitation"
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• Collaborate w/ the School District /Hold it Accountable
• 🎀 Sensory & Inclusive Holiday Events
• Special Olympics & Inclusive Sports 2025
• Family Leadership Training in Western Mass
• Transition Planning & Post Secondary Options
• Fueling a New Marketplace for Supportive Housing
Have a wonderful Holiday Season! Sharon Marie
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Bureau of Special Education Appeals "Mediation & Facilitation": Webinar, January 7th, with the Massachusetts Bureau of Special Education Appeals. Mediators at the Massachusetts' Bureau of Special Education Appeals are offering informational Zoom sessions on BSEA Mediation and Facilitation. Join the Zoom sessions to learn about how mediation at the BSEA works and to ask ..Read more
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Family Leadership Training in Western Mass: Chicopee, January 11th - April 12th, 2025, with the Mass Department of Developmental Services. This series is a combination of virtual and in-person trainings for family caregivers of people who are eligible for Massachusetts DDS Services. Learn about: Advocacy, Creating a Family Vision, Policy...Read more
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Inclusive Recreation for All Ages
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Sensory & Inclusive Holidays!
🎀 Bristol, RI: Sensory-Santa House
🎀 Canton: Sensory-Friendly Hour at the Winterlights
🎀 Fitchburg: Arc of Opportunity Family Holiday Party
🎀 Dover: Sensory-Friendly Walk @ Powisset Farm
🎀 Framingham: Sensory/Inclusive “Noon” Year’s Eve
🎀 Natick: Sensory Spectrum of Sound Holiday Concert
🎀 Middleborough: Inclusive Holiday Dance Ages 16+
🎀 Medfield: Sensory-Friendly Winter Scavenger Hunt
🎀 North Andover: Sensory-Friendly Winterlights
🎀 Springfield: Celebrate the First Night of Hanukkah
🎀 Springfield: Inclusive New Year’s Eve Celebration
🎀 Stoneham: Sensory Inclusive ZooLights/Holiday Walk
🎀 Western Mass/Florence: Sensory Santa's Train
🎀 Worcester: “A Christmas Carol”, Sensory Friendly & Audio Descriptive Performances: Worcester
🎀 Lots more holiday events!
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Adult/Junior Wheelchair & Para Standing Tennis: Hanover, January 5th - May 4th, with Southcoast Wheelchair Tennis Foundation. Free. Do you know a child with a lower body mobility impairment? Wwinter wheelchair/para tennis clinics will have programs geared towards Adults, Teens and Juniors under the age of 18. Rackets and sports wheelchairs are available but must be reserved in advance...Read more
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Adaptive Ice Skating in Massachusetts: Brockton, East Boston, Fall River, Gardner, Holyoke, North Adams and Worcester, through March 2025. With the State of Mass DCR Univeral Access Program. Use conventional skates or slide around the ice on your manual or power wheelchair. Ice sleds are also available to glide around. Depending on location, activities may also include obstacle courses, tower of blocks for building up and crashing down, races, colorful balls and pucks, power chair games...Read more
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Special Olympics (SOMA) Winter 2025
* Amherst: Basketball Clinics
* Boston: Soccer Clinics
* Marion: Young Athletes Level 1 & 2:
* Plymouth: Cornhole
* Sandwich: Basketball
* Waltham: Young Athletes Level 1
* Westboro: Wallabies Basketball
* Williamstown: Basketball Clinics
* Worcester: Floorball...Read more
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Special-Needs Hockey in Pawtucket, RI, through March, 2025. The Greater Providence Youth Hockey Association's Special Needs Hockey offers Learn to Skate/Instructional Hockey for children age 4 to young adult with Down Syndrome, Autism, or any developmental...Read more
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Adaptive Swim Team: Boston Through June 2025, with Adaptive Sports New England. For ages 8+ with with a visual or mobility impairment. needs. Each swimmer receives an individualized program to help work on their technical and psychological skills. This program is designed for intermediate and advanced swimmers looking to improve their swimming stroke and fitness and takes place weekly at Simmons University...Read more
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Transition & Adult Events
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Disability Transition Planning & Post Secondary Options. Webinar, December 20th, with PPal of Massachusetts. "Moving to Young Adult Life: A Guide for Parents Transition Planning and Post Secondary Options" are for caregivers/family members and family partners of children with behavioral health needs. Learn about: Transition Laws, Timelines, Assessments, Community Supports...Read more
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Getting Started with Self Direction: Webinar, December 26th, with the The Arc of Greater Haverhill-Newburyport. Getting Started with Self Direction will be held the fourth Thursday of each month. For anyone who wants to learn about Self Directing their own Massachusetts Department of Developmental Services funds to learn about the different options..Read more
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Charting the LifeCourse in Action: in Spanish: Webinar, January 8th, with The Mass Department of Developmental Services. Keila Torres presentará en español. Tendremos interpretación simultánea en inglés en vivo y subtítulos en vivo disponibles. Compartiremos folletos de sesiones tanto en inglés como en español... Read more
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There's just not enough room! The buttons below will take you directly to pages dedicated to lot more disability events for specific diagnoses.
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