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New Video from Apple Shows the Importance of Assistive Technology

Check out this video created by Apple to celebrate Autism Acceptance Month! “Autism Acceptance Month is dedicated to the stories of people like Dillan. His words remind us how important it is to ensure everyone with a voice can be heard.”   Assistive Technology at Southwest Human Development Assistive Technology...

Smooth Way Home receives grant from Virginia G. Piper Charitable Trust

Thanks to a new grant, fragile infants and their families in our community will receive much-needed assistance at a critical time in their lives. Virginia G. Piper Charitable Trust has announced its support for the Smooth Way Home program, a community-wide initiative aimed at meeting the needs of families and...

Join ‘Bells’ at Walk With Me

When Annabel was a toddler, her parents, Emily and Johnathan, always joked that she acted like a teenager because she always ignored them. “When ‘Bells’ was 18 months old, we could barely wait for the ‘word explosion’ the baby websites told us would be coming soon,” said Johnathan. “It never...

Meet Sofia and the Howell Family

Watch Sofia’s Story  Seven years into their marriage and raising their three young children, Richard and Emily Howell were asked by the Department of Child Safety to temporarily foster her sister’s three children while her sister was in rehab for substance abuse. Unfortunately her sister did not complete rehabilitation, and...

Meet Santino, one of our 2016 Walk With Me ambassadors

Watch Santino’s Story Shortly after the birth of their son Santino, Bobby and Amanda received the news that their newborn had a very rare brain abnormality called bilateral perisylvian polymicrogyria. The disease caused Santino to have low muscle tone and weakness in his arms and legs which prevented him from...

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