Play ball! Local families got into the swing of things on a recent Saturday full of baseball fun at The Miracle League field. The field’s special turf is designed with special needs in mind, allowing kids across a range of disabilities to bat, run, walk or roll the bases, and cross the home plate.
On a rainy day in September, dedicated teams showed up to Murray Park to walk a 5K in support of JDRF and the organization’s mission to find a cure for type 1 diabetes. In fact, Little Rock Family Publisher Jeff Hankins, the Corporate Chair for the walk, and his family were among those trekking across...
Say cheese! Little Rock Family snapped photos at the JDRF Walk to Cure Diabetes, a Miracle League game and Walk Now for Autism Speaks.
Children’s librarians at the Central Arkansas Library System and the William F. Laman Public Library compile some of their favorite books for and about children with special needs.
When Samari Hood was first carried through the doors of his developmental preschool in April 2009 by his mom, Stephanie, neither one knew if he would one day be able to walk through these same doors. Four years later at age seven, Samari not only can walk through the doors but open and close them as...
If you belong to a family with special needs, learning more about the Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 1982, or TEFRA, is one way to take away one small part of common frustrations.