Young Professionals Network (YPN)
The Best Buddies Young Professional’s Network is a group of young professionals dedicated to supporting the mission of inclusion and fostering...
The Best Buddies Young Professional’s Network is a group of young professionals dedicated to supporting the mission of inclusion and fostering...
The non-profit organization Best Buddies builds bonds through its friendship program…
Celebrating Inclusion Figures
When bestselling author John Elder Robison was a child, few had ever heard of Asperger’s syndrome. As a kid, Robison was often punished for “misbehaving” and “laziness.” It wasn’t until adulthood that a doctor suggested to him that he might have Asperger’s.
Celebrating Inclusion Figures
Meet Mayli Gibson, a tenacious girl born with a neuro tube defect called Spina Bifida, which left her paralyzed from the waist down. She uses a wheelchair but that has never slowed her down, actually it has propelled her into a life of exciting adaptive sports!
Celebrating Inclusion Figures
Esther Vergeer was born in Woerden, Netherlands, on July 18, 1981. When she was eight years old, she had surgery on her spine. The surgery left her unable to move her legs. As she adapted to her injury, Vergeer learned to play basketball and tennis in a wheelchair.
The “White Men Can’t Jump” star returns to the basketball court in a new comedy as a coach of a fun-loving team of players with intellectual disabilities.
Matthew Von Der Ahe stars in “Champions,” Bobby Farrelly’s refreshingly unsentimental, hilarious and rather gritty remake of the 2018 Spanish hit “Campeones.”
TAMPA — Elementary school classmates made fun of Joshua Felder’s weight.“Just kids being kids,” the 25-year-old Tampa resident said. He also struggled to speak clearly. “I had a slur,” Felder said. “I didn’t know how to pronounce words.” He’s come a long way.
ROCHESTER, N.Y. — The non-profit organization Best Buddies builds bonds through its friendship program between people with and without intellectual and developmental disabilities.
Lindstrom’s work with the Georgia chapter of Best Buddies, focused on creating opportunities and a network of support for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.