Intellectual Disabilities
Awareness Month

At DBHIDS, we keep the emphasis on “ability,” rather than disability.

From the Blog

Disability

Rethinking Disability Awareness

Everyone is different, but one of the biggest issues faced by people with disabilities is how to be seen as the unique person they are outside of their differences. Too often people are seen as a disability rather than a person.

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autism

Autism Diagnosis Reveal

I couldn’t sleep the night before the diagnosis reveal. My brain was in overdrive. I felt relieved because I had been waiting for years, months, days – and now tomorrow for this appointment.

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autism

Living in a Puzzling World

Every day I find myself working to grow within an environment that’s hard to understand socially – an environment where people sometimes have a hard time getting along with others.

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