By Jeremy & Nicole Painter
Megan Painter is a beautiful ten-year-old girl who resides in Illinois. She was adopted from foster care by Jeremy and Nicole Painter when she was 14 months old. Megan has five siblings (one biological and four adoptive). She was born at 27 weeks gestation weighing in at 2 Lbs. 4 oz. [...]
By Joy Gattis
Our son, John Robert Gattis, was a perfectly healthy little boy until age 6. He suddenly began having seizures in 2007 and despite multiple brain surgeries and every medication available, continues to have as many as 8 seizures a week.
Not only has he been hospitalized approximately 20 times since the onset of seizures, [...]
These are some of the people I work with and for as a board member. Last year I sat next to Staff Advocate Donna Powers for a lengthy seminar. She’s an amazing woman. She’s extremely savvy, very knowledgeable in some areas in which I work, and has incredible energy. And working with Peri Jude Radecic [...]
I’ve known Cathy for perhaps five years: we’re both on the board of Arizona Center for Disability Law. And we’re both on Facebook. Here’ a recent video of an interview with her.
I’ve known Art Gode for a couple of years, and have learned a great deal from him as we sit on the board for Arizona Center for Disability Law. He is very, very gifted at presentation, and a wonderful advocate for his son and others who have disabilities.
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By Kai’s Parents
Our three year old and wonderfully vivacious little boy, Kai, hopes to receive a service dog from 4 Paws for Ability. Kai was officially diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder in April of 2011. However, we have been well aware almost since his conception that Kai was a unique individual.
Even during pregnancy, we were [...]
By Lisette Tackitt
Carter James Tackitt is a six-year-old who has lived with autism most of his life. He has been diagnosed with autism, has delayed speech, incoherent babbling, stemming/arm flapping, and lack of eye contact.
Carter’s Autism has been very isolating. He has no sense of danger: escaping/wandering off, restless sleep, breaks household and [...]
By Nicole DeZarn
The DeZarn family needs your help to get a service dog. We have four children, one biological child and three children we adopted from foster care. All three have special needs. Our service dog will be trained to help all three of these children.
When we started the process of searching for an agency [...]
