COVID-19 has impacted the entire world. The World Health Organization (WHO) put out “Do the 5” to help everyone try to reduce the spread of the virus as some great visual aids and references. The CDC has frequent updates with the numbers of people infected, prevention measures, symptoms, and more. Unfortunately the special needs community …
KOOP Radio Interview
On July 31st Casey’s Circle Founder, Marty, Board Secretary, Val and some of our long time volunteers, Sara, Rachel and Natalie were part of KOOP’s Community Pilot Show. They talked about the history or Casey’s Circle, a little bit about Casey herself, and much more. If you were unable to listen to the interview, you …
Researchers and Parents Working Together Meet Research Milestone
Many of you know all about the Casey’s Circle events, our parent training, and the many tools and resources we offer online as well as our bereavement services. Did you know that Casey’s Circle also works with medical professionals to help with research studies? Currently we are working with a group to help define the …
Halloween Costume Giveaway & Raffle
We received 150-200 Halloween costumes from Party City through Good 360. These costumes are all styles and sizes- something for the entire family. We have always loved Halloween and this year we are excited to be able to share the love by offering free Halloween costumes to children with special needs and their families. Date: …
Help Us Celebrate Casey’s 11th Birthday
Casey’s 11th birthday is coming up in just a few weeks. Last year we were still in fog from losing her just before she turned 10. She LOVED her birthday! Every year we would go all out. She loved to see her friends and have a day all about her. We would usually have a …
Without Words
I have not written a post in a while. Instead of writing I have found myself without words a lot recently. March 10th was the one year anniversary of Casey’s passing. Her service was one year ago on March 16th. Usually I would spend March and April working on details for her birthday. I have …
We’re Partnering With The Mighty!
We’re thrilled to announce a new partnership that will bring our resources in front of The Mighty’s wide-reaching readership. We will now have a home on The Mighty and appear on many stories on the site. The Mighty is a story-based health community focused on improving the lives of people facing disease, disorder, mental illness …
Handy Medical Supplies
Over the years we have acquired a LOT of medical equipment and supplies. There is not a room in our house that does not have some sort of medical items stored inside. We have the Vest in the footstool, closet systems in half the closets to house everything from tape and syringes to IV supplies …
Rants from a Woman About to Lose her S***
I have had many moments in my adult life where I have had to step away and take a moment. It just amazes me though how clueless some people really are. Let’s start 10 years ago. Tim and I were new parents and had a child with more medical issues that we had ever seen. …
Well Said, Judd Apatow
I recently read an article on the New York Times about an interview with Judd Apatow. It was an interview discussing his response over some Trump tweets. The article itself was not about special needs at all, but something in his article really resonated with me. “There’s a danger on the internet that you think …