An Open Letter to Our Inland Regional Center Friends
The Moving Process: Finding the Right Home for our Consumers. Today, Inland Regional Center is in the process of moving its final five consumers from being patients at Lanterman Development Center to being residents in single home communities. Read More Read More
Special needs playground at Margarita Community Park
PRESS ENTERPRISE - I had no idea, until Mike Naggar’s announced it at yesterday’s State of the City Address at Pechanga Resort and Casino, that the city is working on a plan to build a special needs playground at Margarita Community Park. Read More Read More
V.I.P. Tots founder retires after 34 years
PRESS ENTERPRISE - Joann Hameister opened Hemet’s V.I.P. Tots in October 1979, and though she is retiring 34 years later, the center will continue to provide educational and therapy services to children. Read More Read More
Bourbon Street (Fullerton) Hosts 10 Developmentally Disabled Prom-Goers for Inclusive Therapeutically-Supported Pre-Prom Dinner
WALL STREET JOURNAL – As prom season heats up, Fullerton restaurant Bourbon Street Bar and Grill has made prom inclusive for people of all abilities by hosting ten special education students from Sonora High School in La Habra for an inclusive disability prom dinner. Read More Read More
Mom Launches Line of Dolls for Kids with Down Syndrome
YAHOO NEWS - The boy and girl dolls come in a variety of skin, eye, and hair colors. Her mission is simple: represent children with disabilities in an honest, favorable light and give kids with disabilities a friend for life. Read More Read More
Rialto disabled man honored at Inland Empire 66ers game
PRESS ENTERPRISE - My hat’s off to the friends of Jimmy Grissom, 32, who honored him tonight (Saturday, April 6) with a plaque and jersey naming him Honorary Bat Boy for the team whose games he’s attended every season since he was 5 years old. Read More Read More
Kiwanis and kids at Peppermint Ridge landscape project
PRESS ENTERPRISE - Ah, Saturday morning. A day off from school. A great time to play a little ball, go hiking in the forest, ride over to the a mall. Well, for some special kids, pulling weeds, removing turf and otherwise participating in a landscape project at Peppermint Ridge in Corona sounded even better. Read More Read More
66ers to host Disability Awareness Day
PRESS ENTERPRISE - In honor of World Autism Awareness Month, the Inland Empire 66ers have a special night at the ballpark planned for Saturday, April 6. Inland Regional Center of San Bernardino and Riverside counties (IRC), a non-profit serving more than 27,000 people with developmental disabilities such as autism, cerebral palsy and epilepsy, will be participating. Read More Read More
HUD Announces Rental Assistance Program
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT - The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced nearly $98 million in Section 811 Project Rental Assistance Demonstration program funds will go to 13 state housing agencies. The funding will support rental assistance for extremely low-income persons with... Read More
Grant Will Help Researchers Study Fragile X, Down Syndrome
FOX SACRAMENTO - A $3 million grant will be allowing researchers, led by a UC Davis MIND Institute member, to conduct a study on children affected by Fragile X and Down Syndrome. Read More Read More
