Inclusivity at Disney World

Disneyland’s popular Mickey’s Toontown has been completely renovated to a more inclusive play environment for all children, including those with disabilities. The new inclusive Toontown includes pathways and wheelchair-accessible ramps, and sensory experiences for children on the autism spectrum.

Imagineering Executive Portfolio Producer Jeff Shaver-Moskowitz shares his thoughts on the overall goal of the renovation project …

Continuing Our Recognition of National Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month

In continuing our recognition of National Developmental Disabilities Month, we feature Kathy SCI’s Supervising Service Coordinator. Kathy has made several presentations and panel discussions about our Transitioning Youth Program process and Maryland’s Developmental Disability Administration’s service system to the Howard County Citizens Advisory Committee for the Board of Education and Howard …

Watch a New, Inclusive Film

Do you enjoy comedy with a bit of inspiration? This week we feature a new inclusive film titled “Champions,” a new comedy now in theaters, featuring ten actors with developmental disabilities portrayed by real actors with disabilities. The film follows the life of a former minor league basketball coach, who after a series of trouble, …

World Down Syndrome Day

SCI recognizes World Down Syndrome Day, which was on Tuesday, March 21. This year the theme was With Us Not For Us. Learn more here: World Down Syndrome Day | United Nations

Based in Maryland, SCI is a non-profit organization that helps people of all ages to:

• Take an active role in choices that affect their

NDDAM Reading List 2023

Celebrate National Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month by discovering some incredible authors! This reading list we have put together features books with something special in common; they are all written by authors with disabilities. From light-hearted stories to accounts of challenges and triumphs, this impressive list of titles illustrates the importance of representation. Books can spark conversations …

Reading for 2022! 

Celebrate International Book Day by finding a new book to read! We put together a great list of titles that explore the challenges and triumphs of living with a disability. We hope this list ignites your continued joy of reading for 2022. Use our entire list or add a few titles to your list! Happy reading!

The …

October is here – do you know what that means? We are in full swing with Back to School! The fall season is all about teachers and the children they teach so we have decided to focus on that with this reading list! All of the characters featured have a disability in this reading list focused around children’s books to …

It’s September and that means back to school is here! Whether you’ve had your school supply shopping list done since June or you’re scrambling to sharpen those pencils and get those notebooks, we have some great additional resources to recommend as you head into another school year. After such an abnormal year, let’s make this year our most successful yet!…

We’re kicking off July with our second reading list of the summer! From teaching us about ourselves and others to opening us up to new adventures, there is nothing like a good book.

We have put together another summer reading list for this second month of summer to help you continue on your journey. If you missed our June Reading