by Linda Quon | Dec 30, 2019 | Transition Network
Congratulations to all of the young adults who are working towards independence, confidence and empowerment!
by Suzanne Johnson | Dec 30, 2019 | Transition Network
If you were given a chance to travel across the state, and spend three days building job skills and meeting new people, would you go? This past October, 30 transition students from school districts around Oregon were offered an opportunity to be part of a Statewide...
by Suzanne Johnson | Nov 27, 2019 | Transition Network, Uncategorized
Making air travel easier for all In most cases, a scheduled flight that never actually takes off might cause concern. But that exact event happened at the Redmond airport on October 19th, 2019, and the passengers considered it a big success. The Redmond Airport...
by Suzanne Johnson | Nov 26, 2019 | Transition Network, Uncategorized
A new financial tool for people with IDD. Just a few years ago, families of a child with IDD faced some real challenges when it came to saving money for their child’s future. The problem was that saving money beyond a certain point could put their child’s benefits at...
by Suzanne Johnson | Oct 30, 2019 | Transition Network
A trainer’s advice on exercise and health Back in 2006, Ryan Lockard was a college athlete trying to finish his degree. He also worked as an aide for a teenage boy named Ben, who had autism. When he saw that the fitness expectations were set lower for Ben than for the...
by Suzanne Johnson | Oct 21, 2019 | Transition Network
Maxwell Huni is a young man with a lot of plans for his future. Huni lives in Sisters, Oregon, and graduated from Sisters High School in 2017. After graduation, he continued at the Sisters School District’s transition program until the summer of 2019, when he turned...
