Our Stories
Thousands of disability rights supporters gathered on the South Lawn of the White House on July 26, 1990 to witness the historic signing of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). […]
Liberty Mutual has been a key funder for us at PYD for over 20 years and is one of the few with a specific focus on helping people with disabilities. […]
PYD is happy to have Simone, a student at Madison Park Technical Vocational High School and avid Career Readiness participant be a guest writer on our blog to talk about […]
Somerville, MA: June 1, 2020 – Partners for Youth with Disabilities (PYD) is one of 130 local nonprofits to receive grants of $100,000 to $500,000 through Cummings Foundation‘s $20 Million […]
Due to the current public health crisis, PYD has moved all of our youth programming online for the foreseeable future. We will be providing updates on our plans and events […]
Living through a critical moment in public health history only further illuminates the ongoing struggles and resilience of many under-resourced communities, including the disabled community. The community faces insurmountable impacts […]
On Tuesday, April 7th Dr. Adrian Gonzalez, a young dentist serving the greater Boston community was invited to give a virtual Career Readiness lecture to share his experience in dental […]
Every year, our annual Party for PYD benefit event dedicated to raising program funds and increasing the awareness of mentoring takes the chance to recognize individuals and organizations within our […]
Have you heard? Partners for Youth with Disabilities will be moving our annual Party for PYD online, and welcomes everyone to join us on June 17, 2020 from 7:00 – […]
Over the past month, multiple states issued shelter-in-place orders in efforts to delay the spread of the COVID-19 virus. The New York Times reported that as a result, 158 million […]