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This year’s free conference ran for 11 days from June 15 through June 29, hosted virtually.
During the month of July, our Career Readiness Team launched their first ever Work Readiness Training intensive series!
Read about our recent webinar hosted by Manu Thakral, PhD, RN from the University of Massachusetts Boston.
For PYD and many other organizations, this year is full of firsts. Monday, June 15th through June 29th was a special 11 days and a key point in our history […]
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 […]