Our Stories

The Young Entrepreneurs Project (YEP) teaches our adolescent participants how to talk the talk and walk the walk when it comes to career readiness. Through our three part approach of […]

The Young Entrepreneurs Project (YEP) is an inclusive career-readiness program that partners with Boston Public Schools and Boston Boys and Girls Clubs. One of PYD’s longest standing programs, YEP engages […]

Michael Counterman was chosen as a John Hancock MLK Summer Scholar 2012 for Partners for Youth with Disabilities. His participation in PYD programs has evolved over the years, as he […]

Making Healthy Connections (MHC) is in full swing for 2013! MHC meetings at two program sites are being held twice monthly for our new 2012-2013 session. Boston MHC began in […]

If you were walking or driving near the corner of Arlington and Columbus Streets in downtown Boston this fall, you may have caught sight of a larger-than-life reminder of the […]

PYD staff members Alex Freeman and Danya Holtzman recently had an article published in “Disability Issues”, a quarterly e-newsletter published by the Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital. Their article was titled “Mentoring […]

The National Center for Mentoring Youth with Disabilities was formed in 2005 in response to requests from organizations interested in learning from PYD’s inclusion experience and program design. Since that […]

In 1985, Regina Snowden founded Partners for Youth with Disabilities in order to address the need for youth programs to better serve and accommodate individuals with disabilities. By matching eight […]