Making the Holidays Happy for All

Making the Holidays Happy for All

Gloria Ricardi Castillo, director of family support centers at Northeast Arc prepared these tips for families who may be celebrating the holidays with a child who has autism or an intellectual and developmental disability. Most people with Autism Spectrum Disorder...
Meet Santon: A Musical Savant

Meet Santon: A Musical Savant

Santon is an award-winning musician who is blind from birth and has autism. He was born in 1991 in St. Petersburg, Russia, and at the age of 1.5 years moved with his family to Massachusetts. He has Savant Syndrome, a rare condition in which people with various...
Cambodian Support Group Forms in Lowell

Cambodian Support Group Forms in Lowell

Northeast Arc is in the process of developing a support group for Cambodian families, in collaboration with the Cambodian Mutual Assistant Association (CMAA). The group is being led by Sreya Shepard, who has been connected to Northeast Arc for many years. Sreya lived...