Ways to Advocate for Disability Justice and Disability Resources
Advocacy for disability rights is so important. It provides assistance to those in the disability community and offers support to ensure that all rights are upheld, their choice and control […]
A Case for Optimism
By Matthew Hess, CEO, First Children Services It is April 5, 2020 and we have been in our government-ordered quarantine for going on three weeks. Schools have closed, businesses shuttered […]
Top 10 Tips to Reduce Back to School Anxiety
What if I get lost? Will I make new friends? What if I don’t like my new teacher? Will I have someone to sit with at lunch? What if someone […]
Child-Only Insurance Plans for Children with Autism
What is the New Jersey Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities Mandate? In 2009, the New Jersey Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities Mandate was passed requiring all fully-insured plans written in […]
April is Autism Awareness Month
April is Autism Awareness month. First Children has participated in lighting the outside of our school building in Fanwood with blue lights to commemorate the month and help to raise […]