There are no upcoming Meetups.
Mom Ability! is a group based in Herndon, VA for women who have physical disabilities and are also mothers, as well as women who do not have physical disabilities, but are mothers of special needs children. Parenting can be one of the most challenging, but also rewarding experiences in a woman's life. It is even more unique, however, if you are navigating the world of parenting with a physical disability as a parent yourself, or as a parent of a special needs child. Diagnosed with Cerebral Palsy …
There are no upcoming Meetups.
DC now has a chapter of the Sibling Leadership Network (SLN)! SLN is a national network of state chapters which provide siblings of individuals with disabilities the information, support, and tools to advocate with their brothers and sisters and to promote the issues important to them and their entire families. After speaking to many siblings and disability advocates in DC it became clear that a social support collaboration for siblings was missing in DC, so Rachel Patterson and Hillary Spears …
There are no upcoming Meetups.
Speaker/Discussion Series about Learning Disabilities, Evaluatons, Adovcating for your child, Classifications, IEP's and 504's, and more. This is a group to discuss educational/academic/social concerns parents may have for their child.
The Adult Autism Spectrum Friends is an activity, mutual support, advocacy, etc. community for Adults on the Autism Spectrum (18 years and older) living in Maryland, Northern Virginia, and Washington, D.C. This group is run by an Autistic Adult, for Autistic Adults. We are an inclusive group, all Autistic diagnoses are welcome (Asperger's Syndrome, Autistic Disorder, PDD-NOS, etc.). Autism is not an illness or a disease, there is no "cure" for Autism. Being an Adult on the Autism Spectrum me …
Meetup details are available only to members.
This meetup/support group is for minority mothers who have been blessed with the honor of raising special needs kids. I have two sons, My oldest Cameron is 10 and was diagnosed with PPD-NOS in 2007 on the autism spectrum. My youngest son is 6 named Marselles and he has a rare disease called eosinophilic esphaghitis.. One day on Amazon I was ordering books on ABA therapy and I typed in Minority Parents of Special Needs Kids parenting books, nothing came up, i kept searching and again nothing ca …
There are no upcoming Meetups.
All G/T kids need to meet, chat with, and play stimulating educational games with their peers. Underachieving gifted kids may have AD/HD, Learning Disabilities or Other Health Impairments, Depression, OCD or OD, or have trouble making friends. They may hate to read or write. They're also creative, have great imaginations, are funny, and super-sensitive. They have high potential, but haven't met it recently. They tend to be visual, right-brained learners. BRAINRELIEF, LLC holds workshops …
CHADD is a nonprofit organization that provides information and support to parents of children with attention deficit disorders, adults with attention deficit disorders, and others dealing with people affected by attention deficit disorders.
This group is geared towards girls ages 6- 13 diagnosed on the spectrum and with ADD / ADHD. We would like the girls to be able to meet, relate and have fun with other girls that can relate to them.
There are no upcoming Meetups.
One of my dreams is for every person with lupus to live a full, fantastic, fabulous life that is not overwhelmed with the day-to-day challenges of living with lupus. I have created Butterfly Socials so that men and women in the DC/MD/VA living with lupus (and/or fibromyalgia) can hang out and have a great time instead of staying at home feeling sick-and-tired of being sick-and-tired. We will be meeting-up at events throughout the DC and Baltimore metro areas that are "lupus friendly." Please fee …
We are the Quilting Angels. It’s not about Joining UP, but Joining IN – what you do has greater meaning. We meet twice a month at Mother Seton Parish, 19951 Father Hurley Blvd, Germantown, MD 20874. We have sewing and quilting ladies from Maryland, Virginia and DC in our group. We sew quilts for Quilts for Kids (pediatric cancer) and Quilts of Valor , for ALL those service-members and veterans touched by war with Wartime Quilts called Quilts of Valor (QOVs). We are a multi-denominational group. …
Get an alert email when new Meetup Groups like this start near you.
You'll get advice, help finding members, and tools to make running a Meetup Group easier.