Guest blog by 15-year-old Aidan Lewis My name is Aidan Lewis. I have a brother with Down syndrome named Kennedy Lewis who is two years older than me. My first experience with him is when I was born. I have a picture where he is holding me with the most joy and care in ...

Episode 2: Life Improvement – Close the Gap, Prevent the Conflict Jorgé’s* file noted that hitting was a problem. This wasn’t surprising as client files in the intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) system are quite often gold mines of information, some of it acc...

Welcome guest blogger, Jo Booms, a passionate advocate working in the IDD community. By Jo Booms Episode 1: Add Respect, & Shazam, Transformation Jo Booms was born in Pueblo, Colorado, to a mother who worked in special education and a father who worked with teens with con...

The dream team at ARC got a makeover with our friends at Deseo Salon & BlowDry of Denver! At ARC Thrift Stores, we believe in the power of community. There's nothing we can't accomplish when local businesses and local people come together to do some good. That's exactly what...

Let’s be honest, we ALL have a basement or a closet or a garage that is getting a little over-full of stuff. The clothes the kids have outgrown, the books you’ve read, the second blender you don’t need, the set of china from your great aunt that is still in the box.What shou...