Meet the Kids

Eric Eric is a Boy Scout, competes in the Special Olympics, and has volunteered for more than 20 non-profit and civic organizations here in KC! Each year his...

Jacob + Brandon You can see by the smiling faces in their photo, Jacob and Brandon are cared for by a proud and loving mom! The brothers have Duchenne's...

Harlie Little Harlie uses an Accent 1000 communication device and she loves it! For the first time, she can communicate what she wants or needs. The device...

Zack Twelve-year-old Zack is wheelchair dependent and nearly the same size as his single parent mother, his sole caregiver. His list of conditions and...

Benjamin Benjamin is an explorer! Going on four, he is eager to be out and about, exploring his world and learning all he can. Diagnosed with Cerebral Palsy...

Jake Jake is a resourceful young man that communicates by taking someone over to an item he wants or needs. Jake uses an iPad at school, with core words like...

Xavier Put yourself in six-year-old Xavier's shoes. As a toddler he did not speak as much as his sister, but he was verbal. At age three that stopped. It took...

Carly Carly squeezes the most out of life. On the severe side of the autism spectrum, she needs help with daily care and is mostly non-verbal - she is also...