5 Easy Ways To Support Families Raising Kids With Disabilities

Gabrielle Kaplan-Mayer
3 min readApr 13, 2017

Did you know that current data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention cites that 1 in 68 children is being diagnosed on the autism spectrum. That means that most of us know at least one friend, neighbor, colleague or family member whose child is on the spectrum.

Besides autism, we may also know families raising kids with other kinds of cognitive, physical or learning disabilities.

In my recent ELI Talk, “Faith, Companionship and Vulnerability: Standing With Families Who Have A Child

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Gabrielle Kaplan-Mayer

Writer, Educator, Mom. Disability advocate. Dog Lover. Teaching online workshops on writing + spiritual growth. www.gabriellekaplanmayer.com