05/13/2026
Just two more days until our community-wide Zoom workshop for parents, educators, caregivers, and community members committed to raising inclusive kids who understand disability and neurodiversity as natural, important parts of human diversity.
How to Talk to Kids about Disability and Neurodiversity:
Growing our Community’s Commitment to Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Co-sponsored by the Clinton Elementary School , Marshall Elementary School PTA, Seth Boyden Demonstration School, + Tuscan PTA PTAs and open to the whole community!
Through a lens of professional and lived experiences of disability, we’ll discuss an intersectional disability justice framework to:
1) Examine what it means to be an anti-ableist, neurodiversity-affirming parent/caregiver;
2) Reframe "differences" as natural, valuable parts of our communities—not“problems” to fix or ignore;
3) Engage tough questions in ways that center care, dignity and justice;
4) Identify everyday opportunities to model and help normalize anti-ableist, neurodiversity-affirming values, from playground interactions to media choices; and
5) Explore concrete next-steps that caregivers can take to help raise anti-ablest kids including book lists & resources for all ages to continue learning.
Date: Thursday, May 14, 2026
Time: 8:00-9:15 pm
Registration: Free at https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/how-to-talk-to-kids-about-disability
Location: Via Zoom, link emailed upon registration
Recording: A recording will be available for 1 month after the live event, register to receive an email with the recording.
Facilitators:
Kim Takács, MS, CCC-SLP, Speech-Language Pathologist & Executive Director of Together We Bloom
Jessica Mingus, MSW, Together We Bloom Advisory Board Chair, Founder of SOMA Peer Support + Action Network for IEP Families (PSAN) & Co-Founder of Care Lab Collective
Learn more about Together We Bloom at www.togetherwebloom.org.
