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This weekly newsletter is for parents, advocates, educators, and anyone serious about better outcomes for special needs kids.
π Facebook: Join the Miami-Dade Disability & Autism Hub for local events, resources, and ongoing support βΏ Miami-Dade Disability & Autism Newsletter π§© Good morning, my fellow Miamians 𦩠This Friday is the last quiet morning before the backpacks take over. Every police department, mall, and church in the county picked this weekend to hand out school supplies, so somewhere within 15 minutes of you, a kid is getting a free backpack and a haircut before Monday. The sales tax holiday runs through...
⿠Miami-Dade Disability & Autism Newsletter 𧩠Good morning, my fellow Miamians 𦩠On July 15, 2026, at 2:30 pm, in a D.C. Senate office, 10 Capitol Police officers did the one thing that in 2016 could have kept behavior therapist Charles Kinsey from getting shot by police on a North Miami street: they slowed down. A man with severe autism had gone into crisis, the floor was evacuated, and the standoff ended with the autistic man walking out on his own 2 feet, and nobody hurt. That's not luck,...
π Facebook: Join the Miami-Dade Disability & Autism Hub for local events, resources, and ongoing support βΏ Miami-Dade Disability & Autism Newsletter π§© Good morning, my fellow Miamians 𦩠Today we honor Wilbur Hawke. In 1994 he started the first Florida fathers group for dads of children with disabilities: Florida Fathers Network. He didn't fit the support groups mothers had designed, so he created his own and called the workshop "Dadvocate." I carry that word in my newsletter every week, and...