Meet Fran Prezant
Fran Pollock Prezant, M.Ed., CCC-SLP is a disability consultant, speaker and author who served as a Senior Vice President and Director of Research and Evaluation at Abilities! in New York, and teaching faculty and former Director of the Parent Information Project at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. Trained as a speech and language pathologist, she also has expertise as a parent trainer, … Read More
Meet Laura Marshak
Laura Marshak is a Professor of Counseling at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. She teaches in the graduate program that prepares both school and community counselors. In addition, Laura is a licensed psychologist and is a founding partner of North Hills Psychological Services P.C. She works with people on a range of issues but specializes in working with parents of children with … Read More
About Our Site
We searched for a title for this website that would communicate the common theme that ties our work together. As two professionals who have collaborated on many different projects pertaining to living well with disability, this was a bit difficult. These projects involve four books, workshops, research articles, interviews and many conference presentations. However, we think disability and … Read More
Featured Articles
Married with Special-Needs Children Book Giveaway – OVER
WINNER! The winner of our latest giveaway of our book "Married with Special Needs Children" is Karen Wang from Michigan. Karen is a blogger for the non-profit Friendship Circle (blog.friendshipcircle.org/author/karen), and is married with two children, one with a developmental disability and one with medical needs. Check out her great blog on Special needs issues at the above link. Congratulations Karen! … {Read More...}
Recent Blog Posts
Reelabilities: The New York Disabilities Film Festival
Three young men with disabilities on a quest to lose their virginity, a climber with cerebral palsy makes an assent that most would not contemplate, an actor's life turned upside down when he loses his ability to speak after a stroke, a graffiti artist who becomes paralyzed uses assistive technology to continue his art, a group of young people with developmental disabilities in Sweden challenge institutional practices and protectiveness of their parents to perform on stage, and a woman with a … {Read More...}
Solo Parents Raising Children with Disabilities
When I used to think about families raising children with disabilities, I thought about couples raising children together. This was my mental default setting. Part of this was because Fran and I have been very involved in issues pertaining to couples raising children with disabilities. Given the added stressors this often places on a relationship, we have been immersed in this topic for the last several years. There is no doubt that the impact on relationships and marriage remain of great … {Read More...}
Mother of 5 Shares Her Story of Raising Children with Disabilities
A special note from the winner of our last giveaway, Amy Red of Smithville, MS: I'm a mother of 5 in the state of Mississippi. I'm married to a wonderful United States Army Veteran. In my spare time (with 5 kids it's rare) I love to read, play hidden objects games, do word find puzzles, and get on the Internet. My kids are 11, 8, 6, 5 & 6 months old...all girls but my 5 year old is a boy. They are my everything! My 11 year old has bipolar, ADHD, o.d.d. Among other problems. … {Read More...}
