5 Extreme Athletes With Disabilities [VIDEO]

5 Extreme Athletes With Disabilities [VIDEO]

In the world of sports there are many inspiring stories and athletes. In the disability community there are many inspiring individuals who have stood up and spoken about inclusion and focusing an abilities. When you combine these communities you come up with some amazing individuals with special needs who have pushed the limits and show [...]

Friendship Circle Launches The Special Needs App Review

Friendship Circle Special Needs Apps

With hundreds of apps now available to help individuals with special needs it has become increasingly difficult to find and choose the right special needs app. After hearing from so many people how difficult it was to find a good special needs app, we took it upon ourselves to create a directory of apps for [...]

Week In Review: 29 Special Needs News Stories, Blog Posts And Tweets

Special Needs news and blogs

Every week we recap the latest special needs news stories, blog posts and videos from the past week. This week’s roundup includes stories about sports inclusion, what is a disability, meeting Owen Groesser and more great stories and posts! View the story “Special Needs News, Videos,Bogs and more 1/20/13-1/26/13″ on Storify

Why Children With Special Needs Should Get Messy!

Why children with special needs should get messy

When it comes to play, most parents’ first reaction is to keep it as tidy as possible. With children in the house, we have no choice but to surrender to a certain amount of mess, but the last thing we want to do is clean “gak” out of our carpets. However, allowing a child to [...]

24 Special Needs News Stories, Blogs Posts and Videos From The Past Week

Special Needs News and Blogs

Every week we recap the latest special needs news stories, blog posts and videos from the past week. This week’s roundup includes new studies about ADHD and Growing out of Autism, An inspiring video about a brother who takes his brother with Cerebral Palsy along with him on triathlons, and more great stories and blog posts. [...]

8 Amazing Motivational Speakers With Special Needs

Special Needs Motivational Speakers

Over the years we have heard many inspirational stories about individuals with special needs who have focused on their abilities and have accomplished some pretty amazing things in their lives. Some of these individuals have gone on to help motivate others to look past their challenges and focus on the talents and abilities that they [...]

The Top 10 Special Needs News Stories Of 2012

Best Special Needs News of 2012

As we enter 2013 we continue looking back at the year that was. Last week we covered the top 10 special needs videos of 2012. Today we highlight the top 10 special needs news stories of 2012. If you think there was a story that we should have highlighted please tell us in the comments [...]

A Child With Special Needs And Exploding Pumpkins

Physics Teacher Shares Emotional Message About His Son With Special Needs

Jeffrey Wright is a much beloved physics teacher living in Louisville Kentuckey. He is famous for his crazy science experiments such as exploding pumpkins, holding fire and more crazy stuff. But the class that all of his students remember most is the class where he talks about his son. Jeffrey’s son Adam has Joubert Syndrome, [...]

The Top 10 Friendship Circle Highlights Of 2012

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Another year is coming to a close and at Friendship Circle that means we take a look back at the year that was and start preparing for another year of creating amazing programs and raising awareness for individuals with special needs. Before we dive head-first into 2013 we would like to share some of our [...]

The Top 10 Inspiring Special Needs Videos Of 2012

Best Special Needs Videos of 2012

Learn from the past what we can make better in the future. As 2012 comes to an end we look back at the past year for inspiration that will carry us in to 2013. We looked back at some of the inspirational special needs videos from the past year and collected 10 of our favorites. What is [...]