2022 Featured Artist Jackson Bowdish

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SharpeLivin’ is bringing people together through music!

Welcome to SharpeLivin’, a heartfelt initiative that aims to create a compassionate and inclusive community for individuals with additional needs and their families. Our mission is to provide a platform that connects people with the resources and tools they need to lead fulfilling and meaningful lives. Led by the inspiring trio of Treble J, C. […]

Training: First Responders Caring For Individuals With Additional Needs

This is one of the training videos: This training is about how the emotional state of both the individual with additional needs and the First Responder affect the outcome of the situation.  Below is the presentation without commentary.  On page three you are able to click on the diagnoses to learn about each one.    

Five reasons to join ANI’s art contest

To have Fun Enjoying nature to reduce stress Create artwork to express yourself Share resources that can help others in your area Share your artwork to bring happiness to others Together we are able to achieve our full potential. Join ANI’s art contest today to help others achieve their dreams. Register via this link Artist […]

Failing to See What They See

He’s the child found dead-center in this photo, almost crouched down. A girl in a sky blue wheel chair sits to his left. Another girl with a navy blue towel around her shoulders sits to his right. He’s the shirtless one with orange hair. He was nine the first time I met him. He was […]

Vagus Nerve: De-Stressing Children and Adults Alike

As a practitioner and as a parent of an additional needs child, my personal life experiences affect my professional and vice versa. One most enlightening effect of having my son, who was quite sensitive to certain noises or fearful of certain states was that I had to look for a solution to ease his system […]

Support individuals with additional needs as you support your local businesses

Right now the additional needs’ community is full of stress and anxiety. It’s the process not the outcome that helps alleviate stress and anxiety. That is one of the reasons we want artists to get involved and not worry if they will win one of the top prizes. With that mission in mind, we came […]

Additional Needs News for the weeks of January 11 – 31, 2020

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