Pat Smith first heard about ABLE United prior to the program officially launching in Florida, but needed a better understanding of how an account worked and how it could benefit…
Parents generally expect to die before their children do; they find the opposite almost unthinkable. But consider parents of certain children with disabilities — children that require nuanced and abundant…
Summertime in Florida probably sounds a lot more magical to people that live somewhere else! Those of us that dwell here knows it can be simultaneously sticky and sweltering, prone…
Florida was one of the first states in the nation to launch a qualified ABLE program, and in just two years, ABLE United has provided more than 2,300 Floridians with…
When Christinne Rudd was a little girl, doctors told her mother she would never be able to walk because of her cerebral palsy. Years later, when she was expecting, a…
We are so excited to be on-site at Family Café again this year – and with an expanded booth! Join us June 15-17 at The Family Cafe in Orlando. Representatives…
If you’re an individual with a disability or who has a child with a disability, you should know about Easterseals Florida. While most people have heard of us, not everyone…
When Amanda Baker was an undergraduate at Florida State University Panama City, she used to have weekly meetings with the dean — two of them, actually. One dean in his…
In the special needs community, we, as parents, count on each other. We talk in lobbies and waiting rooms, we share names of helpful therapists, and sometimes we even cry…
Spring into green with ABLE United. Enrollment into an ABLE United account is FREE – and when you enroll during the month of May you will be automatically entered for…
