We adopted our son, Marshall, when he was only seven years old. His life up to that point was sad and lacking opportunity. Not only […]

Our adopted son had problems from birth in 1973 but we weren’t able to get a correct diagnosis of his conditions until the early 1990’s, […]

My son Jason is 41, has a developmental disability, does not read or write, but has a job. He works at BCI – an awesome […]

My son, Matthew has worked at BCI Sheltered Workshop since graduating from high school. Without the workshop he would either be sitting a home with […]

All parents know the gut-wrenching, heart-pounding fear that can wake us in the middle of the night. That fear for our children, regardless of age, […]

My name is Monique Stokes and I am a Special Education Process Coordinator at Laquey R-V School District in Missouri and a Board Member of […]

On July 10, 1993, our son Tim was born. With these words, “Congratulations-you have a baby boy, and we think he has Down syndrome,” our […]

My name is Denise and I’m the Mother of Jamie, who is 35 years old and has Down syndrome.   Jamie has been working at Lafayette […]