Grab your scary ghosts and ghouls and head to Uptown Wednesday, October 30th where the streets will be closed from 5-6:30pm for a night of wonderful Trick or Treating! Uptown shops supply the candy and Uptown Partners supplies the entertainment as your little ones safely walk the streets of Uptown.…
Heartland Community Church Fall Festival
Special Needs children only.
Candy, Face Painting, Hay Rack Rides, Games, Crafts, and more…
Need Help with Trick-or-Treating This Year?
Do you need help taking your children with disabilities trick-or-treating this year? You got to admit…it’s always helpful to have a couple extra hands!
Students Supporting Individuals with Disabilities (SSID) is providing families the opportunity to take an ISU student or two with them to help with trick-or-treating. Families will meet the SSID volunteers at their local elementary school at 5:30 pm and return at 7:00 pm.
For more information email [email protected].
To sign up email your name, local elementary school, and number of volunteers needed. Please sign-up by October 26. Space is limited. Please see the attached flyer for more information.…
“Bully” Documentary Viewing and Panel Discussion
Come watch a viewing of the Bully Documentary followed by a panel discussion at 8pm hosted by Dr. Eric Wesselmann.
For special accommodations, please contact Leandra Parris at [email protected].…
Check Out Our Employment Awareness Article in Healthy Cells Magazine!
"Benefits of Hiring People with Autism" was published in the October 2014 issue of Healthy Cells magazine (page 29) for Disability Employment Awareness month.
- Read more about autism and employment.
- Download our brochure about the business benefits of hiring people with autism.
- Contact ASMC to learn about scheduling a Diversity’s Missing Piece autism employment presentation to a local business or organization.
Big Hero 6 Movie Day – A Sensory Friendly Showing
ASMC is partnering with Wehrenberg Galaxy 14 to present a sensory friendly showing of Big Hero 6 on November 8th. The lights are brought up and sound is turned down. It’s OK if people need to get up and move around or talk.
The movie starts at 11:00 AM, but please be there by 10:30 AM.
All families who have a child with special needs welcome.
There is no cost for ASMC members. Non-member adults are $7 for and $6 for children (ages 2-11), with 12% off concessions. If you are not an ASMC member, please view the benefits of being a member and consider joining us. Events like this are often free for our members. Learn more about joining ASMC as a member.
Please register here for the movie.
We are looking forward to a great turn out!…
Heartland Theater Production – Falling
How do you love someone who is very difficult to love? Playwright and IWU alum Deanna Jent has called Falling “a day in the life of a ‘typical’ family who are caring for a teenage son with severe autism.” As Josh gets older and bigger, his parents struggle to handle him, his sister wishes she had a family like everyone else’s, and his grandmother can’t understand how things got so out of control. ISU’s Lori Adams, who directed this heartbreaking family drama in sold-out, award-winning runs in St. Louis and New York, now brings Falling home to Heartland. [Mature Themes/Mature Language]
http://heartlandtheatre.org/season/#falling
Performances: November 6, 7 and 8; 13, 14, 15 and 16; 20, 21, 22 and 23 – 2014…
Miller Park Zoo Spooktacular
Date: 10/26/2014
Time: 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Location: Miller Park Zoo
Show off your Halloween costume and enjoy crafts, up close creepy animal encounters, and of course, candy! The costume parade begins at 2:30 PM. Free with zoo admission.
http://4.17.232.139/parks/Miller-Park-Zoo/upcoming-events.asp.
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A Day in the Park with SSID!
Come share an afternoon full of fun at the Miller Spray Park (located in front of Miller Park Zoo) with ISU students! Water, snacks, and toys will be provided! It is suggested that you wear comfortable clothes / shoes that can get wet and bring a towel!
Please email Marlee Goldsworthy at [email protected] to RSVP or with any additional questions.
We hope to see you there!
Who is SSID? Students Supporting Individuals with Disabilities is a student organization at Illinois State University that provides volunteer opportunities for students to work with individuals with disabilities in the community.
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ASMC Fall Sports
ASMC is kicking off fall with a new sports theme this year – field games. Games include kickball, flag football, tag, etc. and they will randomly rotate. There's no cost to sign-up and participate. Our friends at SSID will be there to help the kids in all of their activities.
T-shirts will be available, for free, for any child that doesn't already have a sports camp t-shirt.
- When: Every Monday from 9/15/2014 – 10/27/2014, 5:30p – 6:30p
- When: Eugene Field Vocational Training Center located at 412 E. Cypress in Normal
- Contact: ASMC Sports Director
Please register below.
About the program:
Sports are open to any child who wants to be there. As long as they want to play, they are welcome to join us.
Our mission statement is simple: provide our kids the same experience as any other kid who plays a sport. This means, of course, practice, frustration, achievement, daydreaming, running, sharing, communicating, bonding, teamwork, turn taking, following directions and friendship.…