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You are not alone!

Our mission is to improve the quality of life for individuals with disabilities and their families through community inclusion and support throughout their lifespan. 

  • Do you have questions only an experienced parent can answer? Need a listening ear or help understanding the confusing world of disability services and agencies? We have trained volunteer Helping Parents you can email or text.
    Make a connection.

  • Get information and tools, organized by diagnosis.
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  • We walk with families through every life stage of their child/adult. Resources are presented by topic (childcare, finances, health, education, etc) as well as by age or stage of life.
    Take a look.

WWVDN Events Blog

byDavid Garza, Web Manager/Program Assistant
byTahasha Foxe, SOAR Director
byTahasha Foxe, SOAR Director
byAngie Witt, P2P/Informing Families Coordinator

  • Language is dynamic and nuanced, changing at a rapid pace at along with social norms, perceptions, and opportunities for inclusion. The following, written by Labib Rahman and reviewed and approved by the Stanford Disability Initiative, is a starter guide (non-exhaustive, non-definitive) for considering disability equity (and practicing deference to individual experiences) in the words we use as an institutional community. Published 7/19.

Community News & Information

  • Public Health Institute Study
    Public Health Institute Study

    The Public Health Institute (PHI) is doing a study to learn more about how people with intellectual and developmental disabilities feel about their health care and the doctors or nurses who help them. This information will be used to create a tool for doctors and nurse to check how inclusive and helpful their services and offices are for people with disabilities.

    If you are a PERSON WITH AN INTELLECTUAL OR DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY take this survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/Med_Services_PWIDD

    If you are a FAMILY MEMBER OR CAREGIVER OF A PERSON WITH AN INTELLECTUAL OR DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY take this survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/Med_Services_Caretaker

  • Seattle Children’s Hospital has launched a Psychiatric Urgent Care Clinic, opening a new avenue for children and teens who need urgent mental health support.

  • Check out "Home Visits from DDA" and learn the purpose of these visits, what to expect, and more valuable info.

  • Food Resources in Walla Walla
    Food Resources in Walla Walla
  • Recursos Alimenticios en Walla Walla
    Recursos Alimenticios en Walla Walla

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