New Video: Cognitopia MyLife Digital Portfolio Helps Tell Child’s Story

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If you are the primary caregiver for a neurodiverse child, you understand how tiring and frustrating it can be to tell their story over and over again. Cognitopia My Life Digital Portfolios make this easy. Your child might be young, an adolescent, or an adult, but you want other supporters to know your child the way you do. Whether autistic …

CVS Funds New Housing for People with Disabilities

171-unit housing project CVS is helping fund in Austin, Texas.

CVS is a champion of people with developmental disabilities (DD), those at risk of becoming homeless, Through their Workforce Initiatives effort, CVS Health has established itself a leader in diversity and equity in employment, including their Abilities in Abundance program, focused on hiring people with disabilities. But CVS also recognizes that employment is just one part of the quality of life, as evidenced by …

Get the FACTS about Transition

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We’re excited to see that FACT Oregon is conducting its Transition to Adulthood Virtual Learning Summit on January 29th. Many decisions and new opportunities face students as they engage in this transition along with their families and wider support networks. FACT Oregon, which “helps thousands of families each year navigate raising a child experiencing disability,” focuses annually on this great …

Where’s Cognitopia? Visual Challenge #4

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Some say, “the third time’s the charm,” but I say it’s the 4th! Thus, here is the fourth release in our series of visual challenges where your task is to find hidden Cognitopia logos. And as noted in prior challenges, the goal is simple…try to find each of the (6) Cognitopia logos hidden in the below winter picture. To make …

The Four Different Types of Dementia

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Just as there are different kinds of cars, restaurants, or weather, the neurological condition known as “dementia” comes in a variety of forms that have their onset at different ages and affect the brain differently as the disease progresses. The  National Institute on Aging (NIA) describes four different types of dementia and how they affect one’s daily life. Please share this …

Cognitopia Fosters Independence

Person cooking and being independent in living situation.

Through Cognitopia’s long-time collaboration with Supporting Living, Learning, andEarning with Autism (SLLEA), we’ve been helping young adults with autism to be moresuccessful in learning how to live on their own, find successful employment, and pursuecollege degrees. This recently-produced video showcases how for one SLLEAparticipant, Cognitopia systematically builds independence and optimizes the efforts ofa key support staff. View this newly-released video …

Holiday Recipe: Hot Chocolate Floats

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Perhaps you have enjoyed some of our recipe routines in the recent past? Hopefully so. And to keep it rolling, here we go again! This time we are featuring some fun and tasty “floats” that you can make to put into mugs of hot chocolate! Whether just for yourself, your family, or a whole gaggle of friends, you can really …

Where’s Cognitopia? Holiday Visual Challenge #3

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The holidays are upon us and what better time to test, once again, your “Where’s Cognitopia?” skills on a holiday-themed tree! If this is your first try with one of our visual challenges, the goal is simple. Try to find each of the (6) Cognitopia logos hidden in the picture. Each logo is a different color, allowing it to blend …