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When you become the primary support for a grandchild with an intellectual or developmental disability, nobody hands you a manual. You inherit the role and the paperwork all at once. In recognition of Grandparents Day, we want to walk through what that looks like for grandparents raising grandchildren with IDD, and where to start. The shift nobody prepares you for You already raised your kids. You weren't expecting to sit through an IEP meeting, learn another set of acronyms,

Every July, Disability Pride Month asks a simple question: What does it mean to take pride in a life that includes disability, rather than despite it? For The Arc of Oklahoma, this is not a rhetorical exercise. It shapes how we advocate, how we talk about the people we serve, and how we ask our communities to show up. What does Disability Pride Month mean? Disability Pride Month traces back to 1990, the same year the Americans with Disabilities Act became federal law. The fir

This summer, America turned 250. Parades, fireworks, flags. A celebration of the ideals this country was founded on. Liberty. Justice. The belief that every person has the right to live a full life on their own terms. It is a good moment to ask whether we are living up to those ideals. For Oklahomans with intellectual and developmental disabilities, the answer is: we are getting there. But we are not there yet. Civil rights did not stop at disability The Americans with Disabi