One month into 2018, how many of us are sticking to our New Year’s resolutions? Many have probably long since given up on pledges to exercise more, eat better, or take up a new hobby. Maybe the targets were too daunting or were just arbitrary promises that were easy to ignore. But some women and men I know made equally challenging resolutions for this year and are well on their way to achieving them. 

6th Avenue between 57th and 59th Street in New York City was THE place to be for this year’s Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. That’s where YAI hosted over 800 people along the parade route during the country’s oldest and largest Thanksgiving Day event.

Broomfield, CO: YAI Director of Training Sonja Williams was a featured speaker at the 2017 Coleman Institute Conference on Cognitive Disability and Technology in Colorado. Almost 500 people attended the event on November 2nd from all parts of the US, Canada and Great Britain. The annual conference, now in its 17th year, is uniquely focused on cognitive disabilities and technology.

NYS Education Dept.'s State Board For Social Work has approved YAI as a provider of continued education credits for licensed social workers.

Christine Grounds and Jon Mir share the story of raising their son with microcephaly, who attends YAI's Manhattan Star Academy with The New York Times.

Just one example of how our staff ensure the people they support have the sames rights and opportunities as anyone else. 

Kayla De Leon and Robert Cardona are job hunting. Pix11 News' Monica Morales lends a helping hand.

YAI's Anna Schechter, a Supervisor in Clinical & Family Services, speaks on CBS This Morning about messages about people with disabilities in the new film "Finding Dory."