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Hosted by Valerie Arbeau · 🇺🇸 US · EN-CA · 98 episodes
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Formerly Special Needs Moms - Circle of Strength. This podcast has begun a shift in focus... Hey, I’m Valerie, mom to two with disabilities (one visible, one invisible). We came up with housing solutions for our children. This space has been created to help you navigate the journey of creating a secure, sustainable forever home for your child. We’ll chat with parents on this path, realtors, financial planners, and other experts who can make the process easier. We'll be dropping an episode twice a month. Seeing my eldest thrive living independent of us was a gift I didn’t always know I could give. I'm excited for you to have the opportunity to explore giving that gift to your child. Keep building your child’s future! Music acknowledgement: Audio Coffee - Denys Kyshchuk
Valerie Arbeau hosts Forever Home for our kids with disabilities., a education show with 98 episodes published.
Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Forever Home for Our Kids with Disabilities , Valerie welcomes Griffin Simony, co-founder of Shift Projects (formerly Shift Accessibility Contractors). Griffin shares how a desire for
Send us Fan Mail In this powerful conversation, Valerie welcomes disability life-planning coach Eric Goll to discuss how families can proactively create meaningful futures for their loved ones with developmental disabili
Send us Fan Mail In this week’s episode of Forever Home for Our Kids with Disabilities , host Valerie welcomes longtime friend and dance educator Telisa Dubasov for an inspiring conversation about the transformative powe
Send us Fan Mail In this eye-opening episode, Valerie sits down with Lakshmi Rao Sankar — Executive Director and Co-Founder of Crimson Rise — to explore the transformative impact of communication access for non-speaking
Send us Fan Mail In this inspiring and heartfelt episode, Valerie welcomes Jennifer Buchanan, certified music therapist, author, and founder of JB Music Therapy. With more than three decades of experience, Jennifer share
Send us Fan Mail In this final episode of our series with estate planning lawyer and disability advocate Gordon VanderLeek and disability advocate Annie VanderLeek, we explore a critical shift in understanding the Disabi
Send us Fan Mail What if the homes we build today are the very thing limiting our independence tomorrow? In this eye-opening episode, Valerie sits down with builder and entrepreneur Adam Arsenault to explore the critical
Send us Fan Mail In this episode Ron shares his perspective: accessible, universal, and inclusive design isn’t specialized—it’s simply good design. But when designing for neurodivergence, the focus shifts toward creating
Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Valerie continues her conversation with estate planning lawyer Gordon VanderLeek and disability advocate Annie VanderLeek about an important support available to Canadian families raisin
Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Valerie sits down with architect, author, and accessibility advocate Ron Wickman to explore what it truly means to design homes that support independence, dignity, and lifelong connectio
Send us Fan Mail In Part Two of this informative conversation, I sit down again with estate lawyer Gordon VanderLeek , founder of VanderLeek Law , to unpack the legal and practical realities of securing a forever home fo
Send us Fan Mail Episode Overview In this episode, Valerie sits down with Al Neary , a mobility and rehabilitation expert with nearly 40 years of experience, to discuss how thoughtful equipment choices and home planning
Send us Fan Mail Episode Summary In this powerful and deeply validating episode, Valerie is joined by Dr. Theresa Lyons—international autism educator, Ivy League scientist, and autism parent—for an honest conversation ab
Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Valerie sits down with Gordon VanderLeek , founder of VanderLeek Law and a nationally respected voice in estate planning and disability advocacy. As both a lawyer and a father of five ad
Send us Fan Mail As we close out 2025 and step into the Christmas season, Valerie offers a reflection on gratitude, hope, and the quiet, steady work of building a forever home for a child with disabilities. Through a bea
Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Valerie sits down with Katie Hall —wife, mom, Gigi, mentor to teens and young adults with disabilities, and founder of Secure Your Hive . Katie shares her journey into mentoring, how thi
Send us Fan Mail In this episode Valerie sits down with special guest Dr. Elisabeth (Betsy) Woolner — an 'almost' retired family physician, university clinical lecturer, and mother of two adult children, one with develop
Send us Fan Mail Episode Overview In this powerful and heart-opening episode, Valerie is joined by father–son duo Mark and John Cronin , founders of John’s Crazy Socks, the world’s largest sock store with a mission to sp
Send us Fan Mail Episode Summary A forever home isn’t just a physical space—it’s a lifelong foundation of love, care, and possibility. In this episode, host Valerie Arbeau , mom to two children with disabilities, author,
Send us Fan Mail In this powerful and eye-opening episode, Valerie reconnects with Ishan Manerikar — a witty, fiercely independent 24-year-old student living with Spinal Muscular Atrophy Type 2. Diagnosed at 18 months an
Jennifer Buchanan
Music Therapist and Author · JB Music Therapy
1 appearance on this show
Dr. Theresa Lyons
International Autism Educator, Ivy League Scientist, and Autism Parent · Navigating AWEtism
2 appearances on this show
Katie Hall
Head of Internal Audit
1 appearance on this show
John Cronin
Writer and Historian · John's Crazy Socks
1 appearance on this show
Mark Cronin
John’s Crazy Socks
1 appearance on this show
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