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Resources for People with Disabilities

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Tools

  • How to Facilitate Friendships for Adults (22+) (webpage)
  • Friends: Connecting People with Disabilities and Community Members (pdf) 
    • Friends: Activity Worksheets (pdf)
  • Relationship Circle (pdf)
  • Shared Interest Planning Tool (pdf)
  • Friendship-Making Toolkits
    • Making Friends in the Community (pdf)
    • Making Friends Where You Live (pdf)
    • Making Friends at School (pdf)
    • Making Friends at Work (pdf)
  • 75 Things You Can Do To Build Community (pdf)

Seeing the Possibilities

  • Samantha Gibbs: Living a Life of Valued Roles (video)
  • Seeing the Possibilities: A Video for Parents and Caregivers (video)

Friendship Matchmaking

  • Friendship Matching Programs in Massachusetts
  • North Quabbin Citizen Advocacy (website)
  • The Ask – Workbook (pdf)

Downloadable Trainings

  • Introduction to Friends (ppoint)
  • Friendship Matters (ppoint)
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