"When my son left St. David’s Center and started first grade, his teacher told me that he is the most empathetic child she has ever met in her 20 years of teaching. I told her: it’s St. David’s Center!" ~ St. David’s Center parent
As a Somali immigrant and single mother of three children with special needs, Ilham desperately sought a connection to her children and to her community.
Natalie Demko has defied the odds literally from the moment of her birth.
For most children, nightmares fade upon waking. For four-year-old Kai, however, deep-seated fear was something he carried with him into the real world.
For Matthew and Jen, their St. David’s Center experience had — and continues to have — a lasting effect on the entire family.
Every family’s path at St. David’s Center is their own, with joys and challenges. Recently, Emily Steffel Barbero shared her experience of the past five years with St David’s Center, which illustrates the strength so many families draw from this treasured organization.
Mikala's story is one example of the positive outcomes that result when all involved parties come together to redefine caregiving with the best interest of the child at its center.
The theme of transformation is a recurring one in 8-year-old Spencer Kennedy’s life. When Spencer was born, he was diagnosed with Down syndrome, as well as a congenital heart defect commonly associated with the syndrome.
When Cecilia was born, she was whisked away for the standard hearing test given to newborns. “She failed the first one,” recollects Bea. “She went for the next one, and she also failed.”
