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The Arc Wisconsin - with support from the Wisconsin Board for People with Developmental Disabilities - is launching The Arc Experience Podcast. In this monthly feature you’ll hear from people with intellectual and developmental disabilities and their allies across the state – talking about their lives and the issues they think are important.This project was supported, in part by grant number 2001WISCDD-00, from the U.S. Administration for Community Living, Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, D.C. 20201. Grantees undertaking projects with government sponsorship are encouraged to express freely their findings and conclusions. Points of view or opinions do not, therefore, necessarily represent official ACL policy.

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A Pioneer Parent's Mission to Help Latino Families Overcome Obstacles

April 30, 2021 • Lisa Pugh and Nelsinia Ramos • Season 1 • Episode 19

Twenty years ago Nelsinia Ramos not only had a young daughter with autism, but was struggling to learn English and navigate the special education system at the same time. It was intimidating to say the least. Looking back, that experience is what fuels her desire to help other families in her work at Wisconsin FACETS today. In this podcast, Nelsinia, now the Associate Director at the statewide parent support organization, talks about the unique obstacles for Latino families raising children with disabilities, shares more about how Wisconsin FACETS tries to help and tells us her dream for the future.

Contact Nelsinia at Wisconsin FACETS:
877-374-0511 or 4140374-4645
www.wifacets.org

Nelsinia Ramos is the Associate Director of WI FACETS, Inc. and co-director of the Parent Training and Information Center. She has worked for WI FACETS since 2003 and has extensive experience implementing parent support programs and outreach activities. Nelsinia also serves as senior specialist for the Region C Parent Technical Assistance Center, a federal funded grant that assists parent centers in 16 states in the Midwest; and is the Multicultural Outreach Coordinator for the Wisconsin Special Education Mediation Project.

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