Author Archives: Cheryl Ryan Chan

The theme today is student voices, student choices. Whether you’re a student with disabilities or a loved one, you’ve been preparing for and practicing how to use your voices and exercise your choices in the educational setting for years.  Now, it’s time to bring all of it to the next part of your journey; adulthood.Continue reading “Keynote for Transition Fair with Merrimack Valley DDS & Lawrence High School, May 2024”

Brave Together is the podcast for We are Brave Together, a not-for-profit organization based in the USA. The heart of We Are Brave Together is to strengthen, encourage, inspire and validate all moms of children with disabilities and other needs in their unique journeys. Our lives as caregivers require WAY more help than we areContinue reading “Guest appearance on “Braver Together” podcast re: Asking for Help, May 2023″

In 2023, Nonotuck Resource Associates, Inc. partnered with the New York Alliance for Inclusion and Innovation—as well as its American and international partners—to present Home is the Heart of Shared Living: An International Gathering. The event explored shared living across multiple disciplines (and countries!). Nonotuck community member—her son receives services from us, and she’s workedContinue reading “My webinar: “They said He’s too DANGEROUS to succeed…” May 2023″

Being a part of the first inaugural #profoundautismsummit will always be one of my most cherished experiences.  What an honor!  Please follow the #ProfoundAutismAlliance at http://www.profoundautism.org. WE WILL NO LONGER ALLOW THE VOICES OF THOSE LIVING WITH PROFOUND AUTISM GO UNHEARD. 31 years with my profoundly autistic son, 10 years doing person-centered planning with overContinue reading “My presentation for the Profound Autism Summit, April 2024”

Below is the script of my presentation, but you can now also watch the full video online! I was honored to be asked to speak about my personal story as a woman and mother for a series presented by my son’s residential provider, Nonotuck Resource Associates. Honored, but nervous as HELL.  I got a littleContinue reading “My presentation for National Women’s History Month, March 2024”

Rebranding Myself You’re looking at my latest project! Welcome to my new website. As I move away from individual person-centered planning and begin launching and building my new initiatives, it made sense to move my brand from http://www.personcenteredplanning.com to my name. Not many people like their name, but I love mine. I legally changed myContinue reading “What’s UPdate”