Where we're headed

A place to recharge, not just get by

Long term, we'd like to help build a physical place with recreation, education, dental and other medical care—run in partnership with volunteer and paid professionals—where people with disabilities can spend a day or a few, have fun, learn, work and get paid, and where parents can genuinely recharge, not just hand off a chore.

Where this actually stands: this is a long-term goal, not something built yet. A project like this is a different kind of undertaking than this website: it likely means its own nonprofit, real fundraising, and years of work, not something we'd ever want to overpromise. We're not there yet, and we want to be honest about that rather than hint at something that doesn't exist.

In the meantime, real resources already doing pieces of this

While we work toward our own version of this, these organizations already do parts of it well, and are worth knowing about today.

Dental Lifeline Network

Dental

A national network of volunteer dentists providing free, comprehensive dental care to people with disabilities who qualify. Operating since 1975.

Visit dentallifeline.org →

Friendship Circle

Recreation & Respite

Teen volunteers paired with kids with disabilities for friendship and activities, giving parents and siblings a real break. Run locally through community centers.

Visit friendshipcircle.org →

ARCH National Respite Network

Respite

A national resource center that helps families find respite care programs in their area, and helps communities start their own volunteer respite programs.

Visit archrespite.org →

Give Kids The World Village

Recreation

An 89-acre nonprofit resort offering cost-free vacations to families of children with critical illnesses. Proof that something like this can be built and sustained, at scale, over decades.

Visit gktw.org →

29 Acres

Housing & Independent Living

A residential community near Dallas-Fort Worth for adults with autism, offering a 2-year transition academy, housing, and employment support built specifically for independent living. A real example of what a physical place for this community can look like.

Visit 29acres.org →

Want to be part of this from day one?

If this is a vision you'd want to support, follow, or one day help build, tell us. We're keeping track of who cares about this early.