Meet Clarissa and Matthew. Clarissa is a Shared Living Provider to her brother, Matthew, who is an adult living with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (IDD). When she first heard of…
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Spurwink Affiliate Providers are able to run their practices without having to tackle back-end office work, such paperwork, insurance, and billing that come with having your own practice. We’ve found…
Meet Kelly Kierstead, who is Spurwink’s Nursing Home Administrator at Old Lisbon Road, which is an an ICF-IID, a 12-bed nursing facility for Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities with a focus…
“People tell me, ‘I can’t believe what you do – you’re such a special person.’ My response? I work with special people. These kids give me back just as much…
“It’s not who you are that holds you back, it’s who you think you’re not.” – Hanoch McCarty Education is tough. And sometimes the greatest challenge for kids is simply believing…
Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.” – Leo Tolstoy Michele Burgess’ career has been all about children and change. From an early age,…
“Worry is like a bug bite. The more you scratch it, the more it itches.” – Anonymous Though he wears multiple hats and has his hands in numerous projects, Ben Strick…