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Spotlight: Celebrating Cecilia!
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 Tennessee Disability Pathfinder’s long-time Department of Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities (DIDD) Liaison, Cecilia Melo-Romie, is retiring at the end of this month. In this newsletter we are celebrating her, her contribution to our staff, and the multicultural program she has nurtured for many years.
Cecilia is originally from Chile but has called the United States home for more than 50 years. Before settling in Tennessee, she lived (and left a legacy) in Princeton, NJ and Los Angeles, California. READ MORE>>
Support Group for Latino Parents of
Children with Disabilities
By: Alexander Santana
 In 2006, Tennessee Disability Pathfinder started a support group for Latino parents of children with disabilities. These families face inherent challenges of parenting children with disabilities, but they also often experience barriers associated to cultural and linguistic differences. This makes it difficult for them the access to services for the individual with a disability. READ MORE >>
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Tennessee Disability Pathfinder Spanish
Public Service Announcement
Video in Spanish, English subtitles available
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Call Pathfinder
CALLER: I am the mother of a four-year-old, and I have a concern about his development. I would like him to start going to preschool in Bedford County, but I don’t know the process. I am also worried that I may not be able to communicate with someone who speaks Spanish.
PERSONA QUE LLAMA: Soy la madre de un niño de 4 años. Estoy preocupada sobre su desarrollo y me gustaría que comenzara a ir al preescolar en el condado de Bedford, pero no conozco el proceso y estoy preocupada que cuando llame no pueda comunicarme con alguien que hable español.
Read this month's column in Español or English.
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