Community Support Network

Everyone enjoys a little pampering sometimes! We were thrilled to have Gwen from Stardust Nail Lounge at CSN yesterday volunteering her time and skills to give beautiful manicures to our friends. 💅

We had a great visit at CSN from the therapy dogs at Go Team Therapy Dogs Madison 🐾

Lots of smiles, laughs, and time spent just hanging out with the dogs. Sometimes it’s the simple things that make the biggest difference.

Thanks to The GO TEAM Madison for spending time with us, we loved having you 🐶

The President released his budget proposal last week and it includes the same cuts to disability programs he proposed last year, including eliminating the Administration of Community Living, eliminating the UCEDDs (like Waisman Center at University of Wisconsin-Madison) and other disability programs, and eliminating the independent budget lines that guarantee Developmental Disability Councils (like Wisconsin Board for People with Developmental Disabilities) and Protection & Advocacy organizations (like Disability Rights Wisconsin) are funded. There is never a wrong time to contact your members of Congress and let them know you are paying attention, and that Congress should pay attention to the disability community and make sure to preserve disability programs.

Trump Budget Calls For Eliminating Key Disability Programs President Donald Trump wants to stop directing federal funds to the nation's university centers on developmental disabilities, multiple Individuals with Disabilities Education Act programs and much more.

Spring is officially here, and we’re celebrating with a collage!

We had a wonderful time making this colorful spring collage with Lisa, one of our amazing volunteers. Together we cut, glued, and layered bright, springy magazine images that remind us of the season.

Now our space is filled with beautiful artwork that brings the joy of spring indoors! Thank you, Lisa, for sharing your time and creativity with us.