Our 2nd Annual RVA Different Abilities Day is about to begin!

Join Project: Just Like You, a non-profit celebrating the amazing lives of people with special needs, for an evening of celebration, education, socializing, and fun on Monday evening, December 3, from 6 - 8 pm. Event is free with a $10 suggested donation.

The Children's Museum of Richmond (Chesterfield location) will be host to Richmond's 2nd annual celebration of Disabilities Day! Why should you join us?

Awesome guests! We’ve discovered so many organizations, caregivers, and people within the world of special needs. Many leaders of these non-profit groups will be present, so this event is also a great opportunity to meet them in-person and get support for your family or learn how you can help to support their cause. Also, watch local Richmond celebs share their message of inclusion!

Kids and families welcome! We are over-the-moon-excited about our partnership with the Children’s Museum of Richmond for this event, because they provide a child-friendly venue, where kids of all ages have a safe place to play while we celebrate. (Volunteers are needed to help supervise! Contact us if you know someone who can help!)

Learn something! Meet someone! We're going to get social up in here! Learn quick and easy ways that you can support inclusion at home and work! Enjoy light refreshments as we learn about what Richmond is doing for people with special needs! Sponsors from the Commonwealth will be on-site to answer questions about Virginia services. Join our new social media campaign to promote inclusion!

Celebrate Jacob’s birthday! Every parent of a child with special needs probably wonders at some point if they’ll have a typical childhood. Project: Just Like You was created with the very transparent hope that we could help to blaze a trail of inclusion to prepare the world for our own son, Jacob, who was diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Life with Jacob is a joy and source of pride for our family, and we’re delighted that his 4th birthday falls on such a special day! (No, Jacob doesn’t need any birthday gifts, but maybe consider a donation in his name to Project: Just Like You so we can help spread its mission to more people?)

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Project: Just Like You is leading RVA's response to the United Nations' call to celebrate a world disabilities day.

Since 1992, the United Nations International Day of Persons with Disabilities (IDPD) has been celebrated annually on 3 December around the world. It's a day of acknowledgement of how far we've come and how much remains for people with disabilities. It's a day to celebrate inclusion and highlight the many organizations who support people with disabilities in various ways. If we can normalize inclusion around the world, people will no longer be "different" - just differently-abled.

The United Nations has made the call.

Richmond, WE are going to answer that call.

Our celebration event is free, but registration is required for headcount and planning purposes. Use this site to register. See you there!