Hillsdale Access For All

Hillsdale Access For All HAFA advocates for individuals with disabilities in Hillsdale NJ. We advise the Mayor and Council.

12/16/2025

Families say their schools do not proactively plan for students with disabilities to attend after-school clubs, dances and other nonacademic activities.

12/13/2025

If you have a child or adult with Special Needs who wants to learn how to play basketball or wants to improve their skills, please hurry and register as there are only a few spots left!!

The Navigators (children ages 5-18) and Voyagers (adults 18+) Winter Basketball programs are non-competitive and a fun way to interact with others. Attached is the program flyer with all the dates, times, and details. Please feel free to share this with anyone who may benefit from participating.

We are always looking for Mentors to volunteer to work with the participants. You must be at least 16 years old and register on Community Pass for each season you help out. We will provide a letter if you need volunteer hours for school.

If you have any program-related questions, contact: PascackValleyNavigators@gmail.com.

For registration assistance, reach out to: Jcohn@hillsdalenj.org.

Thank you!

Hillsdale Recreation

10/23/2025

Register Now for October 23rd Career Fair for Job Seekers with Disabilities! Local, National, International and Remote Jobs.
Meet recruiters from: Toshiba; Perspectives Corporation; Infosys; Syracuse University; RTX (Collins Aerospace, Pratt & Whitney and Raytheon); California Department of Developmental Services; Dartmouth College.
Search hiring locations here 👉 https://abilityjobfair.org
Virtual Career Fair — Video, ASL, Captions & Text
ABILITY Job Fair Team — we focus on ability and disability power

10/14/2025

Today is Nonspeaker/Nonverbal Awareness Day. Did you know?

I honor my boy everyday and all days. Soon there will be two books that center his experience out in the world. I love him so much that I will forever, with however many days I have left, try to change the world for him with my pen.

The recent conversations around autism are specifically targeting who he is as a person, and who he is within this diagnosis. And I have always felt that as someone who has such an intimate relationship with him, who wants the world to know him as I do, it is my responsibility to use every privilege that I have to make sure I am fighting for what he needs, desires, wants…

There’s roughly a third of all of those diagnosed with autism that are Nonspeaking/Nonverbal/unreliably speaking. Many have found their voices through AAC, typing, signing, writing, spelling…

and we have to listen. They have so much to say. They have experienced so much. They know so much.

I wrote this book as a love letter to my son. Decided that my love didn’t shine bright enough in this one and wrote another one (winter 2027), and that one isn’t enough either, so I’m writing a third…and a fourth.

And I will keep going…

A Day with No Words is about the bond I have with my son who says so much without speech. And the reviews I have gotten from Nonspeakers themselves has been the best kind of encouragement. When I feel like I haven’t done enough, that I am not enough, I read words like the ones below:

“DEAR MRS. TIFFANY HAMMOND,
HELLO. I AM DURI. I AM 5. I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO YOU FOR WRITING YOUR BOOK A DAY WITH NO WORDS. BEFORE I NEVER SAW ANY BOOK WITH A
KID LIKE ME THAT HAS NO WORDS FROM MOUTH. I LIKE TO SEE THE BOY IN YOUR BOOK AND KNOW THAT I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE. I LIKE SHOWING THE PEOPLE WHO READ IT THAT NOT SPEAKING DO NOT MEAN NOTHING TO SAY“

And that’s the best kind of fuel.

From my family to all those who are like my son, who love someone like my son, work with those like my son…

You are always seen by us.
We love you.
And you are precious.
You are valued.
You are worthy.
You are THE gift.

[A Day with No Words is on preorder now, check your fav retailer]

10/14/2025

The background is yellow-green. The text at the top says: “The #1 New York Times Bestseller” with the word “Bestseller” spelled out in colorful cut-out style letters. Below, it says: “From the creator of .and.fries.” To the right, there is an illustrated book cover titled “A Day With No Words” by Tiffany Hammond. The cover shows an illustration of a child in colorful clothes sitting against a dark background filled with drawings and scribbles.

10/14/2025

Layoffs will leave only a handful of staffers in the agency's special education office, jeopardizing oversight of the nation's programs for students with disabilities, advocates say.

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