The Family Cafe

12/25/2025

From the team here at The Family Café: Happy Holidays everyone! 🧑‍🎄❤️

2025 has been an incredible year, and we’re so excited to see all of you soon! Thank you for being such an incredible community of individuals, and we hope you all have a wonderful holiday season with your loved ones.

12/18/2025

We’re happy to share our holiday gift to you, the latest edition of The Family Café Questions & Answers Book!

Since 1998, The Family Café has connected Floridians with disabilities and their families with the information and resources they need to thrive in their communities. As part of that effort, each year at The Annual Family Café we collect questions and comments from attendees and share them with the relevant state agencies and offices. We gather their responses and put them together in The Family Café Questions & Answers Book, a reference guide that families can use throughout the year. We hope you enjoy this year’s edition!

Find it athttps://familycafe.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/QA-book-25.pdf

12/16/2025

Take a look at the latest Focus 2.0 newsletter from CAFE TAC.

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12/16/2025

Want to be a bigger part of The 28th Annual Family Café? 🤔 Exhibit! 🌟

The Exhibit Hall at The Annual Family Café is an incredible opportunities for individuals with disabilities and their families to connect with the organizations that serve them.

Register to Exhibit today: https://bit.ly/ExhibitAtCafe28 🔗

Whether you have assistive technology to share or provide a unique service, the Exhibit Hall is a great way to make the most out of your visit to the largest cross-disability event in the nation.

Have questions? Get in contact with our Event Manager Sarah Fahey today at sfahey@familycafe.net. 📧

12/12/2025

A huge THANK YOU to all of our incredible partners who joined us for some Holiday fun yesterday. 🌟🍪

This year, we wanted to use our Holiday gathering as a way to thank and appreciate all of our incredible community partners - these are the folks who really get the mission and work to help us keep Florida’s disability community informed and empowered.

Help us send a thank you these folks’ way in the comments!

Our Board Chair Jim DeBeaugrine
Teri Cariota and Victor Lopez from the office of our board member, Senator Ana Maria Rodriguez
Kim from Sector 3 Consulting
Our good friends Joe and Audrey
Fran Gilbert from SportsAbility Alliance
& Valerie Breen from Florida Developmental Disabilities Council

12/11/2025

The party is just getting started! 🌟

We're so excited to see all of our incredible community partners at our Holiday Cookies & Cocoa party today. We wanted to show our thanks for the people and organizations who help make The Annual Family Café so incredible for attendees every year.

Stay tuned for some more pictures of the Holiday fun!

12/09/2025

The application deadline is getting close! ⌛ Submit your Presentation Proposal today to be part of The 28th Annual Family Café’s incredible lineup of presenters.

Learn more and submit your application before January 7, 2026: https://bit.ly/PresentAtCafe28 🔗

12/05/2025

Presenter Interviews: Kailey from FAAST, Inc.! ⚙️💙

FAAST has been a part of The Family Café community for ages and has been helping individuals with disabilities access and use their assistive technology for even longer.

This is just a bite-sized glimpse of the kind of incredible information they bring to The Annual Family Café every year.

If you or someone you know is looking for assistance with acquiring or using assistive technology, check out a FAAST service center near you: https://faast.org/regional-service-centers/ 🔗

12/03/2025

There’s still time left! Join us at The 28th Annual Family Café as a presenter by submitting your presentation proposal by January 7, 2026! ⌛

Apply today: https://bit.ly/PresentAtCafe28 🔗

If you or someone you know has information that could help the disability community of Florida, why not share it at the largest cross-disability event in the nation? Join us in June 2026 for this incredible opportunity!

12/03/2025

Our President and CEO, Lori Fahey, has a message for everyone this . ❤️

THANK YOU to everyone who thought of us today and generously contributed to supporting our mission. If you’d like to be a part of the Giving Tuesday generosity, there’s still time! Donate today: http://bit.ly/FamilyCafeGivingTuesday2026 🔗

12/02/2025

is going strong! It’s great to see how much support organizations across the world have in our respective communities. ❤️

Contribute to this day of radical generosity by supporting our efforts to address the needs of Florida’s disability community: http://bit.ly/FamilyCafeGivingTuesday2026 🔗

We really appreciate every dollar, especially as we get ready for The 28th Annual Family Café. We can’t wait to see everyone and to be able to provide financial assistance for families who could really benefit from the event.