Beaverbrook STEP, Inc.

11/05/2025

Many of our individuals are counting the days down to this amazing conference! 🙂💖 And Beaverbrook STEP is proud to again be an official sponsor. If you want to join us there, the deadline to register is this Monday …

Saturday, November 22, 2025 at Sheraton Norwood meet with self-advocate peers +make your IDEAS count! Registration ends Monday, November 10.

11/01/2025

We hope you got more treats than tricks this Halloween! 🎃 👻 What fun we had together last night with visits from all sorts of characters. Where else can you meet Yoda, the Clown from It, a Boston sports fan returning from the dead, Putin, a Carebear, and many more? And plenty of sweets to pass out to some neighbors the next night 🍭

10/23/2025

We hope you have been getting some time in nature on these Autumn days. Have you noticed any surprises? Here are two different views near the bridge over the Charles River when a few of our individuals were going for a walk. Interesting inspirations for reflections of the season of change …

10/18/2025

So proud to be a sponsor of the 2025 conference! Join us there!!! 💙🙂

10/09/2025

Leaders of World in Watertown, the Watertown Commission on Disability, and the Watertown Free Public Library let us know that they are pleased to invite members of the Beaverbrook STEP community to a special two-part program at the Watertown Free Public Library, co-hosted by World in Watertown, the Watertown Commission on Disability, and the Watertown Free Public Library. These events highlight the fight for disability rights, past and present. We and they hope some of our social media followers can join us for these important conversations.

Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution – Film Screening on Monday, October 20 at 6:30 PM - A groundbreaking documentary about the disability rights movement, presented with audio description and open captioning. The film is also streaming on Netflix.

Democracy Talks: Advocates Respond to Disability Rights Under Attack – Panel Discussion on Tuesday, October 21 at 6:30 PM - A conversation with leading disability rights advocates Charlie Carr, Kim Charlson, Finn Gardiner, Jennifer Lee-Rambharose, and Watertown's first Human Services Director, Jenna Bancroft.

Both events will include ASL interpretation and CART captioning.

10/03/2025

Beaverbrook STEP believes that everyone benefits when people with disabilities are fully included in their communities. Recently, staff participated in a refresher training on Community Belonging that emphasized the impact of supporting friendships and how to plan activities in the community with the goal of connection in mind. Remember that the goal is not the activity, but to create meaningful interactions in the community that can lead to connection and friendships!

09/24/2025

This year, Autumn Equinox and Rosh Hashanah began on the same day (yesterday). Best wishes to our friends and neighbors who honor one (or both) of these traditions. And to everyone, we invite you to take a moment to honor the diversity, similarity, and reverence in the holidays. New beginnings, reflection, and ritual with apples. 🍎 💛

Rosh Hashanah translates to "head of the year," marking the start of a new year on the Jewish calendar. It is the first of the High Holidays, a period of introspection that leads up to Yom Kippur.

The autumnal equinox brings the end of summer and the beginning of the fall season. Astronomically, an equinox occurs when the sun crosses the equator. Pagans celebrate it by focusing on gratitude for the harvest, balancing light and dark, and preparing for the coming winter months.

09/22/2025

We celebrated the arrival of Fall with friendship and fun at our Community Advocates Board’s annual BBQ! So much joy and connection was enjoyed with many thanks to Barn Babies Traveling Petting Zoo, fireflysbbq, our DJ Paddy, and American Legion Post 440.

09/13/2025

We started and end this week amplifying how proud we are to celebrate Direct Support Professional Recognition Week! At Beaverbrook STEP, we are incredibly grateful for the hard work, dedication, and compassion our DSPs bring every single day to support the individuals we serve.

On behalf of the entire Beaverbrook STEP community, from the individuals we support to our leadership team, we want to extend our heartfelt thank you to all of our DSPs. We are so fortunate to work alongside such talented, caring, and skilled professionals.

09/08/2025

This week, we are proud to celebrate Direct Support Professional Recognition Week! At Beaverbrook STEP, we are incredibly grateful for the hard work, dedication, and compassion our DSPs bring every single day to support the individuals we serve.

On behalf of the entire Beaverbrook STEP community, from the individuals we support to our leadership team, we want to extend our heartfelt thank you to all of our DSPs. We are so fortunate to work alongside such talented, caring, and skilled professionals.

09/01/2025

This Labor Day, we hope you will take time to acknowledge and thank all of the people who work hard to improve the quality of your life, and the lives of your loved one’s, your neighbors, and more! Who might you intentionally thank?

We intentionally want to give a shout-out of THANKS to our direct care professionals for their exceptional work! We sincerely appreciate the essential work performed by DSPs (including personal assistants, residential and day staff, childcare workers, and many other vital roles) in providing care, support, and assistance and support to people in their communities and homes. 💛 And please help keep the gratitude rolling as we approach DSP appreciation week this month! 🥰

08/29/2025

Staying informed is important. As Labor Day approaches, we strongly affirm that caregivers for people with disabilities deserve a fair and living wage.

More than a decade after federal officials started requiring minimum wage and overtime pay for most in-home care workers, the Trump administration wants to do away with the protections.