Dancing Dreams was featured on People magazine
Pediatric physical therapist Joann Ferrara tells PEOPLE that she was motivated to create the nonprofit program “ Dancing Dreams ”...
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Dancing Dreams was featured on GMA
Dancing Dreams was highlighted on Good Morning America on their achievements of the disabled community for disability pride month. Click...
Dancing Dreams was featured on NBC’s Nightly News
Dancing Dreams, Where Recitals Are Possible for Children With Disabilities At this dance company, children with disabilities can do...
Dancing Dreams’ Program for Disabled Girls Expands to Manhattan
Special to DNAinfo UPPER EAST SIDE — Glitz and glitter know no boundaries at this dance studio, and wheelchairs are welcome. “I never...
Dancing queens: Program gives disabled girls chance to be ballerinas
Like many little girls, Veronica Siaba dreams of being a prima ballerina, but cerebral palsy means the 14-year-old can’t stand on her...
Cerebral Palsy Doesn’t Stop This Young Woman From Dancing
BAYSIDE, N.Y.–Cerebral palsy presents a wide array of challenges for those who have to contend with the illness. However, one young woman...
Kids with disabilities dance with help from teen volunteers
Gripping and leaning over the barre, struggling to keep herself up in a room surrounded by dancers, Abigail Penny, 16, stood for more...
Disabled Merrick student finds freedom in dance
Sixteen-year-old Abigail Penny loves to dance, but spina bifida — a disease that impairs mobility — prevents her legs from moving to the...
Dance classes where children of all abilities can be themselves
This guest post is by Sarah, mom to Ruby, age 11; they live in Brooklyn, NY. Ruby was born with a rare brain malformation on the right...
Teadora
Upon first learning about your child’s diagnosis of Spina Bifida, it is natural to become deeply concerned about the disability’s impact...
Dancing Dreams Dancer Places Second In The Women’s Sports Foundation Essay Contest
The Women’s Sports Foundation recently announced the winners of their first ever essay contest, celebrating the launch of their new...
A MILLION DREAMS
The local nonprofit organization Dancing Dreams gives children with medical or physical challenges the opportunity to attend dance...
Rethinking Tiny Tim: Should a Disabled Actor Play the Role?
Sebastian Ortiz, 7, a first grader now making his Broadway debut in “A Christmas Carol,” scrunched up his face as he paused to think...
Chance To Dance: Nonprofit Offers Dance Classes For Kids With Physical And Medical Challenges
Joann Ferrara, a pediatric physical therapist from Bayside, was one day working with a patient who was wearing a tiara and a tutu....
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