Everybody tells you that when you run a small business, you can’t be political.  You can’t share anything that has a political undertone on Facebook or Instagram, and you certainly can’t make your blog a political rant. However, it is particularly frustrating when a certain topic is considered to be political, when to me it seems like a no-brainer that it should be a nonpartisan, just-try-to-be-good-humans issue. So today I am going to write about a just-try-to-be-good-humans issue that is very important to me, my family, and therefore LorettaRose LLC.

As many of you may know, our mission is to provide work opportunity to adults with disabilities through our business. Also, we are dedicated to teaching children to be accepting, loving, and respectful of their peers who may learn and grown differently through the stories that come with our MySibling dolls. This mission was inspired by my family’s experiences with my brother who has autism, and by being active in the Autism Awareness community for many years. But despite our efforts, and the efforts of many other families and individuals, there is still a major hurdle that we need to jump over. Loved ones of people with disabilities, and people with disabilities themselves, suffer from a lack of financial support and services from the government when they become older and enter into the adult world. It is often times scary to even think about the future, and what will happen when my parents are no longer with us. Government services being cut or financial support being decreased for adults with disabilities can instill a major fear of the future in many people. It is up to us as a society to try to do everything that we can to make the future seem a little bit brighter for the people we care about who need support.