Peter Kaye speaks with Tonya Lanpher, Director of the Seven Hills Foundation Family Support Center, serving the North Quabbin region, providing family support, navigation, and advocacy services to individuals with developmental and intellectual disabilities and their caregivers. Lanpher discusses Seven Hills’ core services, including information and referral, support groups, workshops, family events, and help navigating special education and DDS systems. She also shares the organization’s mission to build independence, stability, and community connection across the lifespan, along with partnerships with schools and programs like Handle With Care. Lanpher offers a powerful personal perspective as a mother of a son with autism and describes unique supports like nature-based healing and caregiver massages that set Seven Hills apart. (sevenhills.org)
Original airdate: 6/21/2026
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