Meet Hassan Samantar

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Videos in this Series

Meet Sue Pratt

2 min Meet Sue Pratt

2 min Sue Pratt on Understanding Autism

2 min Sue Pratt on the Importance of a Transition Plan

3 min Sue Pratt on Finding a Housing Solution

2 min Sue Pratt on Parents Being the Experts

Meet Hassan Samantar

5 minMeet Hassan Samantar

6 min Hassan Samantar on Somali Families and Disability

4 min Hassan Samantar on Advice to Somali Families

Meet Hassan Samantar

Meet Hassan Samantar, a parent advocate at PACER Center who serves Minnesota’s Somali population. In this series of videos, Hassan provides historical context for why Somali families came to America, discusses the challenges many Somali families face when having a child with a disability, and offers advice to Somali families who have transition-age youth.

Duration: 5 minutes
Date Posted: 4/8/2015
Topics: Somali Parents, Community Supports, Perseverance

Funding for this series was provided in part by the Richard M. Schulze Family Foundation.