LAKE COUNTY, Fla. — Kandi Alexander knows how to bring people together and how to find help for families with special needs children.
- Kandi Alexander created Wespeak support network
- Wespeak helps others understand special needs children
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"People can feel so alone, so by themselves, with a special needs child, and they don't have to be," Alexander says.
Alexander understands, because she has a special needs child and found others who are in similar situations.
Through the use of social media, she created a support network called "Wespeak," which is short for "We Speak For Them."
The organization helps families find doctors, schools, special needs equipment, and more.
"Support groups like this have made a huge difference in my life, and Kandi's work has made a difference for so many," supporter and group member Sherry White says.
Added Mary Ashbaugh: "Her group is meant for parents to come together and lean on each other and raising our special needs kids."
Alexander's efforts have also provided other assistance, like playground equipment for special needs kids.
She also volunteers her time with the Lake County Sheriff's Office, helping to train deputies on how to handle situations that involve children and people with varying levels of autism.
Wespeak will hold its big fourth annual Autism Family Fun Day and Special Needs event at the Central Florida Dreamplex on May 18.