Annual Meeting 2025

Please join us for our year-end meeting. We'll celebrate our 2025 successes, preview plans for 2026, and hear from our keynote speaker Carey Handley. This meeting is open to anyone interested in learning more about The Arc, The Self Determination Group (SDG) and the IDD community.

We will have 3 ways to participate again this year:

1. In-Person East, hosted by the Chalker family in Frisco*
2. In-Person West, hosted by the Lunday family in Trophy Club*
3. Remote, via Zoom

* Food and refreshments will be provided for in-person attendees.

Address or Zoom link will be provided after registration.

Important Details

In lieu of a charge for non-members who would like to attend in person, we ask that you purchase a membership:

• Self-Advocate: $10
• Individual: $15
• Self-Advocate with SDG: $21
• Family: $30

You can join on our online membership page or email us at info@thearcofdfw.org. Membership terms renew each January 1st.

Already a member? See our online membership directory to confirm your membership status.

More About Our Keynote Speaker

Carey Handley is a graphic designer, caregiver and co-guardian to her daughter Caytlin, Special Needs Advisor for The Handley Law Office, advocate for disability issues, and a soon-to-be-published author!  Her husband, Boyd, is an attorney, co-guardian to Caytlin and founder of The Handley Law Office where he helps clients best prepare for the future.

Caytlin stays very busy working several part-time jobs, but she has always wanted to help other people, something she has been able to accomplish through her self-advocacy work. She, along with her parents, were instrumental in advocating for HB 1188, named The Caytlin Handley Act in her honor.