September 25th, 2020
My daughter Emma has some special needs. So when she tried out for her middle-school track team I was wary.
October 22nd, 2019
Anyone who has, or loves someone with, a disability understands the critical issue of loneliness. With a social life that is often structured, roommates pre-determined and minimum wage caregivers who come and go, there may be little opportunity for people with disabilities to find spontaneous and meaningful human interaction.
October 8th, 2019
By Jill Mapstead, mother of Leah, a Luna Azul resident.
September 26th, 2019
Some say Luna Azul is a bad idea because the homes there are too expensive for adults with disabilities. I disagree.
September 9th, 2019
Jon Krueger is Luna Azul's community assistant director -- though he suggests a better title would be full-time neighbor. After talking with him, you're convinced he's the one who'll be teaching the Macarena at the next neighborhood party -- even if he has to learn it first!
August 20th, 2019
As the nation’s first for-sale neighborhood created for people with disabilities, we’ve devoted a good bit of “air” to establishing what we are, who we serve and how we differ from other housing solutions.
July 31st, 2019
Like many, possibly most, maybe all parents of adult children with special needs, I would lie awake at night tormented over my daughter’s long-term living situation. Emma is nineteen and has a developmental disability.
June 20th, 2019
Having first conceived of Luna Azul some six years ago, it is enormously gratifying to now be meeting the residents and families who are also claiming this community as their own, and who will soon become friends and neighbors to my daughter. Indeed, building a community for Emma was my chief motivation -- not so much building a house.
May 29th, 2019
It's a surprise to many that Luna Azul, for all its focus on accommodating those with disabilities, provides no personal care for residents. Leaving it to resident families to choose and orchestrate what care is needed may seem at first an easy sidestep for a thorny issue.
On Tuesday, May 7, a surprisingly cool and damp day for the desert southwest, some 100 people headed to Luna Azul, for a first look at what we’ve promised. Parents arrived with their adult children or loved ones in mind or alongside to check out the cottages and clubhouse that together create the nation’s first for-sale community for adults with special needs.
April 25th, 2019
Smart home technology, not so long ago the stuff of science fiction, is now no fiction at all. What was once waaaay off in the future, is present and accounted for, particularly in the homes at Luna Azul.
April 18th, 2019
On May 7, we are opening the doors for any and all to drop by and see what we’re building here! From 10:00 AM until 2:00 PM, visitors are welcome to tour our neighborhood, meet our developer, visit with other Luna Azul families and learn more about what makes Luna Azul the special community we envision.
April 12th, 2019
Ask anyone with a family member that has a developmental disability: watching their loved one’s daily struggle to connect, be social and make real friends is, itself, a struggle.
From summer camp to college dorm and that first apartment after graduation, many of us have roommate memories – good, bad, funny and dreadful.
March 29th, 2019
With 25 years in developmental disabilities, Matthews brings a vast network and valuable expertise. At Luna Azul, we’re building more than homes.
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Luna Azul is America’s first for sale residential community for adults with disabilities. Located in North Phoenix, Arizona, Luna Azul is an intimate "pocket neighborhood" developed by Mark Roth of ECC Management, LLC.
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