“Keep the beat going strong in heaven, Mark”

2023-02-12T17:04:57-05:00June 16th, 2014|A Life of Their Own, Community, Dignity, Direct Support, Families, Uncategorized|

Music sang through Mark Cox’s genes. The son of a musician, he enjoyed music with a passion unmatched by most. Mark’s brother, a bass player from Chicago, visited him recently at ADEC’s Adult Habilitation center in Bristol, IN, where Mark [...]

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Living the Dream

2023-02-10T18:02:13-05:00December 17th, 2013|A Life of Their Own, Dignity, Direct Support|

It took him 74 years, but Dave managed to cross one item off of his bucket list Thanksgiving weekend.  He finally got to take a vacation. Dave traveled to Disney World in Orlando, Fla., flying on a jet and staying [...]

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Camp Summer

2023-02-10T17:53:38-05:00July 26th, 2013|A Life of Their Own, Community, Dignity, Families|

Nothing signals summer quite like day camp. I still remember eating hamburgers that had been wrapped in aluminum foil and cooked slowly over a campfire at the day camp I attended in Vero Beach, Fla. when I was in elementary [...]

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Helen Finds Her Voice

2023-02-10T17:19:39-05:00April 17th, 2013|Dignity, Direct Support|

I'd like to tell you about Helen. Helen is an 80-year-old woman who lives with seven other ladies in an ADEC group home in Bristol. Helen attends day programming at our Bristol campus, where she paints, makes cards, sews and [...]

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Riding a Mechanical Bull

2013-04-10T00:01:03-04:00April 10th, 2013|Administration, Dignity|

By Lisa Kendall ADEC Staff Working in Human Resources, I talk about our mission every day. In fact, it is my most important hiring criteria – do applicants understand our mission? Do they understand what we are trying to accomplish and [...]

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