Parents and others from the community who wish to learn more about guardianship and supported decision making are invited to a free webinar at 12 p.m. on Thursday, July 16th hosted by ADEC’s director of protective services and guardianship Tobi Weirich. [...]
Sometimes when you go to your favorite coffee shop you want more than just some caffeinated joy. A light snack of some sort is in order. Perhaps something sweet to reward yourself with. Plus, who doesn’t like local and hand-crafted? For [...]
https://youtu.be/4v7kk8Xr_1s When ADEC’s Gaining Grounds Coffee House in Bristol reopens on July 6th, the agency-wide community outreach focal point will be tied even closer to the local community. During the three-plus month public closure, Gaining Grounds switched its coffee supplier [...]
While it has been wonderful to have waiver clients back in the day centers for a month, the staff and clients miss their residential friends who are not scheduled to return until July 6th. They all also missed another thing – [...]
Picture Possibilities includes fun social media challenges but ADEC also needs our help fundraising for our unfunded programs not covered by Medicaid such as our guardianship, transportation, family services and skills and training center for young adults. You can contribute by [...]
More info: What is the ADA? | ADA FAQs On July 26, 30 years ago, President George H.W. Bush famously declared “let the shameful wall of exclusion finally come tumbling down” at a ceremony before signing the Americans With Disabilities Act. [...]
Reopening ADEC’s day centers, summer camp and transportation over the past few weeks came with many logistical changes. Beyond the visible shifts for social distancing and other novel coronavirus prevention measures, reopening ADEC Industries saw a change in the name of [...]
https://youtu.be/VnPw8P_V_EI If you follow ADEC, you’ve assuredly seen or heard the phrase “picture possibilities” recently. Is it a literal picture or a figurative visionary picture? It’s both, really. There are hundreds of directions possibilities could be going in but, so [...]
https://www.facebook.com/ADECservices/videos/302255684136875/ Our client Robert has been having a tough time lately. On Friday ADEC lit up its secret bat signal and asked Robert’s hero to make a surprise visit to his home... The response on social media, and chatter [...]
Three sets of smiles lit up opening day of Camp Wy.Not on Monday even brighter than the summer sun on a cloudless day in Elkhart – the campers, the counselors and the parents dropping off their kids. “I think it’s [...]
