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One of ADEC’s core values is to give the individuals we serve a life of their own with the right to make their own choices, pursue their passions, learn new skills, develop healthy personal relationships and make a positive contribution to their communities.

Wy.Not Summer Camp program winds down for 2019 season

2019-08-28T08:06:17-04:00August 27th, 2019|A Life of Their Own, Community, Families, News|

It’s that time of year, when the heat has started to outstay its welcome and kids are trading their swim trunks for book bags, which means ADEC’s Wy.Not Summer Camp program has come to an end for the year. But what [...]

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First United Methodist Church of Middlebury parishioners volunteer, donate funds

2019-08-21T10:46:03-04:00August 21st, 2019|A Life of Their Own, Community, News|

On a muggy Saturday morning, nine parishioners from First United Methodist Church of Middlebury made the trek to ADEC's new Goshen properties to help with some needed improvements. The volunteers came to pull up some old carpet and put a [...]

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Volunteers create choice and possibility for ADEC clients as Community Connectors

2019-04-29T16:00:28-04:00April 29th, 2019|A Life of Their Own, Community|

Volunteers are an important part of the lives of the individuals we serve at ADEC; they help create a community connection in a meaningful way by spending time with the individuals we serve. At ADEC, our volunteers do more than just [...]

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ADEC’s “March to Vote” pushes to teach, register individuals

2019-03-28T09:35:14-04:00March 28th, 2019|A Life of Their Own, Community, News|

This is a blog by David Polaski   Flip through one of ADEC’s new “Your Individual Rights” booklets and toward the end, you’ll find a seldom talked-about right. “You have the right to learn how to register to vote and vote.” [...]

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Independence in reach for Ted Robinson thanks to ADEC’s community employment program

2019-03-21T08:49:30-04:00March 21st, 2019|A Life of Their Own, Employment|

There is no way to miss Ted Robinson when walking into Mishawaka’s Best Western. He looks every bit of the “seven feet tall and not an inch shorter” he claims to be. His unusual height is an advantage as an assistant [...]

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‘We gotta get out of here’: Kenny Minor reclaims a life of his own with ADEC

2018-08-12T13:03:00-04:00August 12th, 2018|A Life of Their Own|

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]When his next-door neighbor was murdered in his own home during a drug deal gone wrong, ADEC client Kenny Minor decided it was time to move. Kenny, who moved with his mother and brother to Elkhart from Kentucky, lived on Garfield [...]

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ADEC is an Intermediate Care Facility for Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities (ICF/IID) and complies with applicable Federal, State, and local emergency preparedness requirements to ensure the health, safety and well-being of individuals served and employees. ADEC maintains an emergency preparedness program that is reviewed annually.