A core value for all ADEC staff is to respect the dignity of the individuals we serve and to protect them from exploitation and abuse.
If you ask Fred Todd what it means to be Direct Support Professional at ADEC, he will almost always answer, “You get to change the world every day.” And that’s what Fred has done every day for more than 27 [...]
As members of the Mission Advancement Team, we like to get out of the office as much as possible to witness the amazing things happening every day at ADEC so we can spread the word to the community. Although we [...]
Picture this. You live in ADEC’s Supported Living services, sharing an apartment with two roommates so you can evenly divide your monthly bills, stretching that monthly $840 Social Security check as far as it can go. You work with a [...]
A single ripe tomato sits on the windowsill of Rosemary Poe's ground-floor apartment. To most people, the fruit only represents the summer bounty still to come. But to Rosemary, the tomato is a symbol of the choice and possibility she [...]
"I can't vote." As Elkhart County's voter outreach coordinator stood in front of the room at Day Service at Goshen and talked about the right to vote and the process to register, a client called me over to where he [...]
Program surveys, reviews and audits are a valuable way to refine programming, reinforce quality standards and offer proof of impeccable service. ADEC furthers its mission of choice and possibility every time services pass critical review. Over the past few months, [...]
You may remember Emily Krabill as the 2015 Goshen High School prom queen. She made a big splash in the Elkhart Truth, and her story was named one of the top 10 feel good stories for 2015. Like most 19-year [...]
Usha Pfifferling squealed and gestured with joy as she painted outdoors at Potato Creek State Park on Wednesday, June 22. Using just her imagination and the scenery around her, she painted a brightly colored banded background and filled it in [...]
The Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines a disability as the condition of being unable to do things in the normal way. Well, based on that definition, each and every one of us has a disability. You cannot spell disability, without the root [...]
New Sign Increases Access If you've driven by ADEC lately, you may have noticed we are cleaning up our trees and foliage. A new sign is scheduled to be installed in the next month. The sign that exists today has [...]
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