ADEC Celebrates Developmental Disability Awareness Month

2023-03-20T14:15:29-04:00March 2nd, 2023|A Life of Their Own, Community, Dignity, Employment, News|

Developmental disabilities are a group of conditions caused by an impairment in physical, learning, language, or behavior areas that may impact a person’s day-to-day functioning and will usually last throughout their lifetime. ADEC has [...]

February is International Recreational Therapy Month

2023-02-13T11:18:49-05:00February 10th, 2023|A Life of Their Own, Community, Dignity, Employment, History, News|

February is a wonderful opportunity for we at ADEC to raise awareness about Recreational Therapy: what it is, what it does, and why Recreational Therapists deserve to be celebrated, along with the individuals who work hard to [...]

ADEC’S SILVER BULLETS MAKE A COMEBACK

2023-01-30T12:49:23-05:00January 30th, 2023|A Life of Their Own, Community, Dignity, DSPs, Employment, History, News|

At first it was just idle what-ifs? And then people began to really get excited about the possibility... and then interest just exploded and the idea to maybe start up ADEC's inactive basketball team again became a reality. It went [...]

ADEC Featured on ABC 57’s Holiday Heroes Segment

2022-12-14T12:46:35-05:00December 14th, 2022|A Life of Their Own, Administration, Community, Dignity, Direct Support, Employment, Families, News|

This holiday month gave ADEC an unexpected but wonderful gift! ADEC was featured in a series called Holiday Heroes, produced by ABC 57's journalist Summer Horan. The segment was informative and wonderfully done, and we are so grateful to have [...]

ADEC’s Employment Consultants Make it WORK

2022-11-01T12:48:05-04:00November 1st, 2022|A Life of Their Own, Community, Dignity, Employment, News, Uncategorized|

ADEC's Employment Services Department works towards client employment in local businesses. Working collaboratively with Vocational Rehabilitation and area businesses, ADEC’s Employment Consultants help individuals with disabilities find meaning and purpose through job placements in both Elkhart and St. Joe Counties. [...]

October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month

2022-10-19T15:59:42-04:00October 11th, 2022|A Life of Their Own, Community, Dignity, Employment, News|

ADEC is proud to support National Disability Employment Month. Now, more than ever, business leaders and employers should consider making the effort to hire individuals with disabilities, as they make up an often-overlooked part of society and remain a mostly [...]

ADEC Celebrates DSP Appreciation Week

2022-09-28T10:13:04-04:00September 16th, 2022|A Life of Their Own, Community, Dignity, Direct Support, Employment, News, Uncategorized|

This week ADEC is celebrating and appreciating our DSPs (Direct Support Professionals!) The DSP managers have been coming up with fun and creative tokens of appreciation, things like hot breakfast, taco bars, restaurant lunches, custom DSP t-shirts, and even a [...]

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