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Thank you for visiting disAbilityConnect.org.
Take a look around our website
to find information on
Volunteer Opportunities,
Community Events,
PERC (Parent Education &
Resource Center), The Tech Center, our Lending Library,
Loan Closet,
Resource Links,
Respite and
much more!
You can help! Check out our wish list
for more details.
Save the Date!
disAbility Awareness Dinner for October 16, 2008
The speaker will be Lacey Jean Davis. Dinner will be at the Gene Davis
Center. Lacey is considered to be someone with significant disabilities.
She has cerebral palsy, which affects her ability to speak and walk, and
she relies on body language to communicate. She uses a wheelchair to
move from one place to another. But the 23-year-old, who weighs in at
around 70 pounds, also has an infectiously optimistic attitude. Lacey
Jean owns an Italian Ice pushcart business—a very successful one.
Beginning July 2007, in her first 3 months of operation, and working
only on weekends, she grossed $12,000. She employs 2 high schools
seniors paying them $8.50 per hour. See her website at
http://laceysniceice.com/.
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newsletter:
Visit our photo gallery!
Click here to view photos from a past disAbility Awareness Dinner.
Click here to view photos from the
Rotary Ramp Project.
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Supporting Each Other
It
is a matter of having a serious disAbility, yet living independently,
being productive and enjoying life. It is families and individuals
having a support network when the wheelchair breaks, the insurance company
balks or transportation becomes a barrier.
disAbility Connections assists and advocates on behalf of individuals and
families who deal with the effects of disease and disAbility.
Sometimes that means lending crutches or shower stools. It means
relieving parents who care for a child with disAbilities 24 hours a day.
It means giving a young adult a computer or equipping a person with an
electronic device so that one finger or toe that he or she can move can be
used to send messages to others for the very first time.
disAbility Connections got its start over 75 years ago. It is a
unique, non-profit agency that helps make Jackson County so special.
Funded primarily by local donations, serving only Jackson County
residents, disAbility Connections is neighbors supporting neighbors.
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Learn More About Us
To
learn more about disAbility Connections and how we can help you, call us at 517-782-6054 or write
to us at the address below.
To
request information about our planned giving program, volunteer
opportunities or computer donation program,
click here.
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