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Causes: Centers to Support the Independence of Specific Populations, Human Services
Mission: Our goal is to raise awareness throughout society and promote understanding and integration within education and employment for people with disabilities.
Programs: Our ability alliance,inc. Has hand cycled across new york state along the erie canal to raise awareness of the ability within all. People with disabilities are on a higher proportion of unemployed, underemployed and uneducated. Our goal with our journey over the past two years has been to raise awareness and funds for a scholarship. Our ability alliance,inc. Requested individuals to write a 200 word essay in regard to how this scholarship between $500 and $1500 ($1500-$3000) can assist someone in new york in achieving the education and employment dream. These funds can be put towards: education, transportation, technology, assistive technology and furthering one's employment skills.
disability etiquette and sensitivity is a program designed to enable individuals at all levels of an organization become more effective and empathetic communicators and problem solvers. We do this through sharing our own experiences, and more importantly building on the experiences of those in the audience. They have more power that they know. We just help reveal it. Help people to: opportunities are inside obstacles, see the world differently, see themselves differently, understand that success comes in all forms, communicate more openly, communicate with confidence, think about problem solving, prioritize with a different perspective, get "out of the box and become an ally