| Mature Living News
The Nursing Home Transition Program at The Ability Center, (ACT) has helped 815 people achieve independent living since the program was established in 2000.
Barriers to transition
Nursing Home Transition Program Coordinator Cathy Quinones explains that one of the most common barriers that prevent individuals from being discharged from a nursing home facility is “losing their housing.
Assistance Dogs for Achieving Independence, a program of The Ability Center, was awarded a grant from PetSmart Charities that will provide support of our newly developed Canine Student Teacher Training Program.
The Canine Student Teacher Training Program will start with three-month-old puppies going to live at Gus Harrison Prison in Adrian, Michigan.
RELEASED: October 25, 2018
| Department of Justice
Ohio – The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Ohio announced that the United States has resolved its review under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of five Northwest Ohio area high school athletic stadiums.
EDITORIAL FROM THE TOLEDO BLADE:
Published on Oct. 22, 2018
Once again Toledo Area Regional Transit Authority has budget problems that this community doesn’t own. As a public transit agency, it is the people’s role to determine the fate of the organization.
Thank you, CareSource Foundation, for supporting our Life Skills Program for youth and young adults in our community living with disabilities. Our interactive Life Skills classes are bridging the gap of employment for people with disabilities, teaching healthy habits, and educating youth with disabilities.
Do you need help getting back and forth to your medical appointments? If you are on Medicaid, do not have access to a vehicle, and your physician can verify a medical need, you may be eligible for our Non-Emergency Medicaid transportation program. This program will assist you by providing you a ride to and from your Ohio Medicaid providers.
In July, employees from The Ability Center traveled to Washington D.C. for the 2018 Annual Conference on Independent Living put on by the National Council on Independent Living.
"NCIL provided an opportunity to reinvigorate disability rights advocates from around the country, as the past two years have been a continuous battle.
Disability advocates from local groups including The Ability Center, The Fair Housing Center, Toledo/Lucas County Community of People with Disabilities, and Community Advocates for Transportation Rights (CATR) came together for a press conference welcoming the addition of a new Toledo Area Regional Transit Authority (TARTA) bus stop located near Charming Charlie at Franklin Park Mall on August 20.
This achievement is a culmination of several years of grassroots advocacy efforts to improve accessibility for people living with disabilities.
Assistance Dogs for Achieving Independence, a program of The Ability Center, has partnered with Gus Harrison Correctional Facility in Adrian, Michigan. The partnership will support our mission of training and placing service and therapy dogs to help individuals with disabilities.
ACT was honored to be involved in the newest Toledo Metropark project - Meadowview Accessible Play Area at Secor Metropark.
Our Advocacy Program provided two support letters for funding for the accessible playground as well as helped to provide information on the needs of children with disabilities for the grant request.