Milestones outlines need for meaningful activities for clients
Milestones founder Joel Wulf emphasizes offering activities that honor current abilities and reaffirm life meaning for people served, noting many have hit a plateau and require purpose filled programming.
Milestones expands care with accessible adult day center
Milestones plans an expanded facility in Cedar Rapids with universal design including an art studio, a computer lab for participants with challenges, and a four‑person wheelchair capable culinary center. The center offers day services for adults 18 and older with brain injuries, cerebral palsy, muscular dystrophy, and AIDS dementia, at about 38 dollars daily, including meals, therapy, and transport.
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Wulf
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Sensitivity training aids workplaces facing disabilities
An Options program helps ease employer concerns about ADA upgrades and hires. Tricia O Bannon, a United Fire and Casualty worker with a learning disability, uses color coded mail routes and signs to navigate tasks. Matthews notes rising awareness reduces stigma and questions.
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Options
Matthews
Tricia O’bannon
United Fire & Casualty
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