by Grady Chambers | May 10, 2024 | General, News, Participant Stories
CIS was out in full force for the 2024 Brighter Future Awards, which brought together people from all facets of the disabilities services world to celebrate another year of improving access and equality for people with disabilities. These awards were extra...
by Grady Chambers | May 10, 2024 | General, News, Participant Stories - 2024, School to Work Transition
What a truly amazing time we had on Tuesday at Mission Possible, the end-of-year event for CIS-supported students from CR Countywide Programs. The event brought together participating students with local employers for a series of informative, hands-on sessions where...
by Grady Chambers | May 3, 2024 | General, News, Participant Stories, Participant Stories - 2024
April showers bring May flowers, and may have bought some new jobs for our participants as well! Please give it up for Darryl, one of the Philadelphia School District’s newest employees. Darryl completed his first day this past week and is off to a great start in his...
by Grady Chambers | May 1, 2024 | General
The School District of Philadelphia has been a standout partner in our mission to help people with disabilities find and thrive in meaningful employment. Not only do we partner with the District on a several programs that ensure students with disabilities...
by Grady Chambers | Apr 25, 2024 | General, News, Participant Stories, Participant Stories - 2024
In just about the super-coolest news imaginable, we just found out that Chaz will be attending the NFL draft this weekend in Detroit, Michigan! Not only is this a once in a lifetime opportunity, but it’s a huge honor for Chaz: he works for the Eagles Autism...
by Grady Chambers | Apr 24, 2024 | General, News, Participant Stories, Participant Stories - 2024
Imagine you landed a job at your very favorite store. Well, that dream scenario came true for one of our Delaware participants, Sam, who recently was hired at an arcade he frequents often! Last month, Sam started as an Arcade Team Member at Funtivity, one of...
by Grady Chambers | Apr 22, 2024 | General, News, Participant Stories, Participant Stories - 2024
Cherry blossoms and the solar eclipse aren’t the only exciting things happening this spring: one of our participants, Rashik, just got a super cool job at the Philadelphia Visitor Center!! Rashik was hired as a Visitor Experience Associate, and will interact...
by Grady Chambers | Apr 19, 2024 | General
CIS showed up huge for the Phillies last Saturday: it was World Autism Day, and 70 CIS employees, friends, and family came out to cheer the Phils to victory against the Pirates! It was a gorgeous day at Citizens Bank Park, and a special one for CIS: not...
by Grady Chambers | Apr 3, 2024 | General, News
We absolutely love this story (link in bio!) from NPR Morning Edition about Morgan’s Wonderland, a theme park in San Antonio that is ultra-accessible for people with disabilities. The park’s founder named it after his daughter Morgan, who has severe...
by Grady Chambers | Apr 1, 2024 | General, News, Participant Stories - 2024
April is Autism Awareness and Acceptance Month! It’s a great opportunity to spread awareness of what autism is, and tell the stories of people who are autistic, like Greg, an author and advocate (and CIS participant!) who was recently featured on 6ABC (see link...
by Grady Chambers | Mar 28, 2024 | General, News, Participant Stories, Participant Stories - 2024
Check it out! Gregory was spotlighted on 6ABC (link in bio) about his newest book, “My Amazingly Abundant Autistic Senses,” which gives insight into how people with autism navigate the world! Before beginning to use an assistive communication device,...
by Grady Chambers | Mar 26, 2024 | General, News, Participant Stories, Participant Stories - 2024
Stephen’s coming up on 7 years at the dining team at a local elementary school, and is doing an awesome job! Don’t just take it from us—check out the video and see what his co-workers had to say. Way to go, Stephen!...
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