by Grady Chambers | Oct 3, 2024 | General, NDEAM
Our celebration of NDEAM (National Disability Employment Awareness Month!) continues with this story on Danielle, a standout employee at Hampton Inn in Delaware, where she recently won a prize for her towel creation, “Crabby Abby.” Here’s the backstory: the team at...
by Grady Chambers | May 21, 2024 | General, NDEAM, News, Participant Stories, Participant Stories - 2024
Give it up for Tremaine, pictured here on ‘Day One’ of his new job! Tremaine was recently hired as Facilities Manager at The Goodwill Foodbank in Delaware, which is a big responsibility for a new hire! With the help of his job developer, Carol...
by Grady Chambers | Oct 25, 2023 | General, NDEAM, Participant Stories
It’s been a minute since we heard from our Project Career Launch students, and that’s about to change…right… now! Recently, two of our Project Career Launch students were spotted in the community volunteering with “Our Closet in Your Neighborhood”—a pop-up...
by Grady Chambers | Oct 24, 2023 | Delaware, NDEAM, Participant Stories
It’s the last week of NDEAM and we’re taking our lead from Thomas, who knows what it means to finish strong. Thomas topped the podium in a recent Special Olympics cycling race, also winning gold in another...
by Grady Chambers | Oct 23, 2023 | Employer Focused, NDEAM, Participant Stories
National Disability Employment Awareness Month is in its final stretch, and we’re encouraging you to hit that like button to cheer on Domere and his excellent employer, Broad and Brew. Domere is coming up on two years in his job at the local Philly favorite for bites...
by Grady Chambers | Oct 19, 2023 | Delaware, NDEAM, Participant Stories
Check out these great pictures from our team in Delaware, who showed up huge for the Boardwalk Buddy Walk at Rehoboth Beach two weeks ago! The Buddy Walk is a one-mile walk to benefit research, education, and family support for those with Down syndrome,...
by Grady Chambers | Oct 18, 2023 | General, NDEAM, Participant Stories
We’re continuing our celebration of National Disability Employment Awareness Month with this spotlight on Bon Appetit at the University of Pennsylvania and the whole Dining Services system at Penn. Since 2016, more than 40 CIS participants...
by Grady Chambers | Oct 17, 2023 | General, NDEAM, Participant Stories
We continue our series on Invisible Disabilities Awareness Week with another story of a CIS staff-person living with invisible disabilities. Meet one of our Employment Trainer at CIS. “You Don’t look like you’re sick” (eyes...
by Grady Chambers | Oct 17, 2023 | General, NDEAM, Participant Stories
As we are celebrating the month of NDEAM (National Disability Employment Awareness Month), we want to stop and shed light on a pressing issue many of us may face. Did you know that October 15th- 21st is Invisible Disability Awareness Week? IDAW shines a light on...
by Grady Chambers | Oct 13, 2023 | Delaware, NDEAM, Staff Spotlights
Truly the very best thing about CIS is our staff. Whatever path led us to CIS, the common denominator among us is a deep-rooted commitment to making a positive impact in our local communities. In that spirit, we’re excited to continue our series of staff spotlights...
by Grady Chambers | Oct 12, 2023 | General, NDEAM, Participant Stories
A big shout out to our own Abdul, an administrative assistant at CIS who was part of a panel discussion for the Neurodivergent Young Autistic Adult Council (NYAAC) at Drexel University. Among other neurodivergent...
by Grady Chambers | Oct 10, 2023 | Delaware, General, NDEAM, Participant Stories
It’s National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM), and we invite you to hit that ‘like’ button for Kevin, pictured here on “Day One” of his job at a Public Library in Delaware. Kevin started his new position there after 20...
