by Grady Chambers | Oct 3, 2026 | General, NDEAM, News, Participant Stories, Participant Stories - 2026
To kick off National Disability Employment Awareness Month, we’re excited to share this story showing what a person can achieve in the workplace when paired with an employer committed to their success. Meet Melissa, who recently celebrated her five year anniversary in...
by Grady Chambers | Oct 1, 2026 | General, News, Participant Stories, Participant Stories - 2026
October! It’s crisp, it’s golden, and as some of you may know, it’s National Disability Employment Awareness Month! NDEAM is a celebration of employees with disabilities and the tremendous contributions they make in the workplace. All month long we’ll be sharing some...
by Grady Chambers | Sep 28, 2026 | General, News, Participant Stories, Participant Stories - 2026
Congratulations to CIS’s own Hayden Howard and Andrew Jeffrey Wright, recipients of the Employment 1st Award and the Cultural Arts Award at the recent Points of Transformation Awards, hosted by Philadelphia’s Department of Behavioral Health and Intellectual...
by Grady Chambers | Sep 26, 2026 | General, News, Participant Stories, Participant Stories - 2026
There was so much to celebrate during the recent DBHIDS Points of Transformation Awards we can’t keep it all to one story, but we’ll start by spotlighting two CIS participants who took center stage at Friday’s festivities. Meet Brittany and Javier. Brittany’s been...
by Grady Chambers | Sep 24, 2026 | General, News, Participant Stories, Participant Stories - 2026
Give it up for Keith P. (pictured right), who’s been taking his work to the next level of late in his job at the Philadelphia Zoo! Much of Keith’s work happens behind the scenes, but everyone in the know knows its Keith and his team who really help make the zoo run...
by Grady Chambers | Sep 23, 2026 | General, News, Participant Stories, Participant Stories - 2026
Last week was a meaningful one at CIS, as we joined organizations around the country celebrating Direct Support Professional Recognition Week! DSP Recognition Week honors the deeply impactful work of those who devote themselves to helping the people they support find...
by Grady Chambers | Sep 22, 2026 | General, News, Participant Stories, Participant Stories - 2026
Join us in celebrating a huge honor for Harry, who was named the 2026 Olive Garden Team Member of the Year! It’s hard to do justice to what a big deal this is. The award is given to one Olive Garden team member across the entire country, and we can’t imagine a more...
by Grady Chambers | Sep 20, 2026 | General, News, Participant Stories, Participant Stories - 2026
Here’s a fun one for hump day—our singing superstar Amira worked two recent shows at Lincoln Financial Field! Amira is not just a steadfast presence in her job at The Linc, but as a singer herself has found a job where she gets to be front and center to see some of...
by Grady Chambers | Sep 18, 2026 | General, News, Participant Stories, Participant Stories - 2026
Join us in celebrating our main man Paul D., pictured here loving life in his job at a local equestrian center. Paul’s in one of the coolest jobs we can imagine, working as a farmhand on the center’s beautiful land. He just got back from vacation and received a sweet...
by Grady Chambers | Sep 17, 2026 | General, News, Participant Stories, Participant Stories - 2026
Give some love to Nicholas, Stephanie, Joey, and Patricia, four CIS participants doing a standout job at work! As an organization committed to quality employment for people with disabilities, we know that no two work weeks look exactly alike, and these four “Sunday...
by Grady Chambers | Sep 4, 2026 | News, Participant Stories, Participant Stories - 2026
Give it up for Kevin, who just began a 12 week paid internship at one of the coolest sites we can think of: Temple University’s TechOWL Community Space, an interactive resource hub for Pennsylvanians with disabilities with an emphasis on assistive technology....
by Grady Chambers | Sep 4, 2026 | General, News, Participant Stories, Participant Stories - 2026
Don’t worry, it is most definitely still summer, but we couldn’t help feeling a jolt of excitement for autumn while watching Nicholas unbox those Drexel sweatshirts in his job at Rally House at Drexel University. Nicholas’s path to employment at Rally House is...
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