by Grady Chambers | Apr 12, 2024 | Staff Spotlights
Truly the very best thing about CIS is our staff: we’re artists, educators, musicians, caregivers, people just out of school working side by side with long-time CIS employees. Whatever your path to a job at CIS, the common denominator is a deep-rooted commitment to...
by Grady Chambers | Apr 4, 2024 | Job Placement Reels
A church; a local high school; a neighborhood organization committed to community wellness. What do all these places have in common? Each of them hired a CIS participant over the past month! 👏 From jobs as administrative and teaching assistants to positions as...
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!...
by Grady Chambers | Mar 20, 2024 | General, News, Participant Stories, Participant Stories - 2024
Pizza anyone? 🍕 Siani is the newest addition to the dining team at a local school in the Philadelphia School District, where she’s working hard to provide hot and fresh meals to hundreds of students. Her time is spent crafting fresh pizza and wraps, and ensuring the...
by Grady Chambers | Mar 18, 2024 | General, News, Participant Stories, Participant Stories - 2024
Warm weather isn’t the only exciting thing going on right now: we’re back with more rewarding news about Chaz, who’s been making his mark in Philadelphia as an advocate for people with disabilities and helping in local initiatives in his community. Chaz and two...
by Grady Chambers | Mar 15, 2024 | General, News, Participant Stories, School to Work Transition
People are saying one of our Project Career Launch students, Joseph, is “outstanding,” and we couldn’t agree more. Joseph recently received an “Outstanding Customer Service Award” from ShopRite, where he’s been a massive asset to his team and the customers since...
by Grady Chambers | Mar 12, 2024 | General, News, Participant Stories, Participant Stories - 2024, School to Work Transition
At CIS, we take pride in helping young adults with disabilities get the tools to obtain they need to begin the career of their choice! Our three student-to-work transition programs—Project Career Launch (PCL), Project SEARCH, and Project Career Build—have enabled...
by Grady Chambers | Mar 8, 2024 | General, News
Who run the world? GIRLS! As we honor March 8th as International Women’s Day, we applaud all our women employees and participants who work to embody our mission and values here at CIS. For 2024 #IWD, the theme is “Inspire Inclusion,” and what better way to inspire...
by Grady Chambers | Mar 7, 2024 | General, News, Participant Stories, Participant Stories - 2024
Another excellent “Day One” is in the books for one of our participants, James, who recently started a new position with the School District of Philadelphia. James was hired as a Support Assistant at a local middle school in Northeast Philly and has been an enormous...
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