October is Disability Employment Awareness Month. You can read Ehlay’s article for its history, and Joni’s for some local examples of our employment initiative at... Read more » Read More...

Employment Initiative

October 21, 2024

The mission of AWS Foundation is to support individuals with enduring intellectual, developmental, and physical disabilities to live as independently as possible. To that end,... Read more » Read More...

In October, Americans observe National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM) by highlighting the importance of disability-inclusive hiring. We take this month to emphasize inclusion in... Read more » Read More...

Fort Wayne, IN – AWS Foundation recently awarded $1,065,665 in grants to 14 non-profit organizations to benefit individuals with intellectual, developmental, and physical disabilities in... Read more » Read More...

Whitney Bandemer is the Board Chair of AWS Foundation and Principal of WB Consulting.   Managers are the single most important factor in a team’s... Read more » Read More...

It is often said that disability is the only minority group that anyone can join at any time. Some join at birth while others join... Read more » Read More...

Patti’s article in this issue addressed ADA and what ‘upgrades’ are certainly needed after 34 years. The natural progression of ADA, as she pointed out,... Read more » Read More...

You have heard the story before. July 26, 1990, on the lawn of the White House, President George H. W. Bush signed the Americans with... Read more » Read More...

Whether it was because school was out or that the pool was open, I always looked forward to summer as a kid. Too often summer... Read more » Read More...

From the CEO

May 20, 2024

In our house, the game of Scrabble can be an all-out war. Between our youngest and his father, the rest of us never stand a... Read more » Read More...