How Sam Built a Vocation from His Curiosity
Sam, a resident in our Danbury-based young adult mental health program, has always been curious about how things work. “First I was a kid playing […]
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Autumn Mental Health Breakfast Honors Four Community Heroes
Ability Beyond’s Autumn Mental Health Breakfast was a tremendous success! With 400 supporters gathering at the Amber Room Colonnade in Danbury, it was a beautiful […]
National Disability Employment Awareness Month
Having a job and earning a paycheck is essential to independence and self-worth. That’s why at Ability Beyond, we’re proud to help more than 2,000 […]
Breaking Through Barriers – A Road From Unemployment To Independence
When Shannon first found Ability Beyond, she was in her early 20s, hadn’t completed high school, and thought that she would never find a job. […]
Athletes Build Strong Bonds During Summer Games
More than 60 athletes, supported by dozens of volunteers and staff, recently came together at Southern Connecticut State University for the annual Special Olympics Summer […]
Switch It Up – TIP Squad Presents Assistive Tech Device
Members of the Technology Innovation for Peers (TIP) Squad showed participants of a recent assistive technology convention just how easy it could be to make […]
Coming Full Circle through Project SEARCH
Leonardo, a graduate from our Project SEARCH job training program, is proud to share where he was born: Lawrence Hospital in Bronxville. Today, the hospital […]
Gala & Beyond: The Magic Within – Honoring a NY Family
Hundreds of community members joined Ability Beyond on April 26th to celebrate The Magic Within during Ability Beyond’s annual Gala & Beyond as we honored […]
Reimagining the Future after a Traumatic Brain Injury
Like so many adults with a disability, 38-year-old Michael, of New Milford, dreamed about entering the workforce—but he wasn’t sure if he could. Would he […]
Stronger Together
Growth is rarely comfortable or easy. That didn’t stop Zion from taking a bold step toward independence in June 2023—through the doors of a Danbury […]