Athletes Compete in Summer Games
More than 60 athletes, along with dozens of volunteers and staff members, recently participated in the annual Special Olympics Summer Games, held at Southern Connecticut […]
News and Events
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 […]
Confidence and Community, Day by Day
Spend a few moments with Michelle, a warm-hearted and gregarious member of our Day Program, and you might not believe that she felt shy, uncertain, […]
Dr. Robert Bedoukian—A Beloved Hero of our Ability Beyond Family
It all starts with passion, vision and optimism – after that, Ability heroes veer off into their own special superpowers. Dr. Robert “Bob” Bedoukian left […]
Lifting Voices in the Day Program
It was the last place Max expected to be: on stage at Ability’s Gala fundraiser last year, singing to hundreds of people as the lead […]
Thriving With Succesful Employment
“Whatever you believe, you bring to life … so speak into existence what you want to do.” So goes the poem Believe, by David, 23. […]