Catch up on the latest news from our growing community.
As part of a recent feature on services that are available to adults with disabilities in the region, 068 Magazine highlighted many of our successful programs, including job training, residential services and supports and employment services. Children with intellectual or developmental disabilities receive services through their local schools but many […]
Ability Partners with Habitat for Humanity to Renovate Danbury Home We are so excited to announce that we’ve partnered with Housatonic Habitat for Humanity to renovate one our our homes in Danbury. The home has been vacant recently due to a lack of funding for repairs. However, with the generous support […]
DANBURY — A total of $204,000 will be distributed among 18 local nonprofit groups through the City of Danbury’s Department of Social Services Grant Program administered by the United Way of Western Connecticut. Nonprofit agencies that focus their work on education and child care; health and mental health; and financial […]
DANBURY – Two local nonprofit organizations with a “shared goal of helping to ensure everyone has a safe place to call home” are joining forces for the first time to take their community services to a new level. Danbury-based Housatonic Habitat for Humanity is providing volunteers two days a week […]
Save The Date – Gala & Beyond Platinum Jubilee We are excited to announce this year’s Gala & Beyond – our Platinum Jubilee – will be held on Saturday April 22! Join us as we celebrate 70 years of working within the communities we serve to improve the lives […]
Happy Holidays and New Year! Happy Holidays to our extended family from everyone at Ability Beyond. We are so incredibly thankful this year that community support has enabled us to serve individuals with disabilities for nearly 70 years. Without you, we wouldn’t be able to continue our mission to discover, […]
BETHEL, CT – Ability Beyond was proud Wednesday to honor U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy with the Karraker Memorial Award for his ongoing commitment to reforming the country’s mental health system. Murphy received the honor during Ability Beyond’s Annual Autumn Mental Health Breakfast. Ridgefield First Selectman Rudy Marconi and Veasna […]
When Lucia Riviere walked into Ability Beyond Ritch Drive residence for her first day at work nearly three decades ago, she knew it was where she belonged. Riviere had grown up wanting to be nurse. She had a calling to treat people the way they deserved to be treated, with […]
BETHEL, CT – In light of his ongoing efforts to repair the country’s mental health system, Ability Beyond is proud to announce that U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy is the recipient of this years Celine Karraker Memorial Award. The award, named in honor of Interlude founder Celine Karraker, honors an individual […]
Ability Beyond Announces Disability Solutions and Bristol Myers Squibb Joint Effort to Increase Access to Clinical Trials for those with Disabilities BETHEL, CT – People with disabilities comprise nearly one-quarter of the population and have traditionally been excluded from clinical drug trials. However, a new initiative is looking to […]
