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The ADA Celebration is a community event to celebrate the 27th anniversary of the signing of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). There will be entertainment, food, as well as community partners offering information about services that are available and could benefit individuals with disabilities. This event is FREE and open to the public!

Community Partners:

• IKUS | indian trails camp
• Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services
• Association for the Blind & Visually Impaired
• Catherine's Health Center
• Kent RICC
• Kent District Library
• Hope Network
• The Rapid
• Kent County Health Department
• Artists Creating Together

Sponsors:

• Meijer
• Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan
• Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation Hospital
• Behler-Young Company

* There will be an ASL interpreter for the programing.

For questions contact Maddie: 
[email protected] 
616-323-2208

Mark your calendars for our Dis.is Community Conversation focused on incarceration and mental illness. 

Join us as well as experts in the fields of criminal justice and mental health to discuss the issues related to incarceration and mental illness. 

Disability Advocates will host the community conversation at our office. It is a free event and open to the public. 

Topic Experts:

• Captain Klinton Thorne, Kent County Sherrif's Department
• Ruth Sprague, Network 180
• Christy Buck, Mental Health Foundation

When: 5:00 - 6:30 PM on June 27, 2017
Where: Disability Advocates of Kent County 
3600 Camelot Dr. SE, Grand Rapids, 49546

Dis.is asks our community to look at disability with a fresh perspective, free of the myths and stereotypes that have developed over the years, focusing on the person first.