Coming this August to the Durant Luxury Apartments in downtown Flint, Over the Edge returns for its fourth year.
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TDN Offers New Classes for 2021 with TDN Connect
TDN Connect, a new multi-faceted virtual program offered by The Disability Network, is designed to help people learn new independent living skills by inviting them to participate in recreation and leisure programs completely online.
Ramp installations Continue into 2021
This free ramp is part of a new program at the Disability Network that installs temporary ramps into Genesee County homes. The program started in December 2020 with funds provided by the Community Foundation of Greater Flint.
Request for COVID-19 Vaccine Review for People with Disabilities
On January 28, 2021, The Disability Network cosigned a letter to the state, along with the other centers for independent living across the state, to advocate for vaccine priorities. The entirety of the letter can be found below.
TDN 2020 Annual Report
The past year presented several challenges for The Disability Network, our consumers, and our partners. COVID-19 created a unique set of obstacles, and social justice issues across the country raised ever-present concerns for a strong community continually striving for equity.
Despite the barriers caused by COVID, TDN adapted services and approaches to ensure consumers could receive our five core services.
What’s your story?
The Disability Network will be launching a campaign this year featuring our very own community. The campaign will feature local residents with disabilities sharing their own stories with pride and in their own words. Disabilities are more than we think.
Service and Learning Opportunities for MLK Day 2021
Though events and service work may be different this year, there are still many ways to honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on Monday, January 18th.
New Year, New Intentions
With the new year right around the corner, instead of making a resolution, try setting a new intention. An intention can be a short phrase (some call this a mantra), or even simply a word or two.
The Whole Hand Method: Combating the Winter Blues
As the days get shorter, the shortest being December 21st, 2020, which marks the first day of winter, in the Northern Hemisphere, and closer to home here in the great mitten-shaped state of Michigan. And with less sunlight, and less than ideal temperatures, those winter blues, as known as “seasonal affective disorder” (SAD), are knocking […]
These are a few of our favorite things
We asked The Disability Network staff to name a few of their favorite things (and people) here at TDN. We will be sharing these stories and photos all way into 2021.