ADAPT Celebrates Disability Pride
In 2015, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio declared July Disability Pride Month to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act. An act aimed at preventing discrimination against people with disabilities and ensuring they have the same rights and opportunities as others. Since then, Disability Pride Month is a celebration of […]
Persons Supported by ADAPT Works as Consultants on NYU Tandon Disability Studies Course
At ADAPT Community Network, we strive to provide varied opportunities for our people supported, such as employment, recreation, education, and more. This includes our partnership with NYU Tandon School of Engineering through Allan B. Goldstein’s Disability Studies course. Allan, a Senior Lecturer at NYU Tandon, started the Disability Studies course in 2013, having been introduced […]
ADAPT Celebrates Pride Month
Advocacy is the center of a lot of the work that we do here at ADAPT Community Network. Therefore, it is important that the people we support are informed and understand the various topics that concern them. This includes discussions and activities about LGBTIQ+ to LGBTQIA+. Hans Anggraito, the Community Specialist at ADAPT, with the […]
ADAPT Community Network Celebrates our 2021 Graduates
A long and rewarding year has come to an end, and it is time to celebrate the accomplishments of our students from our preschool and school-age programs. As a network of talented licensed and certified teachers, we are proud of the role we’ve played in their success and development, and our collaboration with their families […]
ADAPT Joins Project Euphonia
Imagine walking into a dark room and shouting, “Google, turn on the lights,” and the light comes on. For many individuals with speech disabilities, using voice-activated technologies can be challenging to perform routine tasks because most of the existing technology can not compute the nuances in speech patterns for those who have speech challenges. The […]
