ADAPT Community Network

If you are looking for a fulfilling and impactful career, consider joining ADAPT Community Network! We are constantly hiring for a variety of positions, including direct support professional, registered nurse, teacher’s assistant, and more. Our wide range of programs and services has created a job network that has mobility, diversity, and flexibility. If you want to help kids and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities live full, happy, and healthy lives, please visit our careers page at https://lnkd.in/gS-ejdsg for a list of benefits and open positions. ADAPT Community Network is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer, and is committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. #dsp #dspjobs #dspcareers #disabilitysupportjobs #specialeducation #registerednurse #teachersassistant #nowhiring #hiring #directsupportprofessional #nonprofit #specialeducation #disabilityservices #nonprofitcareers #nycnonprofit

Every year, ADAPT produces a short film based on the theme for our ADAPT Leadership Awards Gala. This year, the theme was “The Future Is Now.” Follow along as the film shows you how technology impacts the lives of the people we support. First, we visit the Pelham Adult Learning Center, where the individuals we support express their artistry through laser painting. Next, we follow the journey of Noah, an ADAPT preschool student who unlocked the ability to communicate through the use of his iPad. Finally, join us in Brooklyn, where ADAPT thespians take the stage, where roles are adapted to each individual’s ability. We at ADAPT are so grateful for everyone who has been a part of our journey this past year. Here’s to another year of empowering people with innovative solutions, one person at a time! https://lnkd.in/gRsbY3cw #idd #developmentaldisabilites #iddwebinar #disabilities #specialneedsparenting #autism #disabilitysupport #disabilityinclusion #opwdd #intellectualdisabilities #cerebralpalsy #autism #adhd #asd #disabilityeducation

Happy World Down Syndrome Day! Today is a time to celebrate the achievements and lives of people with Down syndrome, a developmental and intellectual disability caused by an extra full or partial copy of chromosome 21. It is also an occasion to advocate for a more inclusive society for people with Down syndrome. This year’s #WDSD theme is #ImproveOurSupportSystems. To help protect the support systems of Americans with Down syndrome, use this link to reach out to your legislators: https://lnkd.in/gwf26GmF. Thank you for standing up for the I/DD community!

March is National Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month! This month is a time to spread awareness of developmental disabilities, promote disability education, and encourage inclusion. In addition to education, this National Developmental Disabilities Month is also about advocacy. The I/DD community’s Medicaid coverage is under threat, which therefore threatens disability services across the country. To protect the well-being of people with disabilities, please join us in urging the federal and state government to support a 7.8% Medicaid Rate increase and convene a Worker Wage Commission. Want to join the fight??Use this link to reach out to your legislators: https://lnkd.in/gwf26GmF #nddam #ddam #DDAM2025

Join ADAPT on Thursday, March 27th from 10:00am to 11:30am for a free webinar addressing what families of children with disabilities can do while they wait for early childhood services. Learn about ways families can support, interact with, and find useful tips and resources available for their children. This webinar will be presented in English with Spanish and Mandarin Chinese interpretation provided. To register, please email [email protected], call (718) 436-7979 Ext.5139, or visit bit.ly/ECSWebinar25. únase a ADAPT el jueves 27 de marzo, de 10:00 a 11:30, para un seminario web gratuito sobre qué pueden hacer las familias de ni?os con discapacidad mientras esperan los servicios de primera infancia. Aprenda cómo las familias pueden apoyar, interactuar y encontrar consejos y recursos útiles para sus hijos. Este seminario web se presentará en inglés con interpretación al espa?ol y al chino mandarín. Para inscribirse, envíe un correo electrónico a [email protected], llame al (718) 436-7979 ext. 5139 o visite bit.ly/ECSWebinar25. 3 月 27 日星期四上午 10:00 至 11:30，加入 ADAPT 参加免费网络研讨会，了解残障儿童家庭在等待早期儿童服务期间可以做些什么。了解家庭可以如何支持、与孩子互动以及找到有用的提示和资源。 本次网络研讨会将以英语进行，并提供西班牙语和普通话翻译。如需注册，请发送电子邮件至 [email protected]，致电 (718) 436-7979 分机 5139，或访问 bit.ly/ECSWebinar25。

Happy Women’s History Month! The William O’Connor Midwood School celebrated Women’s History Month by decorating their halls with stunning bulletin boards and hosting a special event to recognize the women of their school. Check out photos from their beautiful celebration! As an organization that is part of an industry predominantly upheld by women, we would like to recognize the tremendous impact that women have in the world of intellectual and developmental disabilities services. Thank you for all you do! #womenshistorymonth #internationalwomensday?

CONGRATULATIONS to Kaushik Das, Joseph de Mena, Nicholas Petrecki, Frank Senkiw, and Caroline Wilson on running the 2025 NYC Half Marathon! We hope you are all proud of this incredible accomplishment. Thank you for being a part of Team ADAPT and for generously raising funds to help support our programs and services! #nyhalf #halfmarathon #charitypartner #nychalf #nychalf2025

Are you ready to cheer on Team ADAPT in the NYC Half Marathon? Track our runners on Sunday, March 16th by searching by charity and selecting “ADAPT” in the New York Road Runners app. There is still time to help the runners of Team ADAPT meet their donation goals! If you would like to help them raise money for ADAPT’s programs and services, and support individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities, please visit https://bit.ly/ADAPTHalf.

If you are a knowledgeable speaker with expertise in a topic related to developmental or intellectual disabilities, we want to hear from you! ADAPT Community Network’s Annual Family Connect Summit is a day of online presentations addressing programs, services, policies, and strategies that enhance the lives of people with developmental and intellectual disabilities and their families. This year’s summit will take place on Wednesday, November 5, 2025, and will be based around the theme “Stronger Together.” To see past examples of presentations, visit bit.ly/FamConSummit2024. To find out how to apply, please contact [email protected]. The deadline to apply is Friday, May 2, 2025. We look forward to hearing from you! #idd #developmentaldisabilites #iddwebinar #disabilities #specialneedsparenting #autism #disabilitysupport #disabilityinclusion #opwdd #intellectualdisabilities #cerebralpalsy #autism #adhd #asd #disabilityeducation

“We are ready in short, to dedicate our strength to serving the needs, rather than the fears, of the world.” ― Dwight D. Eisenhower Never thought I’d be following in the footsteps of a man whose writing inspired me in my early teens, when I read his memoir of World War Two, ‘Crusade in Europe’. But in being honoured with the Hausman Humanitarian Award at the Adapt Leadership Awards in New York this week, I joined an illustrious list of previous honourees that included Eisenhower in 1962. Truly standing on the shoulders of giants. My work started as a photographer, who saw injustice in the world, and believed his only way of challenging that injustice was through storytelling. An angry man with a camera. Twenty years later I am CEO of one of the fastest growing international NGOs Legacy Of War Foundation and the first UN Global Advocate for People with Disabilities in Conflict and Peacebuilding Situations. But at my heart I am still a story teller and I see this award as an honour not for me, but rather for those who have shared their stories through my work. For they are my strength and my purpose. Thank you to my dear friend Ilda Rastoder Bruun Jim Hausman and all at ADAPT Community Network And for my wonderful table of supporting friends and colleagues Negar Tayyar Erin Allweiss Rita Nakouzi Cara E. Yar Khan Amir Zia Kalliopi Mingeirou Lee Woodyear Tash Walker ?? The gala dinner raised $1.2 million which will support their incredible work building a more inclusive and equitable world for thousands of children and adults with disabilities. At a time when the world is again facing brutal aggressors, weak leadership and politics driven my profit not morality, Eisenhower’s words ring true again. “So the world is again faced with the problem of armed aggression. Powerful dictatorships are attacking an exposed, but free, area. What should we do? Shall we take the position that, submitting to threat, it is better to surrender pieces of free territory in the hope that this will satisfy the appetite of the aggressor and we shall have peace?” ― Dwight D. Eisenhower