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• 12/08/2008
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• 10/25/2008
  Elaine Cox named Philanthropist of the Year by Ability Beyond Disability
• 10/24/2008
  Pepsi Bottling Group honored by Ability Beyond Disability
• 10/21/2008
  Changing Lives for 55 Years
• 10/20/2008
  Disability Mentoring Day a huge success!
• 10/17/2008
  2nd Annual Career Development Consumer & Employer Breakfast
• 10/01/2008
  Fall Fund Fest has arrived!
• 09/30/2008
  Local businesses help pave the way for students with disabilities
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Local businesses help pave the way for students with disabilities

Mentoring event promotes career development, job-shadowing and hands-on career exploration

September 30, 2008 - BETHEL, Conn. - Local businesses and students are invited to join in Ability Beyond Disability's 3-day mentoring event from October 15th - 17th in honor of Disability Mentoring Day (DMD), a national program that promotes career opportunities for students and job-seekers with disabilities.

Ability Beyond Disability will offer a group of approximately 50 individuals with disabilities the opportunity to tour various work environments and even spend some time shadowing other employees at local businesses. Mentoring sites currently include hospitality, retail, food service and media outlets with opportunities still available for other industries to get involved.

The event will kickoff at Ability Beyond Disability's Leir Pavilion in Bethel, CT. Guest speaker Miss International, Jayna Altman will share her personal story as an individual with a disability who overcame adversity to become an incredibly successful young woman. Ms. Altman believes that she stands as a testament to the power of persistence and hard work in difficult situations; and she wishes to use that knowledge to inspire other individuals and their families to focus on their abilities and to reach for the stars.

Mayor Boughton and Ridgefield First Selectman Rudy Marconi will be in attendance at the kickoff along with local business leaders. Some of the local businesses that are already on board for Ability Beyond Disabilitys DMD event include Wal-Mart, Olive Garden, Skivee Doodles, 98Q, Western Connecticut State University and the Danbury News-Times.

For information on how to get involved please contact Bridget Kopet at (203) 826-3090 or bkopet@abilitybeyonddisability.org.

Ability Beyond Disability is a 501{c} (3) organization headquartered in Bethel, Conn. and Mount Kisco, N.Y. It provides a wide range of services for approximately 1,000 people with a disability that inhibits their activities of daily living -- including numerous residential alternatives, employment training, career counseling, job placement services, cognitive and life skills instruction, clinical and therapeutic support, and volunteer and recreational activities. Today, its services extend far beyond the Danbury community into much of Connecticut and the Hudson Valley, New York. For more information about Ability Beyond Disability go to www.abilitybeyonddisability.org.