Building an inclusive community center that serves to its fullest means that members identify what is needed and provide direction. We will meet on a recurring basis at different days and times of the week so that all members have opportunities to collaborate when they are available.
Here are a few examples of goals members have for the Ability Resource Center:
- Expanding our books, materials, and resources that would encompass special topics and interests, guides, broader community resources, fiction, non-fiction, language learning, health, social, financial, housing, creative, and the list goes on.
- Planning and researching how to create accessible material and communications through transcription, braille and other adaptive technology services.
- Organizing areas of the center to allow for a range of activities. Examples: Quiet spaces to work, focus or relax; offices that allow for private calls or individual meetings; free to come and go common areas and designated times for higher sensory surrounding; Activity spaces for games, group meetings, planning, and smaller group engagements.
- Identifying amenities needed that would increase the usability and accessibility of our space
- Printing and organizing Ability Resource Center material, documents, resources to be available to members and families
- Self and community-representation in what we put on walls, what we feature or items we display, such as member art, projects, writing, etc.
