NDEAM 2025: Celebrating Value and Talent

NDEAM 2025: Celebrating Value and Talent

October 2025 NDEAM 2025: Celebrating Value and Talent By Braden Scheib, Associate Director of Employment Services This year marks the 80th anniversary of National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM). I was surprised to learn that when I first read it. I have...
Voices of Mainstay

Voices of Mainstay

December 2025 Voices of Mainstay Voices of Mainstay (VOM) is a participant-led advocacy group that meets monthly. These meetings are designed to encourage speaking up and speaking out about the things that affect everyday life for the people that Mainstay supports. In...
Understanding Social Role Valorization

Understanding Social Role Valorization

March 2026 Understanding Social Role Valorization Why Meaningful Roles Matter for Adults with Intellectual Disabilities and Autism (ID/A) By Shayaan Meyers, Program Manager Each of us holds many roles in life — employee, neighbor, volunteer, friend, or family...
Why I Left Corrections and Found Meaning at Mainstay

Why I Left Corrections and Found Meaning at Mainstay

April 2026 Why I Left Corrections and Found Meaning at Mainstay By Aaron Smith, Program Manager I want to help people. The large metal and shatter resistant glass sliding doors slammed securely behind me with a resounding thud. The mechanism of the doors facing the...