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• 1. www.capabilitiesinc.biz We will strive to provide people with differing abilities the maximum supportsneeded to successfully achieve and sustaintheir goals.

2. www.capabilitiesinc.biz In The Beginning Bill and Karen Blumhorst Opened 1997 Accredited by CARF (Certification and Accreditation ofRehabilitation Facilities) www.CARF.org Rehabilitation Services Commissionwww.RSC.OHIO.gov Bureau of Workmans Compensationwww.ohiobwc.com 3. www.capabilitiesinc.bizSt. Marys Office 124 S Front St. St Marys, OH 45885 Phone: (419)394-0003 Toll Free: (877)394-0858 Fax: (419)394-2853 [email protected] 4. www.capabilitiesinc.bizCounties Served Allen Marion Van Wert Auglaize Mercer Union Clark Miami Madison Champaign Montgomery Butler Crawford Morrow Lucas Darke Ottawa Sandusky Greene Preble Seneca Hardin Putnam Clinton Hancock Richland Wyandot Logan Shelby Lucas Wood 5. www.capabilitiesinc.biz What does Capabilities do? Assessments vocational, computer, home-site, community based, work adjustment, careerexploration, job shadows Job Seeking and Keeping Skills Training Job Development Job Coaching Follow Along Pre-Drivers Education On the Road Drivers Training 6. www.capabilitiesinc.bizWho Knows Someone With a Disability? Definition of a Person with a Disability Someone who has a physical or mentalimpairment that substantially limits that person insome major life activity, has a record of suchimpairment, or is regarded as having suchimpairment. 7. www.capabilitiesinc.bizTypes of Disabilities Mobility and Physical Impairments Spinal Cord Disability Head Injuries Brain Disability Vision Disability Hearing Disability Cognitive or Learning Disabilities Psychological Disorders 8. www.capabilitiesinc.bizMobility and Physical Impairments Includes people with varying types of physicaldisabilities including: Upper limb(s) disability. Lower limb(s) disability Manual dexterity. Disability in co-ordination with different organs ofthe body. Disability in mobility can be either an in-born oracquired with age problem. It could also be theeffect of a disease. People who have a brokenbone also fall into this category of disability. 9. www.capabilitiesinc.biz Spinal Cord Disability Sometimes lead to lifelong disabilities Mostly occurs due to severe accidents Incomplete Injury- the messages conveyed bythe spinal cord is not completely lost Complete Injury- results in a total dis-functioning of the sensory organs. In somecases spinal cord disability can be a birthdefect. 10. www.capabilitiesinc.bizHead Injuries Brain Disability Occurs due to a brain injury Magnitude of the brain injury can range frommild, moderate and severe. Two types of brain injuries: Acquired Brain Injury (ABI) Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) ABI is not a hereditary type defect but is the degenerationthat occurs after birth. The causes of such cases of injury are many and are mainlybecause of external forces applied to the body parts TBI results in emotional dysfunctioning and behavioraldisturbance. 11. www.capabilitiesinc.bizVision Disability Hundreds of thousands of people that suffer fromminor to various serious vision disability orimpairments Injuries can also result into some seriousproblems or diseases like blindness and oculartrauma, to name a few. Some of the common vision impairment includesscratched cornea, scratches on thesclera, diabetes related eye conditions, dry eyesand corneal graft. 12. www.capabilitiesinc.bizHearing Disability Hearing disabilities includes people that are completely orpartially deaf Deaf is the politically correct term for a person with hearingimpairment People who are partially deaf can often use hearing aids toassist their hearing Deafness can be evident at birth or occur later in life fromseveral biologic causes Deaf people use sign language as a means ofcommunication Hundreds of sign languages are in use around the world Sign languages are as rich and complex as any oral language 13. www.capabilitiesinc.bizCognitive or Learning Disabilities Cognitive Disabilities are kind of impairmentpresent in people who are suffering fromdyslexia and various other learning difficulties Includes speech disorders 14. www.capabilitiesinc.biz Psychological Disorders Affective Disorders: Disorders of mood or feelingstates either short or long term Mental Health Impairment is the term used todescribe people who have experiencedpsychiatric problems or illness such as: Personality Disorders - Defined as deeply inadequatepatterns of behavior and thought of sufficient severityto cause significant impairment to day-to-dayactivities. Schizophrenia: A mental disorder characterized bydisturbances of thinking, mood, and behavior. 15. www.capabilitiesinc.bizWho Can Have a Disability? Anyone! Invisible Disabilities- Disabilities that are notimmediately apparent to others Estimated that 10% of people in the US have a medical condition that is considered a type of invisible disability 16. www.capabilitiesinc.biz What Do People With DisabilitiesWant? To have a job and/or participate in things To live with people they want in their lives To travel around the community To have friends to participate with These are the same wants and needs thateveryone has 17. www.capabilitiesinc.biz People First Language Recognizes that someone is a person, and thatthe disability is part, but not all of them Avoids labeling person and making them feellike less of a person Examples Replace "disabled people" with "people withdisabilities Replace "deaf people" with "people who are deaf"or "individuals who are deaf" 18. www.capabilitiesinc.biz Unemployment For People With Disabilities Unemployment Rate for Person without adisability 9.2% Unemployment Rate for Person with adisability 73% 19. www.capabilitiesinc.bizPersonal Stories: Jamie Went to High School, and now we worktogether Jamie has developmental disability- Autistic Jamie was always picked on at school Jamie now works as a janitor at Capabilities-we talk every day he works Jamie remembers my childhood dog, and allkinds of stories 20. www.capabilitiesinc.bizPersonal Stories: Richard 21. www.capabilitiesinc.biz Personal Stories: Richard Met Richard at Special Olympics Now works at We Can Too, LLC Richard has mild developmental disability,mood disorder, and depression Saw Richard at festival, Ignored him Richard now works and says hi all the time 22. www.capabilitiesinc.bizFamous People with Disabilities Bruce Willis Speech Problems when younger (stutter) David Beckham Tourettes Syndrome (Very Severe OCD) Stevie Wonder Blindness Tom Cruise Dyslexia Donald Trump OCD (Germ phobia) 23. www.capabilitiesinc.biz 24. www.capabilitiesinc.biz 25. www.capabilitiesinc.biz 26. www.capabilitiesinc.biz 27. www.capabilitiesinc.biz Questions?For More Information Visit:www.capabilitiesinc.biz