Month of May provides opportunity to learn about, support those living with a disability

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Could is Incapacity Consciousness Month, which supplies folks the chance to study, and educate others about, a few of the challenges confronted by our associates and neighbors who’re residing with a incapacity.

The CDC says 1 in 4 Individuals lives with a incapacity, and in Indiana, about 14% of adults have a mobility-related incapacity, in response to Kristi Howard-Schultz from the group Indianapolis Mothers.

The group is working this month with Servants at Work, a corporation that helps Hoosier kids and adults who’ve mobility challenges, Howard-Schultz says.

“They assist individuals who have everlasting mobility-related disabilities construct ramps in order that they’ll get out and in of their house with independence,” Howard-Schultz stated. “I do know which may sound like a small factor, nevertheless it’s it’s so costly — it’s price prohibitive. And it simply makes the distinction between having the ability to be impartial versus depending on a caregiver.”

Howard-Schultz says SAW is at all times on the lookout for volunteers. “As soon as the ramp is constructed and constructed–SAW oversees all of that–you get to satisfy the particular person and see them use the ramp and really expertise the advantages of the ramp the identical day.”

SAW additionally takes financial donations. The group is presently operating a marketing campaign that matches each greenback donated as much as $50,000.

Go to the Servants at Work web site for extra data.