Society's Assets history assisting with independent living

<body> <bgcolor="FFFFFF"><font size="2"><span style="color: windowtext"><b><a href="../Index.htm" target="_top" name="top">Home</a> | <a href="../Services/Services_Index.htm" target="_top">Services</a> | <a href="../Awards_Contests/Awards_Contests_Index.htm" target="_top">Awards & Contests</a> |<span style='color:windowtext'> </span> <a href="../Special_Events/Special_Events_Index.htm" target="_top">Special Events</a> | <a href="../News/News_Index.htm" target="_top">News</a> | <a href="../Opportunities_For_Giving/Opps_for_Giving_Index.htm" target="_top">Opportunities for Giving</a> | <a href="../Job_Openings/Job_Openings_Index.htm" target="_top">Job Openings</a> | <br>   <a href="../Resources_Links/Resources_Links_Index.htm" target="_top">Resources & Links</a> | <a href="../TOC/TOC_Index.htm" target="_top">Table of Contents</a> | <a href="../About_This_Site/About_This_Site_Index.htm" target="_top">About This Site</a> | <a href="../Request_More_Information/Request_More_Info_Index.htm" target="_top">Request More Information</a> | <a href="../Privacy/Privacy_Index.htm" target="_top"> Notice of Privacy Practices</a></b><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman";color:windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></span></font> <h1 style='line-height:115%'>Ability. . .Not Disability: A Historical Perspective </h1> <p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><span style='mso-tab-count:1'> </span><u1:p></u1:p>Beginning in 1972 as an informal grass roots effort led by people with disabilities, Society’s Assets incorporated in 1974.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>One of the agency’s first goals was to expand home health care in Racine, Wisconsin.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Many individuals with severe disabilities were forced to spend their lives in bed in the evenings and on the weekends since home health care was provided on weekdays only, between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>With funding from the Comprehensive Education and Training Act (CETA) which provided funds for non-profit agencies hiring people with disabilities, the group opened an office and established a home care service which operated 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span><u2:p></u2:p><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span><o:p></o:p></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%;margin-top:6 pt;margin-bottom:pt'><span style='mso-tab-count:1'> </span><u1:p></u1:p><u1:p></u1:p>Society’s Assets led the way in developing other services and resources for people with disabilities, e.g. information and referral, independent living skills, advocacy, peer support, telecommunications relay system, try-out program for adaptive equipment, and Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) consultation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Today the agency still provides most of the same services it offered in the early years.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>However, the scope, complexity, and volume has increased and continues to grow.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>The following pages provide details about Society’s Assets and its mission to assist people with disabilities in living as independently as possible in their homes in the communities of their choice.<span style='font-family:"Times New Roman"'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><u2:p></u2:p> <a href="../Index.htm" target="_top"><span style='mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'>Home - Mission Statement</span></a></p> <p class=MsoNormal> <a href="../Locations/Locations_Index.htm" target="_top"><span style='mso-field-code:"HYPERLINK \0022\.\.\\\\Locations\\\\Locations\.htm\0022"'>Service Area and Locations</span></a><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2"><span style="color: windowtext">© 2003 Society's Assets, Inc.  All Rights Reserved<span style='font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></span></font></p> </body>