Share Your Story

Individuals and their support teams, provider organizations, personal support workers and partner organizations serving the DD community are invited to share their experiences and/or support services with Community Pathways to be featured in our newsletter.

Please fill out the form below. We look forward to hearing from you!

Share your story

Questions to think about:

  • For customers/individuals:

    • Why are brokerage support services important to you? How do they help you live a self-determined life in the community?

    • How do brokerage support services help you in working toward achieving your goals?

    • What is an accomplishment you would like to share with the community?

    • Are you employed and/or volunteer? Describe your experience getting and keeping your position

    • What advice do you have for other individuals who are seeking a job, volunteer experiences, housing, opportunities to social in the community?

    • How do you advocate for yourself or someone you know who experiences a disability?

    • What kind of resources, supports, and services has your personal agent helped you connect with? How have these supports and services helped you achieve your goal(s)?

  • For providers and/or partner organizations:

    • What programs and events does your agency/organization provide adults with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities that you believe our customers would find helpful?

    • What has your experience been like providing direct support services to customers of Community Pathways, and working with the individuals ISP team?

    • What advice would you give to people interested in becoming a personal support worker?

Stories individuals have shared with us:

  • Employment —the process of finding a job and asking for a promotion.

  • Housing — the process of moving out of the family home into an apartment.

  • Art & Employment — experiences making art and being chosen for a residency program.

Stories and resources provider organizations have shared with us:

  • Cooking and Nutrition programs.

  • Accessible and inclusive recreation programs.

  • Volunteer work a personal support worker and an individual do together.

 

Before submitting your story or message, please read the Release of Information notice below. The information you share with Community Pathways may be used to post content on our website “News” page, Facebook page, and in our newsletter.

To schedule an interview, call the communications specialist at (503) 935-5243 ext. 249

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Release of Information Notice:

By submitting a form via our website at www.communitypath.org, you hereby grant permission to Community Pathways, Inc. (CPI) and its agents and employees the unrestricted right to use or not use, edit, reproduce, and distribute any and all of the content you submit for the purpose of, but not limited to, publication, promotion, exhibition, in any manner and in any medium, that exist now or in the future, at the discretion of Community Pathways, Inc.

Please note that this form is not encrypted or secure. Do not submit sensitive personal information you are not willing to share with the staff at Community Pathways, Inc. or the public.

If you have questions, please contact our communications specialist at (503) 935-5249.

We respect your privacy.