Stories
The Sounds of Silence Choir: Always Performing
Those with developmental disabilities have many gifts to share with friends and neighbors, and no other community knows this better than Stark County.
Rhonda’s Story — Always a Role Model
Rhonda Brown is many things — singer, fiancé, and churchgoer — and she also happens to be blind.
Diane’s Story: Always Leading
Diane Knupp has 40 years of firsthand experience with the progress Ohio has made providing support to those with developmental disabilities, and it is her mission to keep Ohio’s county boards moving forward.
Nancy’s Story: Always Educating
Growing up in a family of seven children with a sister with a developmental disability, Nancy Stiefel always did what she could to protect and help her sister Sara.
Catherine’s Story: Always Creating Opportunities
When Catherine Hare and her husband, Frank, moved to Athens County for his job as a Presbyterian minister in 1967, they never could have imagined the impact they would have on the area’s developmental disabilities community.