Celebrating Abilities and Empowering People: March is Intellectual and Developmental Disability (IDD) Awareness month, and an opportunity to highlight the importance of inclusion and acceptance of our friends and neighbors living with a developmental disability.  We have come a long way through the last 75 years in supporting youth and adults with disabilities as well as their families. We’ll share a little of the history of IDD services and AbilityPoint, some of the programs and services developed to meet the needs of the families we serve and the stories behind why they are so important.

Kevin Fish has been with AbilityPoint since 1996, serving as the Executive Director since 2004.  Under his leadership AbilityPoint serves over 2,100 youth and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities, providing social and recreational opportunities, information & education, targeted case management and advocacy.

Kevin helped launch and hosts the Transition Council of South-Central Kansas, Chairs the Advocates in Communities Team. Serves on the board of directors for InterHab, a statewide developmental disability advocacy organization as well as Unstoppable God Ministries.