AbilityFirst is a nonprofit helping individuals with disabilities achieve their personal best throughout their lives! We do this with programs and services including after-school enrichment, community based programs, job training and coaching and a fully-accessible camp Camp Paivika, in the San Bernardino forest.
Established in 1926 as the Crippled Children's Society of Southern California, our mission is to look beyond disabilities, focusing on capabilities and expanding possibilities. In 2000, we adopted the name AbilityFirst to better reflect our mission, our vision, and our commitment to celebrating the unique abilities of every individual.
AbilityFirst stands for and alongside people with developmental disabilities and their families. We create a welcoming environment where everyone feels they belong are are valued!
Our first consideration is always for the well-being of our participants, and - through the mutual trust that we share - each person is supported to achieve his or her personal best.
AbilityNet's vision is a digital world accessible to all. As a charity, we support disabled adults and older people to use technology to achieve their goals at home, at work, and in education. We do this by providing free resources and specialist services to help businesses and public sector organisations build more accessible and inclusive workplaces, websites, and apps. With our expert team of certified consultants, you gain valuable insights and expertise from various sectors, helping your teams create accessible and compliant websites and apps.
AbilityNet's clients include blue-chip multinationals, SMEs, national and local government, the NHS, universities, charities and many others.
By choosing AbilityNet as your digital accessibility partner, you're helping us as a charity to support disabled people and older people to access essential digital services.
Benefit from our top-quality services, including detailed testing and audits, comprehensive training, insightful user testing, strategic guidance, and trusted accreditation.
If you are a digital professional advocating for accessibility and inclusion best practices within your organisation please get in contact with us.
More details at www.abilitynet.org.uk
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