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  • A graphic with two photos. One features a senior with her direct support professional and the other is a smiling woman with intellectual disability

    Adult Services

    Easterseals provides a variety of center and community-based services for adults and seniors with disabilities.
  • Two women are speaking to each other. One woman is in a wheel chair and the other woman is kneeling beside her.

    Respite Services

    What is respite? Respite is anything that gives YOU, the caregiver, a break while someone else cares for your loved one. Some examples of respite include:
  • A camp director and counselor sit on either side of a man with a disability at a Campground

    For Many, Camp Fairlee is Spelled “R-E-L-I-E-F”

    Mark is a loving, funny, happy person and happens to have autism. However, some of the behaviors associated with his autism, like repetition and a regimented schedule, can be exhausting and stressful for his parents, Tom and Sally. Luckily, for at least one week of the year, they get a break from caregiving and enjoy a full night’s sleep thanks to Easterseals Camp Fairlee.
  • Child with Down syndrome plays music on a recorder

    Easterseals Celebrates Better Hearing and Speech Month

    It is a typical scene happening in many homes across the country, a family sharing a meal at the table. However, for the Shrieves family, this night is anything but typical. For the first time since two-year-old Cheyanne was born, the family is all eating the same meal. Easterseals speech therapy services helped this magical moment come true.
  • Headshot of a man who is wearing a gray suit

    The Adami Fund for Innovation

    Former Easterseals President and CEO, Bill Adami, dedicated his life to improving the lives of individuals with disabilities. As a 14-year-old volunteer at a state institution for people with significant intellectual disabilities, Bill looked at the inhumane treatment at that time and it forged his passionate commitment to ensure that people with disabilities would be treated with dignity and respect.
  • Easterseals Ceo stands next to two women who are holding up an Easterseals sign

    Easterseals Recognizes The Tatnall Preschool for Fundraising

    Easterseals Delaware & Maryland’s Eastern Shore President/CEO, Kenan J. Sklenar, recently presented a certificate of thanks to Aimee Neff, head of Tatnall Preschool, and Linda Champagne, preschool teacher, for their superlative fundraising efforts through their “Hop-N-ing” program.

  • Easterseals Receives Grant from Capital One

    Easterseals Delaware & Maryland’s Eastern Shore recently received a grant from Capital One to support the financial empowerment of people with disabilities. The grant will support a financial education program that will benefit participants in Easterseals day programs for adults with physical and intellectual disabilities.