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  • A mother and a daughter hold hands and smile in a hallway

    Self-Directed Care

    Take charge of your care by hiring a friend or family member as your caregiver.
  • 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:
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    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.
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    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.

  • Easterseals Receives Autism Speaks Chapter Grant

    Easterseals Delaware & Maryland’s Eastern Shore is proud to announce that it has received a $5,000 Autism Speaks Chapter Grant to better serve children with autism at Easterseals Camp Fairlee. Children with autism are able to enjoy a typical camp experience, including swimming, canoeing and campfires, with one-to-one counselor support. Easterseals has been offering autism sessions for the past six years, and this grant will help ensure children continue to receive the highest level of care.

  • Easterseals Receives CARES Relief Act Health Equity Grant

    Easterseals Delaware & Maryland’s Eastern Shore announced that it has received a grant from the New Castle County CARES Relief Act Health Equity Grant. The grant funding will make it possible for Easterseals to purchase technology to be loaned to community-based participants, who because of health risks are unable to attend in-person services. With the loaned technology, participants will have the ability to access Easterseals virtual programming services.
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    Easterseals Announces the Bill Adami Fund for Innovation

    Easterseals Delaware & Maryland’s Eastern Shore has announced “The Bill Adami Fund for Innovation” in memory of their recent President/CEO, and longtime disability advocate, William J. Adami. The creation of a fund bearing his name is to honor Adami’s legacy of leadership and innovation at Easterseals.

  • Easterseals Honors Governor Jack Markell And Robert J.A. Fraser For Their Advocacy For People With Disabilities

    Governor Jack Markell will be presented with the Outstanding Advocate Award by National Easterseals President/CEO, Jim Williams, at Easterseals Delaware & Maryland’s Eastern Shore’s 2014 Annual Dinner on Wednesday, October 8th. Additionally, Robert J.A. Fraser, longtime board member of the local affiliate, will be recognized with the Drex Jones Volunteer Award for his extraordinary service to people with disabilities in the region.