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Local young adults with disabilities may now gain real-life work experiences at Danbury Hospital, thanks to a 10-month internship program that launched this fall through Ability Beyond and Nuvance Health.

Leaders with Ability Beyond, the state’s second largest providers of services for people with disabilities, met with state Sen. Tony Hwang Monday to discuss the critical need for additional funding for disability services.

In Connecticut, art spaces are working to make their venues accessible and welcoming for everyone.

Gregory D. Smith, president and CEO of the Westport-based Maplewood Senior Living, passed away at the age of 54 on March 31.

Entrepreneur Gregory Smith created Maplewood Senior Living, which has communities in Danbury, Darien, Newtown, Orange, Fairfield, Bethel and East Norwalk.

Ability Beyond, a Bethel-based nonprofit, will celebrate 70 years of serving people with disabilities in Connecticut and New York this April.

Ability Beyond was proud Wednesday to honor U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy with the Karraker Memorial Award for his ongoing commitment to reforming the country’s mental health system.  

Ability Beyond’s Annual Autumn Mental Health Breakfast this morning at the Amber Room in Danbury and honored U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy as well as Ridgefield First Selectman Rudy Marconi and Veasna Roeun of the Danbury Health Department.

Disability Solutions, a division of @AbilityBeyond based in Chappaqua entered into a joint initiative with @bmsnews to launch Disability Diversity in Clinical Trials @DSTalentatWork