
Jersey Mike’s Month of Giving!
United Rehabilitation Services (URS) has been chosen by the three local Jersey Mike’s Subs locations for their 8th Annual Month of Giving. Customers are invited to visit Jersey Mike’s for a delicious sub meal and they will donate 100 percent of the day’s sales to URS...
URS Celebrates Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month
In 1987, President Ronald Reagan declared March as Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month to encourage understanding and acceptance for people with disabilities. The goal for this month is to create awareness about developmental disabilities, teach the importance...
How Inclusion Became One Of The Most Popular Classes At School
by Jim Paulsen, Star Tribune/TNS | January 29, 2018 Junior Brenna Kyle, right, gets a hug from Megan Sturman, left, as they wait for Unified PE to begin at Wayzata High School in Plymouth, Minn. Wayzata is in its second year of the successful program, which brings...
Target Adding Clothing For Adults With Special Needs
Original Post by Disability Scoop by Shaun Heasley | January 31, 2018 Target is expanding its clothing options for people with disabilities beyond children with a new collection of jeans and tops in adult sizes. The retailer said it will roll out sensory-friendly and...
Trump Signs Family Caregivers Act
by Michelle Diament | January 25, 2018 Rosemarie Hughes helps her son, Chris Cook, who has intellectual disabilities, pack for a trip. The federal government will establish a strategy to help support the nation's family caregivers under a new law signed this week....
Airbnb Acquires Site Offering Accessible Accommodations
by Carolyn Said, San Francisco Chronicle/TNS | November 17, 2017 Airbnb said it is buying Accomable, a website that lists accessible lodging options. (Flickr) Airbnb has sometimes come under fire for lack of access for travelers with disabilities. The home-stay...
Happy Birthday Mary Carol!
On Thursday, December 21, 2017 we had the honor of celebrating a very special birthday at URS! Mary Carol Bristow, daughter of Marge Bristow, turned 71 yesterday so we all gathered together to sing Happy Birthday and enjoy some delicious cake in her honor! Her mother,...
WDTN-TV: 2017 Telethon Stories
URS Adult Services Help Families in the Miami Valley DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) – United Rehabilitation Services, also known as URS, provides for the needs of hundreds of children with disabilities here in the Miami Valley but what happens when those kids grow up? That’s...
United Rehabilitation Services Announces Completion of Capital Campaign
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE United Rehabilitation Services Announces Completion of Capital Campaign Dayton Ohio – United Rehabilitation Services of Greater Dayton at the Charles D. Berry Center announced today they have successfully reached their fundraising goal and...
November is National Family Caregivers Month
Caregiving is often times a 24/7 job and URS is here to help! URS is offering a new Caregiver Support Group for both caregivers and parents of children and adults with disabilities. Both groups offer a therapeutic atmosphere and structured program that is facilitated...
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