Ability Beyond Disability Employees Honored

Ability Beyond Disability has recognized the following residents as recipients for the Five Years of Service Award: Shannon McClary of Newtown and Holly Troccolla of Sandy Hook.

Laurie Dale of Sandy Hook was a recipient of the Fifteen Years of Service Award.

These employees each received their awards and a gift, presented to them by Tom Fanning, president of Ability Beyond Disability, at an employee appreciation luncheon on November 3.

Ability Beyond Disability (formerly Datahr Rehabilitation Institute) is a 501(c)(3) organization headquartered in Bethel, with additional offices in Mount Kisco, N.Y. It provides a wide range of services for people whose disability inhibits their activities of daily living — including numerous residential alternatives, employment training, career counseling, job placement services, cognitive and life skills instruction, clinical and therapeutic support, and volunteer and recreational activities — for approximately 1,000 people at some 200 diversified sites.

Today, its services extend far beyond the Danbury community and range from west of Hartford, throughout Fairfield County and into Westchester and Putnam Counties in New York.