Spotlight: Agency for Life Transformations

Last month, I met Diane Dickson, a job coach and co-founder of Agency for Life Transformations (ALT) in Titusville. ALT is a nonprofit that helps people with disabilities reach their full potential in life. The agency's programs introduces participants to small business management and teaches them independent living skills. There is a training class for parents on how to help their children become self-advocates. ALT also provides employment, transition, and nutritional counseling services. The organization sells Inspira Spirulina, a superfood in the form of blue-green algae full of nutrients. Proceeds go to self-development and employment programs for people with disabilities. For more information about Agency for Life Transformations, go to https://www.altsuccess.org/.

As shown on its website, one of ALT's success stories is Candace Whiting, a motivational speaker, Special Olympics reporter, and dancer with Down syndrome. My mother and I had the pleasure of meeting her and her parents Stephen and Carol last Thursday; Diane was also present. Candace said she'd like to write a book about her life, so I gave her some advice about that. (Copies of my autobiography UnabASHed by Disability, which was published five years ago, can still be purchased at Amazon; click on the link in the right column of this web page.) Candace and Stephen, a personal trainer with an education background, run Great Life Unlimited, a lifestyle consulting company that also seeks to assist people with disabilities in leading fulfilling lives. To learn more about the Whitings' company, go to https://www.greatlifeunlimited.com.

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(image via altsuccess.org)