The Heart of The ArcA Newsletter Celebrating The Arc’s
Employees
October—November
All Staff Day Unites Colleagues for Day of Inspiration
Renowned disabilities specialist, blogger
and author David Hingsburger drew a crowd of nearly
160 Arc employees at the...
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The Heart of The ArcA Newsletter Celebrating The Arc’s
Employees
October—November
All Staff Day Unites Colleagues for Day of Inspiration
Renowned disabilities specialist, blogger
and author David Hingsburger drew a crowd of nearly
160 Arc employees at the annual All Staff Day event
held October 12th
at Trump Marina.
Dave’s experience both professionally as a disabilities specialist and
personally as someone with a disability himself
guided his stories throughout the day.
His candid and
forthright approach helped hammer home some key
concepts about our work on behalf of people with
developmental disabilities.
Here are some memorable stories and messages from Dave’s talk that we hope you will retain
and share with those who could not attend:
Direct Support Professionals: Making
‘Home’ and ‘Community’ Happen
One of Dave’s first experiences as a direct
support professional was when he had to play Santa
Claus at an institution for those residents who didn’t
have family or friends to visi
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