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We at UDS would like to wish everyone a happy holiday and happy New Year! Please enjoy our sing-a-long with our president and CEO Brian Thomas.

It's Thanksgiving! To celebrate, we went around UDS and asked folks what they're thankful for this holiday season. What are you thankful for this year? Let us know in the comments. #UDSIncludes

As we enter the winter seasons, folks at UDS share their favorite items during Thanksgiving. What's your favorite holiday food? Let us know in the comments.

Community Employment Services Video for Grant

Taking a look at all of the fun and excitement of UDS's All-Stars at the Alley 2023!

All-Stars at the Alley 2023 arrives July 29! Take part in the fun at Spins Bowl in Akron, Ohio! We will have bowling, food, fun and more! Register online at udsallstars.org

Kaleidoscope celebrates National Poetry Month with a very special reading by Bryan R. Monte as featured in issue #81 of Kaleidoscope: Exploring the Experience of Disability through Literature and the Fine Arts.

Poetry in Its Naked form by Levi J. Mericle

They Came Apart by Dina S. Towbin

Thank you for your support of the All Stars at the Alley fundraiser to support the UDS All-Star Training Club inclusive sports program.

Carrie Jade Williams lives in Ireland and is a passionate advocate for improved accessibility within the arts. She received the Financial Times Essay Award in 2020. Living with Huntington’s disease she says, “I believe it is important to share my thoughts. I write because I want to be heard. As a writer who relies completely on assistive technology to communicate, I think it is vitally importan...

Emily Uduwana is an artist and writer living in Southern California. Her work has been published in Stonecoast Review (Summer 2020), FUNGI Magazine (Winter 2021), Columbia Journal (January 2021), and The Northridge Review (October 2020). She says, “Struggling with unexplained symptoms has led me to approach art and writing in new ways, from finding more accessible mediums to infusing my poetry ...

Catherine Shields lives in Miami, Florida, where she is a retired educator with an M.S. Ed. in exceptional education. Her work has been published in The Mainfest-Station (March 2021), Uncomfortable Revolution (January 2021), and Variant Literature (July 2020). Her daughter was the catalyst who inspired her to write her memoir, “A Million Ways to Measure Normal.” In her free time she enjoys hiki...

Marc Littman has a son with autism and serves on the board of a nonprofit in Los Angeles that serves adults with developmental disabilities. He says, “I am a vehicle powered by words to drive home a message: there is a road for all to succeed. If I can use my writing to galvanize society to be more accepting, I will have accomplished much.” He’s had about two dozen short stories published in va...

Mari-Carmen Marin - Reading of Intruders

It's Summer at the UDS Toy & Resource Center

DIVERSITY for POEM IN YOUR POCKET DAY

Congratulations to UDS Service Anniversary Recipients!

Low Vision and Bioptic Driving

February is Low Vision Awareness Month

Happy Holidays from all of us at UDS!

Color is Good written by Darren White and Read by Michael Haney

Nacre Upon Nacre written and read by Jenna Pashley Smith

Intruders written and read by Mari-Carmen Marin

A Portrait in Bronze of the Eclipse written and read by Ann-Chadwell Humphries

The Uncertainty Principle written and read by Grace Rubardt

Welcome to the UDS Toy & Resource Center Virtual Tour

UDS Toy & Resource Center How we are helping to keep our patrons safe and healthy during COVID-19

UDS All-Star Community Strides Presented by Huntington