We Believe Every Family Deserves Help Finding the Next Step Forward.
Abilities Workshop is a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping individuals with disabilities and the people who support them navigate the journey with better information, meaningful resources, and a community that understands.
We bring together parents, educators, doctors, therapists, professionals, advocates, and faith communities to help families understand their options, make informed decisions, and discover possibilities at every stage of life.
From a new diagnosis to education, development, adulthood, family crisis, and community inclusion, our work is built around a simple belief:
When families have access to the right information and support, what's possible can change.
Our Mission
To educate, equip, and empower individuals with disabilities and the families, educators, caregivers, and faith communities who support them—providing the information, resources, and connections they need to navigate challenges, discover opportunities, and move toward greater independence and quality of life.
Our Story
Abilities Workshop began with questions.
Years ago, our family found ourselves trying to understand what an autism diagnosis would mean for our daughter, Lindsey—and for all of us. We wanted to do everything we could to help her thrive, but quickly discovered just how difficult it could be to understand the options, find trustworthy information, and determine what to do next.
We learned from doctors, therapists, educators, advocates, other parents, and countless professionals who were willing to share what they knew. And with every answer came another question.
Along the way, something became very clear:
Families shouldn't have to figure all of this out alone.
What began with our own family's search for answers grew into Abilities Workshop—a place where families could benefit from the knowledge, resources, relationships, and lessons others had shared with us.
Today, that mission reaches far beyond our own story. Abilities Workshop brings together professionals and families from across disciplines and stages of life to help people navigate diagnosis, education, development, transition to adulthood, crisis, caregiving, and community.
Every family is different. Every individual is different. And there is rarely one perfect path.
Our role isn't to tell families what their path should be.
It's to help them understand what's possible, find the resources they need, and take the next step forward.
— Jeanetta Bryant
Learn From People Who Know
No single profession has all the answers.
That's why Abilities Workshop brings together doctors, therapists, educators, advocates, specialists, and other professionals across a wide range of disciplines.
Their experience and expertise help families understand their options, ask better questions, and make more informed decisions throughout the journey.
Meet some of the professionals who have shared their knowledge with the Abilities Workshop community.
There's a Place for You in This Mission.
Supporting individuals with disabilities takes more than one organization. It takes families, professionals, educators, churches, volunteers, donors, and communities choosing to show up for one another.
Whatever your gifts, experience, or resources, there is a way for you to help.
However you choose to participate, you become part of helping another family find their next step forward.
SERVE
Give your time or talents by volunteering at an event, helping with a project, or supporting the work happening behind the scenes.
PRAY
Join us in praying for the individuals and families we serve, the people doing this work, and the wisdom and resources needed to continue moving the mission forward.
LEARN
Grow your understanding of disability and help create homes, classrooms, workplaces, churches, and communities where individuals have greater opportunities to thrive.
SHARE
Tell someone about Abilities Workshop. Sometimes connecting one family to the right resource can change the direction of their journey.
GIVE
Your financial support helps make education, programs, resources, and scholarships available to families who need them.