Harrisburg Disability Awareness Commission

10/29/2025

Nominations close on November 3rd.

Do you know of a business to nominate?

The link to nominate is in the comments.

10/27/2025

Have a fun and safe Halloween! 🖤🧡

🎃 Wishing you all a fun, happy, and safe Halloween! Here are a few gentle reminders for trick-or-treating. 🍬💜

👻 Check out our article featuring a BOO-tiful Halloween-themed activity and a free Thinksheet to help teach social concepts—it's a fun way to bring social learning into the spooky season! bit.ly/4njZRVE

10/24/2025

1 week until Halloween! 🎃

We are excited to start celebrating at the Business Trick-or-Treat from 3-6 today!

10/21/2025

The DAC will be at Ace Hardware this Friday! 👻🎃🤖🍫🍬

10/20/2025

“Awareness is like the sun. When it shines on things, they are transformed.” -“Thich Nhut Hanh

10/10/2025

This week, we wanted to highlight businesses who were nominated for our two awards last year.

*Employment Inclusion Award*
Freedom Elementary
Circle K

*Accessibility in Action Award*
Dapper Dog
Harrisburg Community Library
Sugar Palace By Emily
Lavas Coffee
Tiger Tots
Tilghmans Music Academy

Can you think of a business who demonstrates Employment Inclusion or Accessibility in Action?

https://forms.gle/nn5roRXuYmswgy548

10/02/2025

October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month.

In honor of this, we are excited to announce that we are partnering with the Harrisburg Chamber of Commerce for our 2nd annual Disability Advocate Impact Awards.

Nominations open today and will close November 3rd.

Last year, Yakkity Yak Coffee Shack received our Employment Inclusion Award and the Harrisburg Community Fire Department received our Accessibility In Action Award.

We look forward to reading your nominations for our 2025 awards.

Please use the form below to nominate a business for one of our awards.

https://forms.gle/BrSZh6Xz98r2EoBL8

09/28/2025

It’s almost October, which means it’s AAC (Augmentative & Alternative Communication) Awareness Month! 🗣️

There are a lot of great discounts and deals on AAC apps and Special Education supports!

WooHoo! It’s almost October 🎉 …which means it’s almost time for AMAZING deals on AAC apps and special education supports for AAC Awareness Month!

A huge THANK YOU 🙏 to the vendors and developers who make these important supports accessible to more people in our AAC community.

💡 I’ve put together two downloadable versions:
• Graphic (clickable PDF with all the deals)
• Screenreader-friendly, simplified text version

👉 Download them here: https://bit.ly/AACAwarenessDeals2025

Let’s spread the word so families, educators, and professionals can take advantage of these savings all month long!

08/16/2025

These are great for back to school!

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Fun & Friends, thank you for sharing these templates!