Disability Options Network

Disability Options Network Disability Options Network is a Center for Independent Living that empowers people with disabilities to live as independently as they choose!

Disability Options Network is a consumer controlled, Center for Independent Living that serves Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Butler, Lawrence, Mercer and Westmoreland counties. We have office in New Castle, Greensburg and Penn Hills. DON provides the following services for people with disabilities:
Advocacy – People joining together to promote individual and system changes to provide equal access to opportunities such as education, employment, housing, transportation and recreation. This empowers the individual with a disability to become a full participant within his or her own community. Peer Support – Peer Support involves a person or a group of people with disabilities sharing experiences which can ultimately empower the individual to live as independently as possible. Independent Living Skills Training –IL Skills Training involves assisting the individual to develop necessary daily living skills essential to increase independence. Using public transit, learning budgeting, living well and using assistive technology woudlb e just a few examples of skills which are emphasized. Information & Referral – DON provides Information and Referral services to individuals with disabilities allowing them to make suitable choices for their lives. Transition – Transition is a priority at DON, provided to individuals residing in institutions who choose to live independently. Transition also works with any youth with a disability to inform and assist in the transition into adulthood with a focus on employment, finding accessible housing, transportation, personal assistance services and other community resources necessary for inclusion into society.

12/20/2025
DON employees came together to purchase winter essentials to help keep individuals in need warm this season. 💙Thank you ...
12/17/2025

DON employees came together to purchase winter essentials to help keep individuals in need warm this season. 💙
Thank you to our DON team, your generosity and effort are helping brighten someone’s holiday season.

Because of your donations, we were able to purchase enough supplies to assemble 100 winter care bags.

Each bag includes:
🧣 Drawstring bag
🧢 Beanie
🧤 Gloves
🧦 Socks
🧣 Scarf
🎧 Earmuffs
🛟 Emergency blanket
🔥 6 packs of hand warmers

Thank you to everyone who donated and helped make this possible. Together, we’re making a difference, one warm bag at a time. ❄️💙

12/16/2025

9 Followers, 15 Following, 14 Likes - Watch awesome short videos created by DON Services, Inc.

🔔 Realtor Ring Day 2025 A DON employee (Anita) was spotted ringing the bells with Sondra Keith of Berkshire Hathaway Hom...
12/16/2025

🔔 Realtor Ring Day 2025

A DON employee (Anita) was spotted ringing the bells with Sondra Keith of Berkshire Hathaway Home Services!

📢 Public Input RequestedThe Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission is seeking public comments on Emotional Support Anim...
12/16/2025

📢 Public Input Requested

The Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission is seeking public comments on Emotional Support Animals (ESAs) and access to public accommodations. If you’re impacted, your voice matters.
🗓 Comments open through December 31, 2025.

On behalf of Temple University’s Institute on Disabilities, we’re sharing this Emergency Preparedness Survey. Your input...
12/12/2025

On behalf of Temple University’s Institute on Disabilities, we’re sharing this Emergency Preparedness Survey. Your input helps strengthen inclusive emergency planning across our communities.

Disability Options Network is excited to share a new research study from the University of Pittsburgh’s Department of Re...
12/10/2025

Disability Options Network is excited to share a new research study from the University of Pittsburgh’s Department of Rehabilitation Science and Technology.

They are seeking participants for a 12-month study evaluating an innovative under-the-bed weight scale system for wheelchair users called the Fast In-Bed Tracking System (FIT). This system allows individuals to monitor their weight through an app—no transfers needed.

Participants will also take part in the GLB-AI nutrition and exercise program to support weight management and overall health. Compensation is provided.

Interested or know someone who might be?

Check out the details below and see the attached flyer to learn more!

Thank you to Dr. Jonathan Pearlman and his team for continuing to support the health and wellness of individuals with disabilities.

12/09/2025

With deep sadness, we share the news of Paul O’Hanlon’s passing on November 30.

Our community has lost an extraordinary advocate, teacher, and friend whose compassion and courage changed the lives of so many. Paul devoted his life to breaking down barriers in transit, expanding voting rights, and fighting for true equality for people with disabilities. His advocacy wasn’t just powerful, it was personal, steady, and filled with heart.

At Disability Options Network, we reflect with gratitude on the tremendous impact Paul made throughout our region. His work and his unwavering commitment to justice have long inspired our mission. Paul believed deeply in the dignity and worth of every person, and his determination to create a more accessible, inclusive world strengthened the broader disability rights movement in ways that will endure for generations.

Paul had a remarkable ability to lift others up, to make people feel seen, valued, and heard. That is the part of him we will hold closest to our hearts.

Though we have lost his physical presence, we have not lost the legacy he built with such grace, determination, and love. It now falls to all of us, friends, advocates, and community members, to ensure that his work continues.

Let us honor Paul by standing a little taller, speaking a little louder, and embracing one another a little more fully.
Let us carry forward the mission he lived every day.

Paul, thank you for the hope you brought, the barriers you broke, and the lives you touched. You will remain forever in our hearts, and your legacy will continue to shine through every act of advocacy that follows.

12/04/2025
This Giving Tuesday, we invite you to join us in uplifting the voices and lives of people with disabilities across our c...
11/25/2025

This Giving Tuesday, we invite you to join us in uplifting the voices and lives of people with disabilities across our communities.

Your support, no matter the size, helps create groups that thrive long after the funding ends, friendships that last, and confidence that carry into every part of life.

Your heart is the difference.

Give today and help us continue building a community where inclusion isn’t just a vision, it’s a lived reality.

💙 Every contribution makes a difference, join us in making a lasting impact.

Donate here: https://www.pledge.to/giving-tuesday-7086
or text DON to 707070 or scan the QR code below!

Giving Tuesday is about more than generosity, it’s about creating the world we want to live in.At Disability Options Net...
11/25/2025

Giving Tuesday is about more than generosity, it’s about creating the world we want to live in.

At Disability Options Network, we work every day to ensure people with disabilities have equal access, real choices, meaningful connections, and opportunities to lead.

Your Giving Tuesday support helps us continue:
• Building strong peer networks
• Creating inclusive community events
• Advancing self-advocacy
• Supporting families
• Expanding accessibility

Together, we can build a tomorrow where everyone belongs.
Help us shape that tomorrow, give today and make a lasting impact.

💙 Every contribution makes a difference, join us in making a lasting impact.

Donate here: https://www.pledge.to/giving-tuesday-7086
or text DON to 707070 or scan the QR code below!

How You Can Make a DifferenceAs November comes to a close, let’s carry the spirit of this month forward.Here are 5 ways ...
11/25/2025

How You Can Make a Difference

As November comes to a close, let’s carry the spirit of this month forward.

Here are 5 ways you can support caregivers and people with epilepsy all year long:

1. Learn seizure first aid — knowing what to do can save a life.
2. Offer help or respite to caregivers — even small gestures matter.
3. Speak up against stigma — use language that uplifts and educates.
4. Support epilepsy research and caregiver support networks.
5. Be a friend. Listen. Show up. Inclusion starts with you. 💜

When we stand together, we create a world where everyone belongs and thrives. 💙

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Disability Options Network (DON) is the federally supported Center for Independent Living (CIL) for Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Butler, Lawrence, Mercer and Westmoreland counties. We are a consumer controlled, non-profit organization serving western PA. We offer services at no cost to those with disabilities. We currently have offices in three locations; New Castle, Penn Hills, Greensburg.

As a CIL, the organization must be consumer-controlled, meaning 51% of the board and staff must be an individual with disabilities, also under State and Federal Law the five core services that define the CIL must be provided. Those services include: Peer Support, Advocacy, Skills Training, Transition Services (both from nursing home back to community and from school to adult life) and Information and Referral

Therefore, DON’s mission is: “To empower people with disabilities to live as independently as they choose.” This is done through the provision of the five core services. In addition, fair housing training and consultation, emergency preparedness training, educational advocacy supports, durable medical equipment re-use and other services are offered throughout the seven-county region.