STAR Hosts Norwalk Focus Group On Housing For People With Disabilities

NORWALK, Conn. – STAR Inc., Lighting the Way hosted and participated in a focus group led by Dan Cahill & Associates and Norwalk Redevelopment Agency on housing issues for people with physical, mental and developmental disabilities.

Emily Vanderdoes of Dan Cahill & Associates acts as co-moderator of the focus group. STAR clients Talisha Maxwell and Stephen Vigdor, and STAR staff member Nancy Armstrong look on.
Photo Credit: *STAR Inc., Lighting the Way*

Focus group at STAR, Inc., Lighting the Way.
Photo Credit: *STAR Inc., Lighting the Way*

Nicole Briggs

11/15/2014 4:30 a.m.

Attendees included clients from STAR’s Self Advocacy Group and Keystone House. Family members and staff members from STAR, Keystone House, Norwalk Redevelopment Agency and Dan Cahill & Associates were also in attendance.

“Our STAR Self Advocates, families and staff were honored to be invited to participate in the long range planning for the City of Norwalk and appreciate the sensitivity the planners have in considering the challenges faced by people in the disability community who seek affordable and accessible housing in this area,” said Katie Banzhaf, STAR’s executive director.

STAR Inc., Lighting the Way is a local not–for-profit organization established in 1952 to serve individuals of all ages who have intellectual and developmental disabilities, as well as providing support services to their families.

STAR’s Self Advocacy Group was created in 2012 as a forum for adults with developmental disabilities to express themselves, to build confidence and to reach beyond invisible boundaries presented to them on a daily basis.

For more information about STAR Inc., Lighting the Way, visit their website here.

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