ALLEN COUNTY, OH (WLIO) - They want what everyone else wants and their disability shouldn't make a difference.
March is National Developmental Disabilities Month and the Lima Kiwanis Club is proud to sponsor the Aktion Club at the Allen County Board of Developmental Disabilities. It was established in November of 2005 and gives members the chance to volunteer and do community service.
As part of their observance of Developmental Disabilities Month, the Aktion Club invited an administrative investigator from the Allen County Board of Developmental Disabilities to talk about how they work to ensure the health and safety of their clients.Â
"They need special services. They need different programs that help them be safe in their homes. Developmentally disabled people want the same thing that anybody else wants. They want to be loved, they want to be safe, they want to be secured, they have dreams. The initiatives by the Kiwanis and other community clubs, as well as with the Allen County Board of DD does is to help those with developmental disabilities achieve those goals," stated Dean McCombs, investigator for the Allen County Board of Developmental Disabilities.
The Allen County Board of Developmental Disabilities serves around 1,000 individuals with disabilities.
