Disability Resources Incorporated offers residential care and vocational training for developmentally disabled adults in a Christian environment. We offer a wide range of services, programs, therapies and activities to help our folks achieve their full potential. Our beautiful residences are managed in a family atmosphere by highly-trained, loving individuals. The staff is assigned specific training objectives for each resident from the goals and objectives set forth by the Interdisciplinary Team.

Disability Resources incorporated also provides Medicaid funded housing for developmentally disabled adults. Direct care staff is responsible for providing twenty-four hour supervision and training for the individuals under the supervision of the QMRP (Qualified Mental Retardation Professional). The staff is assigned specific training objectives for each individual from the goals and objectives set forth by the Interdisciplinary Team.

At Disability Resources Incorporated we are known for our superior quality residential and vocational training programs for developmentally disabled adults, but we also have a Day Program for those who benefit from our programs but live off-campus.

Our affordable Day Program is second to none. Participants in the Day Program benefit from the following:

Vocational Training

We feel that the fulfillment and self-esteem our folks receive from having a job are very important. Our folks may choose light assembly work, food production, and landscaping/grounds keeping. Participants who choose to work in the vocational portion of the DRI Day Program are paid a commensurate wage for work performed. All programs are fully supervised by qualified, well-trained staff.

Developmental Training

Educational activities and instruction are incorporated into our daily programs. Activities like science and history films, along with coordinated activities make learning fun. We also practice counting money, we work puzzles, and we have art projects, to name a few.

Life Skills Training

We provide individualized training in all areas of self-help skills, daily living skills, and social skills necessary for integration into the community. All training and educational services deliberately attempt to facilitate the effective development of every individual.

Recreation and Therapy

The Gen. Chuck Yeager Activity Center is home to a full service cafeteria and commercial kitchen; activity room with ping pong, Nintendo Wii, Foosball, and more; an arts and crafts room; a media room/ library combination with theater seating, computers, and reading area; physical therapy room; and a ¾ size gymnasium with walking track, fitness equipment, basketball goals, volleyball, movie projection screen, and more. A huge covered patio with picnic tables provides an additional area for outdoor eating and special events.

New programming for this area includes physical fitness, nutritional education, and food service programs that will not only enhance the lives of those we serve, but could also extend their lives with better health. The Center is also home to parties, dances, movies, barbeques, and other special activities for the precious folks we serve. There is never a dull moment at DRI!

Day Program hours of operation: 8:30-4:30, Monday through Friday.

Cost:

$650 per month (includes a hot lunch daily)

City Link bus service makes regularly scheduled stops at the DRI campus.

You are invited to come take a personal tour of our facilities anytime.

3602 North Clack
Abilene, Texas 79601
325-677-6815
info@driabilene.org

A Down Right Incredible camp for disabled adults.

Looking for a meaningful resource for adults with special needs? Do you need a respite from the challenges of caring for a loved one with a disability?

Camp Down Right Incredible…

Sponsored by Disability Resources Incorporated, is a week-long experience for adult men and women with developmental disabilities. We’ll learn, play and make new friends. We’ll have a movie night on Tuesday, a dance on Thursday night, and on Friday we’ll end the week with Picnic on the Patio at noon with families invited.

Benefits of Camping

Social Skills Development

Interacting with peers in an environment that encourages and supports social development

Independence

Camp DRI increases skills and enhances self-confidence. Parents are often surprised to find that campers return home with a new can-do spirit.

Respite

Providing families much-needed respite from the rigors and challenges they face every day, and giving them the peace of mind that their disabled loved one is safe, well cared for, and engaged.

Transition

Camp may be the first time the individual is away from home. Camp DRI staff is sensitive to this very important transition in the camper’s life.

The Camp DRI experience serves to let participants discover and explore their interests and talents. Camp DRI also provides an opportunity to learn to problem-solve, make social adjustments to new and different people, and gain new skills to increase self-esteem. Campers are incorporated in the day-to-day work and activities that our full-time folks at DRI enjoy.

We’ve been putting smiles on our folks’ faces for over 25 years!

Choose either our week-long day camp or sleep-away camp.

Camp Dates & Fees:

Day Camp:

June 4-8, 2012

Cost:

$170

Deadline for application:

May 18, 2012

Sleep-Away Camp:

June 17-22, 2012

Cost:

$489

Deadline for application:

June 1, 2012

Contact:

3602 North Clack
Abilene, Texas 79601
325-677-6815
info@driabilene.org

All medical services are provided by community physicians.

Prescriptions and pharmacy services are provided to our residents as needed.

Dental services are provided by community dentists who work with our residents to maintain high dental standards.

Dietary services are provided on a contract basis. A registered dietician oversees meal plans as well as individual diets as needed.

In the event of an emergency, the family is notified immediately. Hospital services are provided by Hendrick Medical Center. Emergency Room services are provided by the Hendrick Medical Center Trauma Center. In addition, the DRI vocational and activity centers are equipped with AED (Automated External Defibrillator) devices.

Disability Resources Incorporated contracts with nurses who are available on an on-call basis.

Physical and occupational therapy are provided as needed on a contract basis. A fee may be assessed for these services if they are not covered by insurance.