Person-centered care planning for people with intellectual disabilities is a transformative approach that prioritizes the unique needs, preferences, and abilities of individuals in their healthcare and support journey. This guide aims to equip support coordinators and caregivers with the knowledge and tools necessary to create individualized care plans that enhance engagement and improve health and...
Enabling Technology and current healthcare challenges Across the country, IDD service providers are navigating rising support needs, workforce shortages, and the pressure to deliver consistent, data‑driven care. At the same time, individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities deserve tools that help them build independence, regulate emotions, communicate effectively, and succeed in employment. CreateAbility’s product suite...
At Sunrise Community Center of Tennessee, Program Coordinator Michael Davidson and his team members are helping redefine what independence looks like for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. One of those individuals is Stacy – a young woman with an intellectual disability who had the ability to complete daily tasks, but struggled with executive functioning...
How CreateAbility Apps Support Mental Health and Wellbeing
How CreateAbility Apps Support Mental Health and Wellbeing
The degree by which your staff adopts enabling technology for the people you serve is super synonymous with the degree of positive outcomes the end-user experiences!
Many of the people you serve need task-prompting assistance at home....and at work! Why make them utilize two different enabling technologies?
INDIANAPOLIS, June 3rd, 2021 – CreateAbility Concepts, Inc., a technology company located in Indianapolis, recently launched Employment Pathfinder, a web and app-based system of surveys to help people with intellectual disabilities assess three key pre-employment criteria: job readiness, career interests and corresponding skill set. On June 3rd, the iOS version of the app was accepted...
CreateAbility has been utilizing avatar led communications for several years now and the data that has emerged from our clients has proven that it can be helpful to both the care provider and the person being served, alike. Here are a few of the top reasons avatar-led communications are yielding successful results within the IDD population: It increases data integrity. When...
Many researchers have studied positive psychology and what it means for humans to “flourish”. Professor Martin Seligman surveyed thousands of individuals and studied outcomes regarding the facets of positive psychology and what cultivates wellbeing in our lives. From the results, he devised the acronym “PERMAH” to reflect what seemed to be the most important influential...