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This Month in Disability Rights History: November 2025
November is a great month for self-advocacy! From the founding of the Autistic Self Advocacy Network to one little girl changing the way our whole government discusses disability, we have much to discuss. Click on the video above to check it out! “Rosa’s Law” introduced to the US Senate – November 17th, 2009 “Rosa’s Law”, […]
Nonotuck’s Neighborhood: October 2025
Stories: Nonotuck Celebrates Take Your Kids to Work Day Office Profile: Lee, MA Nonotuck’s Values and Positive Behavior Supports This Month in Disability Rights History: October 2025
Why Disability Employment Awareness Month Matters
Each October, National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM) shines a well-deserved spotlight on the talents, skills, and vital contributions of people with disabilities in the workforce. It’s a time to celebrate progress, raise awareness, and push back against long-standing barriers. Despite decades of advocacy, people with disabilities continue to face disproportionate challenges in the labor […]
Disability Employment Awareness Month – Johnathan’s Story
Since 2010, Johnathan Jenkins has made Guido’s Fresh Marketplace in Pittsfield, MA, a friendlier place. Johnathan, served by Nonotuck, is also a part of a small Supportive Decision-Making (SDM) pilot, led by the Center of Public Representation and supported by Nonotuck. With SDM, people design a system of support—including an SDM team—to help them make […]
Now Hiring: October 2025
Want to work for a values-based nonprofit recognized as both a 2024 Boston Globe Top Workplace and 2024 USA Today Top Workplace? We’re hiring all over Massachusetts! Auburn Direct Support Professional Nonotuck Resource Associates is seeking compassionate and dedicated individuals to join our team as Direct Care Professionals. As a Direct Care Professional, you will […]
Office Profile: Lee, MA
Walk into the Nonotuck offices at 14 Park Place in Lee, and you’re likely to be met with a wall of sound—unrestrained laughter, joyful chaos, and, ultimately, great work being done by passionate people. Program Director Jess Schram says the Lee crew—staffed by employees with as much as 26 years of experience—is really more like […]
Nonotuck’s Values and Positive Behavior Supports
At Nonotuck, we believe in living our values—not just talking about them. Since our founding in 1972, when four parents said “no” to institutions and “yes” to community, belonging, and respect, we have been guided by principles of dignity, authentic relationships, and mutual respect. Positive Behavior Supports (PBS)—a framework recently enacted by the Massachusetts Department […]
Celebrating Latinx/Hispanic Heritage Month 2025 at Nonotuck
Nonotuck was proud to recently host a celebration of LatinX/Hispanic Heritage Month featuring two nurses from our Auburn office. Carmen Paredes-Restrepo and Daihyana Wood shared their personal stories, cultural traditions, and experiences in healthcare in a rousing session attended by Nonotuck staff from all over the state. Carmen spoke about her journey from Colombia to […]
This Month In Disability Rights History: October 2025
This month, we have important laws, liberating protests, and don’t forget that it’s Disability Employment Awareness month! October is Disability Employment Awareness Month This year marks the 80th year of Disability Employment Awareness month. It was first observed in 1945 under the title “National Employ the Physically Handicapped Week”. It was expanded to a full […]
Nonotuck’s Neighborhood: September 2025
Stories Nonotuck Hires AI Data Analytics Manager This Month in Disability Rights History Celebrating Civility and Kindness at Nonotuck Appreciating Direct Support Professionals
Nonotuck Celebrates Take Your Kids to Work Day
This summer, Nonotuck Resource Associates opened its doors to the next generation by hosting Take Your Kids to Work Day in several of our offices across Massachusetts, including Prospect Street in Northampton, Lee, Auburn, and Lowell/Lynn.The day offered a chance for children to experience what their parents and caregivers do at Nonotuck—and to connect with […]
Now Hiring: September 2025
Want to work for a values-based nonprofit recognized as both a 2024 Boston Globe Top Workplace and 2024 USA Today Top Workplace? We’re hiring all over Massachusetts! Auburn Direct Support Professional Nonotuck Resource Associates is seeking compassionate and dedicated individuals to join our team as Direct Care Professionals. As a Direct Care Professional, you will […]
Celebrating Civility and Kindness at Nonotuck
Nonotuck recently gathered to mark National Civility Month, providing us an opportunity to reflect upon how civility and kindness shape our workplace, and how we provide care to the people we support. The event was hosted by the Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging (DEI&B) Committee, with co-chairs Nichole Bourke and Joshua Murray guiding the conversation. […]
Appreciating Direct Support Professionals
Every September, we pause to recognize Direct Support Professionals (DSPs). September 7–13, we join the national celebration of Direct Support Professional Recognition Week, honoring the people whose support helps people with disabilities in living full, authentic, and self-directed lives. DSPs provide care for many of the people Nonotuck supports. They can take on tasks big […]
This Month in Disability Rights History: September 2025
This month we have the birthdays of two important advocates, the premiere of the first television character with Down syndrome, and we honor the passing of a figure so important, he has a humanitarian award named after him! Birth of Roland Johnson: born September 14th, 1945 A self-advocate and early leader in the disability rights […]
Nonotuck Welcomes AI Data Analytics Manager
Nonotuck Resource Associates is proud to announce the hiring of Rob Bowen as Artificial Intelligence (AI) Data Analytics Manager, part of our Information Technology (IT) department. Rob’s hiring is part of a larger, organization-wide initiative embracing AI and other emerging technologies to assist Nonotuck in providing services for people with disabilities throughout Massachusetts. Rob says […]
Nonotuck’s Neighborhood: August 2025
Stories: How He Views the World: Photographer Tucker Collins A Heartfelt Dinner for Kitty Kelly-Curtin Spring 2025 DEI & B Digest This Month In Disability Rights History: August 2025
Now Hiring: August 2025
Want to work for a values-based nonprofit recognized as both a 2024 Boston Globe Top Workplace and 2024 USA Today Top Workplace? We’re hiring all over Massachusetts! Auburn Direct Support Professional Nonotuck Resource Associates is seeking compassionate and dedicated individuals to join our team as Direct Care Professionals. As a Direct Care Professional, you will […]
This Month in Disability Rights History: August 2025
It’s a busy month for firsts, with the first Olympic-style games for athletes with disabilities and the first disability-specific legislation anywhere in the world! Plus, we have important legislation, successful protests, and it’s SMA-Awareness month! That’s Spinal Muscular Atrophy, in case you were unaware 🙂 The First International Silent Games Takes Place: August 10th to […]
DEI and B Event Highlight: LGBTQIA+ Disability Community Panel
In celebration of Disability Pride Month this July, Nonotuck’s Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging (DEI and B) Committee hosted a virtual screening of select clips from a powerful panel discussion co-presented by Massachusetts Advocates Standing Strong (MASS) and MassFamilies. The event amplified the voices and experiences of people at the intersection of the LGBTQ+ and […]