August 05, 2009
Abilities! Announces New Chair of its Board of Directors
July 24, 2009
Henry Viscardi School Gets $14K from Ronald McDonald House
July 03, 2009
The Robert E. and Marie Orr Smith Foundation donates $100,000 to Abilities!
July 01, 2009
Sports Night featured in Networking Magazine
June 30, 2009
Henry Viscardi School Sends Care Packages to Troops

March 13, 2009
Bill Germanakos, Biggest Loser is Biggest Winner at Abilities!
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March 05, 2009
The MENTOR Network Charitable Foundation Supports Emerging Leaders
February 04, 2009
Laboratory Assistant Training (LAS) Classroom Ribbon CUtting at Abilities, Inc.
September 22, 2008
IBM Software at Abilities, Inc.
September 16, 2008
Family and Consumer Science Laboratory Ribbon Cutting at HVS
June 17, 2008
Greentree “Good Neighbor” Fund Awards $10,000 to Abilities!
May 31, 2008
Abilities! Receives $24,922, Grant from Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation for their “Suite Dreams Project”
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May 21, 2008
Suite Dreams Receives Half Million Dollar Grant
May 15, 2008
42^nd Annual Celebrity Sports Night
May 15, 2008
CW11 New York Interviews Mick Foley, Celebrity Guest at the
42^nd Annual Celebrity Sports Night
May 7, 2008
Abilities, Inc. 22^nd Annual Consumer Graduation
May 6, 2008
CW11 New York Airs Story on Volunteers Honored at Henry Viscardi School
April 2008
Abilities, Inc. Receives $90,000 to expand award winning employment program
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December 2007
Mitsui USA Career Readiness & Testing Center
October 2007
Learn and Earn Program

September 26, 2007
Long Island Business Development Council Award

September 26, 2007
EEOC Awards Abilities Inc. with Coveted 'Freedom to Compete Award' Employment Opportunities for Mature Workers with Disabilities
August 27, 2007
An In-Store Makeover
Last year's Founders' Award winner cuts the ribbon on a retail training store for individuals with disabilities. July 25, 2007
Job Assistance For Those With Disabilities
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June 21, 2007
2007 HVS Graduation
May 15, 2007
Celebrity Sports Night
April 19, 2007
Collaboration Between General and Special Education Students
April 25, 2007
International Forum on Children with Special Needs
May 2, 2007
Abilities, Inc. 21st Annual Graduation Ceremony
March 2007
Veterans Technology Training
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March 27, 2007
Reach for a Star Luncheon
January 29, 2007
Take Me Out to the Ballgame
January 23, 2007
Kessler Laboratory Program
January 10, 2007
UPS Foundation
December, 12, 2006
A Corporation’s Most Valuable Assets
November 2006
An Election Win for People with Disabilities
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October 30, 2006
Home (Economics Classroom) Improvement
September 21, 2006
GAP Employee's Volunteer Efforts Wins Global Founders Award
$50,000 Grant Provided to Abilities, Inc. for Job Training to People with Disabilities
June 22, 2006
Extraordinary High School Graduating Class
June 2006
Young Lives Turned Around!
June 2006
End of Semester Survey Results Indicate Lumina Foundation Support Levels the Playing Field
May 18, 2006
40th Annual Celebrity Sports Night
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May 3, 2006
20th Annual Graduation Ceremony for People with Disabilities
February 7, 2006
Verizon-Town of North Hempstead Answer the Call to Assist Adults with Disabilities
January 12, 2006
40th Anniversary Celebrity Sports Night At Abilities! Scheduled for May 18
Golf Great Jack Nicklaus, Joins Baseball, Football, Skating, Basketball, Hockey Legends at Reception, Sports Memorabilia Auction, Dinner and Musical Show January 2006
24th Annual Reach for a Star Spring Luncheon
Abilities! Annual Spring Luncheon to Feature a Special Tribute to the Students of the Henry Viscardi School for Their Efforts to Raise Money for Students with Disabilities Affected by Katrina January 2006
NEC Foundation of America Empowering Workplace Inclusion
June 2006
Delivering Increased Opportunities for People with Disabilities
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December 2005
Setting Higher Standards For At Risk Youth!
November 22, 2005
Abilities! at the Foundation Center in Manhattan
October 24, 2005
National Center for Disability Services Is Now Abilities!
Name Change Coincides with National Disability Employment Awareness Month October 20, 2005
Abilities! President and CEO Edmund Cortez Honored For Outstanding Contributions in Long Island
Organization awarded for its work during National Disability Employment Awareness Month October 12, 2005
Symbol Invests in Improving the Lives of Students with Disabilities
September 19, 2005
'HVS Goes a Mile'
Raising Money for the Katrina Recovery [top]

July 15, 2005
Special Park for Extraordinary Kids
June 2005
Skelos Honors Point Lookout’s Susan Gordon Ryan as a 2005 “Woman of Distinction”
May 2005
Distance Learning from the Lower East Side Tenement Museum
The Henry Viscardi School will participate in a distance learning program with a grant from Teaching Tolerance of the Southern Poverty Law Center. May 2005
Abilities! (Formerly NCDS ) Named Beneficiary of 2005 Knickerbocker Cup
International Yacht Race in Manhasset Bay, August 24-28, to Support Employment, Education, Technology Programs for People with Disabilities November 2004
1st Annual Henry Viscardi, Jr. Legacy Awards Luncheon
May 2004
In Memoriam: Dr. Henry Viscardi, Jr.
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February 2004
National Center for Disability Services Announces 2004 Award of Honor Recipients
NCDS 's National Business & Disability Council Recognizes Leaders in Expanding Opportunities for People With Disabilities February 2004
National Business & Disability Council at NCDS Honored By U.S. Labor Department Office of Federal Contract Compliance
EPIC Award Distinguishes Albertson, NY Agency for Exemplary Service NBDC/NCDS One of Only Four Recipients Nationwide November 2003
National Center for Disability Services Recognized as Long Island's Top Not-for-Profit
Long Island Association's Official magazine, Business LI, Selects NCDS as "2003 Business MVP " October 2003
National Center for Disability Services Wins U.S. Labor Department New Freedom Initiative Award
Abilities, Inc. at NCDS Only NY State Not-for-Profit Recognized for Exemplary Programs to Advance Employment of People with Disabilities July 2003
Forward Motion
An Installation by Michael A. Rippens