Last week, we hosted our 2024 Annual Meeting. Thank you to all of you who joined us!
ABLE NH’s Annual Meeting is a time for us to share about the work we’ve done in the past year, seek community feedback on the direction of our advocacy, and elect members to positions on our Board of Directors.
This year, we solicited your feedback on potential 2025 priorities through a pre-meeting survey informing our meeting agenda. Then, we narrowed down those priorities through voting at the Annual Meeting. This year, members voted that we prioritize:
- Establishing two new task forces — One to address challenges facing the direct support professional (DSP) workforce, and another to act as a “rapid response” team for policy developments that require advocacy action from our community.
- Developing trainings on topics including inclusive employment practices, accessibility, advocacy skills, and the intersections of disability and mental health.
- Special projects including establishing a Laconia State School historical marker, developing a training platform, building an infographic library for spreading important information to the community, and establishing a certification for professionals whose practices are conscious of disability access and inclusion.
We appreciate the valuable feedback and ideas we received from the community in this process. All of the issues you brought to us are important, and we will do our best to address as many of them as possible!
