SOCIL-Ohio

12/18/2025

SOCIL and YMCA - Lancaster just finished up our most recent water aerobics classes. SOCIL staff Jeff Williams invited Santa and we had a party!
We want to thank the YMCA for being such a great partner and encourage our consumers to work with Jeff on getting connected to other classes, set up health and wellness goals, and find ways to get involved. Call 740-689-1494 to set your health goals and have a staff work with you on achieving them!
Pictured: adults with disabilities exercise in a pool. Next, people sit around a table to work on crafts next, a group of adults pose with Santa

12/17/2025

🏀 Wheelchair Basketball Practice Tonight! 🏀

⏰ 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM
📍 Southeast Ohio Classical Academy

Please park in the back of the building.
The entrance is on the right side as you face the building from the parking lot.

Come join the fun and get some great practice in!

❓ Questions? Contact Jeff Williams with SOCIL at 740-689-1494 ext. 205.

12/16/2025

🏸 Adaptive Badminton Tonight! 🏸

Join us at the Athens Community Center in Room A from 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM for Adaptive Badminton.

There’s still time to register, so come join the fun and enjoy some friendly competition. Let’s play some badminton!

❓ Questions? Contact Jeff Williams with SOCIL at 740-689-1494 ext. 205.

12/16/2025

Come work with us! We have 2 open positions!

One will focus on schools and youth leadership development and the other will focus on outreach and adult support.

We are led and staffed by people with disabilities, so we encourage people with disabilities to apply! Email drmsocil@gmail.com with any questions.
https://www.indeed.com/cmp/Southeastern-Ohio-Center-For-Independent-Living-(socil)/jobs?jk=4f28f167a19549c9&start=0&clearPrefilter=1

12/11/2025

Our latest adaptive sports and recreation newsletter...

12/11/2025

I couldn't help myself!

I climbed the few steps into the store and asked very nicely if the staff realised that a wheelchair user wouldn't be able to get inside to ask for a ramp. I wasn't with Braeden but I simply couldn't walk by without hoping to bring awareness that this isn't enough when it comes to access.

I'm sure many of you have similar stories.

12/09/2025

It doesn’t have to be this way, Amy S. Hewitt writes.

12/08/2025

App of the Week: iSEQUENCES is an educational app that helps teaching social habits and emotions to children with Autism/ASD and Asperger’s Syndrome. Teaches what to do and how to feel in certain situations. 10 sequences available in free version. 100 available in paid version. Experiment before purchasing. Price: $2.99 Device: iPad

12/04/2025

Taking Accessibility into Account During Winter

Imagine this: It’s Winter. Snow has fallen. The parking lot of the business has been plowed. A person pulls into the parking lot and parks in the accessible space. The person goes to get out of the vehicle and encounters a problem. It seems all of the plowed snow has been piled up in the access aisle, that striped space beside the accessible parking space. As a result, they cannot exit their vehicle. This happens more than you may know and may rob your business of potential customers.

The access aisle is a necessary part of the accessible parking space. Access aisles are reserved, by law, for the exclusive use of persons who require extra space to deploy a mobility device, lift, or ramp in order to enter or exit a vehicle. Access aisles have specific required measurements for this purpose. Snow piles resulting from snow being removed from the rest of the parking lot that are allowed to accumulate in an access aisle render that access aisle useless. Thus a snow filled access aisle makes the parking space inaccessible. When removing snow from your parking lot please keep accessibility in mind. Providing access communicates to people “you are a valued customer”. If we want to communicate to all customers that they are valued then accessibility does not only have to be provided but also maintained.

12/03/2025

🏀 Who’s Ready for Some Basketball? 🏀

Hocking County 4ft Wheelchair Basketball starts tonight from 6:00 PM to 7:00 PM at the Southeast Ohio Classical Academy!

Bring your energy and get ready to work on your wheelchair basketball skills.
We’re excited to get the season started and hope to see you there!

12/02/2025

Our latest newsletter

Parenting Connections event. This is a mobile resource fair held at the schools during aftercare pickup. Our final event will be at the Logan Middle School on December 11th from 3:30–5:30 PM.