The WILL Center

03/12/2026

Join the upcoming Clay County Town Hall hosted by Micah Beckwith. This is an opportunity for community members to share their thoughts, ask questions, and hear updates directly from state leadership.

📅 April 13
🕡 6:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
📍 White Pine Manor

Community voices matter. If you live in or around Clay County, consider attending and participating in the conversation.

03/12/2026

Make sure the 2026 Independence Indiana Conference Presented by MHS is on your calendar!! We can't wait to see you there!!

Image Description: a graphic with the text "2026 Independence Indiana Conference Presented by MHS," graphic images of people, some of whom have apparent disabilities, and the text "Save the Date: September 29-30, 2026, Independence Indiana, a group of Centers for Independent Living across Indiana, is hosting disability advocates for networking, learning, and rallying support for disability independence and representation in Indiana."

03/09/2026

sign language class

The Will Center offers a bi-weekly sign language class. The class is rather small and offers a basic knowledge of sign language skills. The class meets at 130 and typically lasts for an hour. Students, as well as the instructor, learn by sharing and assisting others. You are welcome to attend if you are skilled or if you are a beginner. All are welcome!

Date:
Thursday March the 19th. 2026
@ The WILL Center
1 Dreiser, Square
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For Further Information please contact…
Holly Neil
812-298-9455 Extension #207
Or:
holly@thewillcenter.org

Send a message to learn more

03/09/2026

WILL Center Peer Support Meeting:

Please mark your calendar's for peer support this month. This will be one you don't want to miss!

The WILL Center Independent Living Coordinators host a Peer Support Group Meeting on the second Wednesday of every month. The focus of this group is to let consumers discuss their independent living issues, and to try to find resources in the community to resolve those issues (to allow consumers to be able to continue to live independently in their homes).

The next center Peer Support Group Meeting will be held on;
Wednesday March the 11th, 2026
From: 1:30 PM until 3:00 PM.

Please come join us for our monthly support group.
This month’s FUN will be…
BINGO!!!

Come to the WILL Center and meet some new friends (Feel Free to bring a friend along). We are always glad to meet new people.

For further information, please feel free to contact;
Krista Smith
at; (812) 298-9455 ext. #210.

Send a message to learn more

03/03/2026

Get connected to free, qualified tax assistance near you.
• Dial 2-1-1 or 1-866-211-9966
• Text zip code to 898-211
• Go to IN211.org and click on Tax Preparation

03/03/2026

"'Divorce me,' said the blind Marine lieutenant, lying in a bed at the base hospital at Camp Lejeune.

'No,' said his young bride of eleven months.

'Divorce me! I can never be any good to you now. All I’m good for is standing on a corner with a tin cup,' Thomas Hasbrook repeated.

'No. I am not divorcing you,' Mary Jane answered—for perhaps the hundredth time.
When Mary Jane was not in the room, Tom’s thoughts returned again and again to the training exercise he had led two weeks earlier. It had gone wrong. An explosion had taken his sight. He was haunted by the knowledge that the men he had expected to ship out with that February of 1944 were overseas without him.

Neither Mary Jane nor Tom’s mother had much idea what a blind man could do. What they did know was that Tom could not remain trapped in despair. Mary Jane brought a typewriter to the hospital and taught him to type. His mother began learning Braille herself and taught Tom as she progressed. A deck of cards became an early teaching tool, helping him understand the value of learning to read and write by touch."

Read more in the March issue of the Braille Monitor: https://buff.ly/cHBMVtl

03/03/2026

Want to diversify your reading to include stories about people with disabilities? Check out this curated list of disability-forward books for all ages!
https://hamiltoneastpl.org/1-in-4-hoosiers-disability-awareness-month/
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[ID: The image is a book cover illustrated in cool blue tones. The title, “A Little Like Magic”, is written in whimsical white lettering at the top left. Beneath the title, the author’s name, Sarah Kurpiel, appears in smaller script. On the right side of the cover is a large, gentle-looking whale outlined in white. The whale is bending its head down toward a small child sitting in a wheelchair at the center bottom of the image. On the left side is a circular seal indicating a Schneider Family Book Award.]

03/03/2026

Our latest newsletter is here. This edition focuses on developmental disabilities, the importance of independent living, understanding low vision, and hearing directly from our staff about why this work matters. Take a few minutes to learn and reflect about Disability Awareness Month and independent living.