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Inroads To Opportunities Celebrated Disability Pride Month With First-Ever Flag Raising Ceremony

Roselle, NJ – Inroads To Opportunities, a Union County, NJ based non-profit human services agency that provides programs and services to individuals with disabilities, celebrated their first-ever Flag Raising Ceremony in honor of Disability Pride Month at Roselle Borough Hall.

Disability Pride Month celebrates people with disabilities, their identities, their culture, and their contributions to society. July marks the anniversary of the passing of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) passed on July 26th, 1990.

The flag raising took place at Borough Hall, 210 Chestnut Street, in Roselle, NJ.

In her address, Linda Galarreta, Intake and Community Engagement Counselor at Inroads to Opportunities stated, “The flag’s five colors represent different types of disabilities: Red represents physical disabilities, gold represents neurodivergence, white represents invisible and undiagnosed disabilities, blue represents psychiatric disabilities and green represents sensory disabilities.”

She added “Let’s unite as a community and never let those with disabilities feel like they are in isolation nor alone.”

The Mayor of Roselle, the Honorable Donald A. Shaw was in attendance alongside Councilwoman at large, Ms. Denise Wilkerson.

To view the event, please click here: https://streamable.com/mk9bmt & https://streamable.com/dhvpwm

ABOUT INROADS TO OPPORTUNITIES:
Since 1959, the Occupational Center of Union County, DBA Inroads to Opportunities, a 501 c3 non-profit, social services agency has been providing programs and services to over 400 individuals annually with various types of disabilities and ranging in age from 16 through retirement, many of whom are economically disadvantaged. Programs and services include transition from school to work, vocational preparation, certificate training programs, job placement & coaching, day habilitation, and mental health services. Based in Roselle, NJ, Inroads to Opportunities supports individuals throughout northern and central New Jersey.

Celebrating its 65th year, Inroads to Opportunities is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF), an approved provider of the NJ Department of Labor, Division of Vocational Rehabilitation Services, and Commission of the Blind and Visually Impaired. Inroads is licensed by the State of New Jersey Department of Human Services, NJ Division of Mental Health, and Addiction Services to provide partial care and the Division of Developmental Disabilities to provide Day Habilitation, Pre-Vocational and Transportation Services. Inroads is an approved Medicaid provider and an approved Employment Network under the Ticket to Work Social Security initiative and an approved Benefits Planning and Counseling Service through the NJ Division of Vocational Rehabilitation Services.