Franklin · Delaware · Union · Licking Counties, Ohio

Disability is a
Source of Strength.
We Build on it.

The Center for Disability Empowerment provides free, consumer-directed Independent Living services — led by people with disabilities, for people with disabilities. Every service. Every age. Every disability type.

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  • 5

    Core services, all free

  • 4

    Counties served

  • Any

    Age · any disability

  • 100%

    Disability-led org

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🚪 Information & Referral

Your front door to housing, transit, benefits, and community resources — no runaround.

Free · No Waitlist

🛠️ IL Skills Training

One-on-one coaching for budgeting, cooking, community navigation, and daily living.

Your goals, your pace

🤝 Peer Support

Connect with trained peer specialists who share lived disability experience. Now online too.

In-person + Virtual

⚖️ Advocacy

Individual rights protection and systems-level changemaking. You don't have to accept barriers.

Individual + Systemic

🌉 Transition Services

Personalized support for nursing home-to-community and school-to-adult life transitions.

Youth 14–24 · Adults

"Nothing About Us, Without Us" is not just a slogan — it is the only way we operate.

— Kristina "KK" Kapp, Executive Director · The Center for Disability Empowerment