Applications to Nominate for the 2025 Awards are Now Open!

Applications are now open for The Fishers Advisory Committee on Disability’s 2025 Inclusion and Accessibility Awards! Nominations are due by end of day, January 24.

Awards will be announced at the March Disability Awareness Month Kick Off on March 3, 2025 at the Fishers Municipal Center Theater, 1 Municipal Drive, Fishers, IN 46038. Nominate someone here.

Award Types:

Life Without Limits Award 
Honors an individual with physical and/or intellectual disabilities who has demonstrated outstanding contributions to the community of Fishers by promoting inclusion, independence, and eliminating barriers in the community.

Cornerstone Employer Award
Honors a business or individual that exemplary commitment to providing inclusion, career training, employment, and/or advancement opportunities to persons with disabilities.

Accessibility Award 
Honors an individual who exceptional contributions to advocate and/or eliminate barriers in aspects of community life to ensure persons with disabilities can access and participate in programs, activities, and events.

Congratulations to the 2024 Accessibility & Inclusion Award Winners

Get to know the award winners on our This is Fishers blog at ThisIsFishers.com/MDAM-Winners.

Event Lineup

Fishers March Disability Awareness Month Kick-Off: Connected Through Language

Monday, March 3 / 8:30 – 10 a.m.
Fishers City Hall Theater (1 Municipal Drive) / Free, no registration required

Mayor Scott Fadness and the Fishers Advisory Committee on Disability invite the public to celebrate the kick-off of Fishers March Disability Awareness Month.

One Zone: Disability Awareness Breakfast

Wednesday, March 5 / 8:30 – 9:30 a.m.
Fishers City Hall Theater (1 Municipal Drive) / Registration required

Fishers Arts Council’s Second Friday: March Disability Awareness Art Exhibition

Friday, March 14 / 6 – 9 pm
Fishers City Hall Theater (1 Municipal Drive) / Free, no registration required

Fishers Arts Council hosts an evening for all ages including live music and various kinds of artistic expressions on display in the gallery.  All are welcome to this “Second Friday” celebration of artists with different abilities. Speakers from the Fishers Advisory Committee, Ignite Studio, and the Fishers Arts Council will make comments at 7 p.m. but guests are invited to visit in an open house style. Light refreshments will be available.

Hamilton East Public Library Events & Workshops

Unbound by Limits with Teaching Artist Johnson Simon: The Power of Movement in Art
Saturday, March 8, 2025 / 11 – 12:30 PM
Hamilton East Public Library (5 Municipal Drive)
Registration opens on Friday, February 21 at 11 a.m.

Unbound by Limits with Teaching Artist Johnson Simon: The Power of Movement in Art
Saturday, March 8, 2025 / 2 – 3:30 PM
Hamilton East Public Library, Ignite Studio Classroom (5 Municipal Drive)
Registration opens on Friday, February 21 at 11 a.m.

Neurodivergent Teen Hangout: Game Night
Sunday, March 9, 2025 / 2 – 3 PM
Hamilton East Public Library, Ignite Studio Classroom (5 Municipal Drive)
Register here

Preparing for Adulthood on the Spectrum: A Disability Awareness Month Workshop
Tuesday, March 18, 2025 / 7 – 8 PM
Virtual – Registration opens on Sunday, February 16, 2025, at 7:00pm

Notes on Blindness: A Virtual Reality Experience (Session #1)
Thursday, March 27, 2025 / 5:30 – 6:15 PM
Hamilton East Public Library, Meeting Room – Stage (5 Municipal Drive)
Registration opens on Tuesday, February 25 at 5:30pm

Notes on Blindness:  A Virtual Reality Experience (Session #2)
Thursday, March 27, 2025 / 6:30 – 7:15 PM
Hamilton East Public Library, Meeting Room – Stage (5 Municipal Drive)
Registration opens on Tuesday, February 25 at 6:30pm

OneZone March Luncheon: Disability Awareness Panel

Wednesday, March 13 / 11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m. 
FORUM Events Center / Registration required

Find your next great hire at OneZone’s March luncheon! Local employers will share their experiences hiring individuals with disabilities and tips on how your company can too! In the lobby after the luncheon, attendees will have the opportunity to participate in a reverse job fair with prospective individuals. Register here.

Preparing for Your Next Employment Opportunity

Friday, March 15 / 9 – 11 a.m.
Grace Church Fishers / Registration requested

With an unemployment rate under 3% in Hamilton County, employers find it difficult to hire for all the open positions.  What people may not realize is that the unemployment rate amongst qualified potential employees who happen to have disabilities is well over 50%. Hosted by the Fishers Advisory Committee on Disability’s Allies for Disability Employment Group, individuals with disabilities who are ready to work will have an opportunity to participate in an open house-style event with stations for resume development, job seeking tips, online interview practice, and mock interviews. Hamilton County resources will be available to help people learn about seeking, finding, and landing a job. Register here.

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