SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KY3) – An extension of a Springfield non-profit is bringing a new resource to a new area.
The Developmental Center of the Ozarks started DCO Connects, a new program based in Nixa to turn the community into a classroom.
“Historically speaking,” said assistant executive director Christine Marsh, “our people with disabilities aren’t technically or openly welcomed in the community. With our community inclusion efforts, we’re working on making that not the case anymore. We’re working on supporting our clients with developmental disabilities so they can go into the community and do the things they wanna do, just like other community members, and that they have the same access to the same things you and I do.”…