Empowering Individuals with Disabilities
We Believe in a World Where Everyone Feels Worthy
and Has Equitable Opportunity
Exceptional Hearts, Exceptional Minds, Kanceptional People
We are a foundation that creates full and active communities to empower individuals with disabilities, their families, and the communities they live in. Our goal is to provide equal opportunities for everyone to achieve their dreams and goals, regardless of their physical or mental abilities.
Our Core Values
Observe, listen, understand, and assist.
Our compassion allows us to understand where we are needed and
what we can do to help and celebrate when their needs and goals are met.
Compassion
Collaboration
Our team of professionals,
the individuals we serve, their families, the communities they live in, and sponsors work together in a combined effort to serve the organization's mission and vision.
Inclusion
Embraces every individual’s uniqueness to bring together all with differing abilities.
Action Oriented
Providing focused and impactful opportunities for those we serve.
Unity
Values, honors, and respects the strengths, diversities, and cultural backgrounds of all individuals, to support and bring together those within the community.
Inspire
Providing programs to encourage all to believe in themselves and overcome obstacles.
Empowerment
Providing those we serve the supports they need to have power and control over their lives.
Partnerships
We partner with families, schools, county programs, and businesses to create programs and services for individuals with disabilities, their families and the communities they live in.
We are energetically committed to inclusion and equity in the lives of individuals with disabilities, their families and the communities they live in. Our focus areas include advocacy, education, awareness, training, seminars, employer equity, scholarship opportunities, basic needs essentials, & much more.
We invite you to learn more about our programs. We are confident that you will leave with an appreciation for our mission and vision and purpose to be a change in equity and inclusion.
Special Thanks to our Sponsor:
“Ability is what you’re capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it.” – Lou Holtz
“Disability doesn’t make you exceptional, but questioning what you think you know about it does”
– Stella Young
“I wish for a world that views disability, mental or physical, not as a hindrance but as unique attributes that can be seen as powerful assets if given the right opportunities”
– Oliver Sacks
“Just because a man lacks the use of his eyes doesn’t mean he lacks vision.”
– Stevie Wonder
“Acceptance doesn’t mean resignation; it means understanding that something is what it is and that there’s got to be a way through it.” – – Michael J. Fox
“There is no greater disability in society, than the inability to see a person as more.”
– Robert M. Hensel
“Your present circumstances don’t determine where you can go; they merely determine where you start.”
– Nido Qubein
“I am different, not less.”
– Dr. Temple Grandin
“Accessibility allows us to tap into everyone’s potential.”
– Debra Ruh
“Disability is natural. We must stop believing that disabilities keep a person from doing something. Because that’s not true… Having a disability doesn’t stop me from doing anything.” – Benjamin Snow
Mission Statement & Vision
Mission Statement: Assist underserved or underrepresented persons by empowering them to embrace self-determination, success, and exceptionalities to his/her maximum potential.
Vision: underserved and underrepresented individuals with disabilities, their families, and the community around them have access to programs, the community, and resources that provide opportunities for all to live exceptional lives.
Kanceptional Foundation is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization that believes in a world where every human feels worthy and has equitable opportunity. By creating full and active communities, this empowers individuals with disabilities to live exceptional lives. Our programs provide resources that fulfill various opportunities for individuals with disabilities, their families, and the communities they live in, to live out their exceptionalities to achieve maximum success.