Central Oregon Disability Support Network

Our mission is to connect families with resources and each other to recognize, promote and value diversity in a welcoming community.
 
CODSN will accomplish this mission by empowering and supporting families and individuals who have been touched by disability. We will work to increase education, promote public understanding and acceptance, and encourage full inclusion of individuals with differences in our community.  

We believe and advocate for the following;

• Disability is one of many types of human diversity.
• Peer support is sustainable, empowers families and changes lives.
• Families with high expectations for their children raise adults with high expectations.
• All families have strengths and valuable experiences that contribute to their community.
• Welcoming communities strengthen and support all families.
• The role of service systems is to complement the support that exists in community.
• Access to effective supports and services is a fundamental right of all families across Oregon.

CODSN offers a long list of different services to our families. Some of the services that we need support in from volunteers are: 

• Quarterly Family Fun Events
• Quarterly Respite Nights
• Youth Meetups

We also are in need of some behind-the-scenes work that supports the foundation of all that we do, including 1:1 new diagnosis support, legislative advocacy, and our emergency preparedness program!