George Mason University’s School of Business highlighted Didlake’s partnership with the Mason LIFE Program to offer internships for young adults with disabilities in Didlake’s The UPS Store franchise at Mason’s Fairfax campus. There are many misconceptions about employing people who have developmental disabilities. Operating out of Manassas, Virginia, Didlake finds and creates employment opportunities for […]
Didlake in the News
The 10 Development Projects That Will Reshape NoVA This Year
Northern Virginia Magazine included Didlake in its list of 10 development projects that will reshape Northern Virginia this year. With the constant development that Northern Virginia experiences, it seems like there are new building projects everyday. We’ve rounded up some of the biggest projects that could make a big splash in NoVA this year… Didlake […]
Didlake COO Featured on ISSA’s “Straight Talk” Webcast
Last week, ISSA’s “Straight Talk,” featured a panelist of nonprofit leaders, including Didlake COO Joe Diaz, to talk about how organizations employing people with disabilities can help solve the worker shortage. Other panelists included Richard Sebastian, President and CEO of the Kennedy Center, and Jimmy Vickers III, Senior Operations Executive of Global Connections to Employment. […]
Reskilling & Upskilling: Finding your Way to a Secure Future
As we face an uncertain future in our jobs due to the impact of the pandemic, millions of us have adopted a new mantra: Recover, Adapt, Advance. The effects of the disruption are deep, forcing unemployment to skyrocket in less skilled jobs, while leaving many white-collar jobs almost untouched. The speed of change has been […]
The Importance of Digitizing Your Old Photographs, Documents, and other Artifacts
Shortly after the launch of Artifcts, I was introduced to Steven Fuhrman, Business Manager of Didlake Imaging. Steven and I immediately connected over a shared mission, helping individuals, families, and corporations preserve pieces of “their” story. Be it family wedding photos from generations gone by to historic maps, documents, and other physical pieces of paper […]
City of Manassas Proclamation for NDEAM
The Manassas City Council and Manassas Mayor Michelle Davis-Younger recently proclaimed October as Disability Employment Awareness Month. Thank you to the City of Manassas for commemorating National Disability Employment Awareness Month and for underscoring the importance of inclusion and diversity in our workforce. PROCLAMATION WHEREAS, in 1998, Congress declared the month of October as National Disability […]
Naval Station Oceana program eases path from school to work for youth with disabilities
It was a small, impromptu test — teacher Trenton Gabriel turned bottles of cleaning products back to front on some below-eye level shelves at the Navy Exchange mini-mart, to see what intern Markus Gray would do. Gray, a recent graduate of Landstown High School, had only recently started with Naval Air Station Oceana’s new Project […]
NAS Oceana kicks off internship program for high school students with intellectual, developmental disabilities
Naval Air Station (NAS) Oceana is set to become the first installation to host high school students with intellectual and developmental disabilities for internships and on-the-job training. Titled “Project SEARCH,” NAS Oceana kicked of the program Friday. Senior Chief Air Traffic Controller Amber Khoryati at the installation says the program is aimed to give students […]
Searching For a Better Future: NAS Oceana becomes first Navy installation to partner with Project SEARCH
Naval Air Station (NAS) Oceana kicked off Project SEARCH in September, becoming the Navy’s first installation to host the innovative program, which connects high school students with intellectual and developmental disabilities to internships and on-the-job training. Project SEARCH is a ten-month, school-to-work program where students who are military dependents or are military-connected engage in internships […]
Marketing Alumna Creates Employment Opportunities for People with Disabilities
Thank you to George Mason University for featuring Didlake and commemorating NDEAM in their interview with our Vice President of Corporate Communications & Marketing Erika Spalding. Erika Spalding, BS Marketing ’07, is the vice president of corporate communications & marketing at Didlake, a nonprofit that creates and implements services and programs that assist people with disabilities […]
