We asked the staff for some feedback since their time spent with Life Skills.

What is your motivation for your work with Life Skills?

• To help build a program that will outlast me~ Char
• That the clients, program, organization and fellow employees benefit from my work~ Rick
• Having the chance to make a difference in peoples lives, and the privilege of touching people with God’s love.

What have you learned about people with intellectual disabilities?

• I have learned that we are all the same, we laugh, we cry, we love and we hurt.~ Sherry
• I have learned to let them be who they are, and not try to change them to be someone else~ Ray
• They want the same as everyone else, a job, a house, family, and respect~ Char

How would you describe the Life Skills environment?

• Welcoming and client centered~ Rick
• Like a family "people helping people"~ Wanda
• Wonderful very home like environment~ Lorinda