Many of their items include clothing which adapts to a person's disability to allow for comfort, ease of activity and improved appearance. Other specialty items are also available. Mediation is an alternative dispute resolution method which seeks a mutually agreeable outcome for all involved parties. Mediation is fast and inexpensive. It offers an opportunity for all parties to share their concerns, develop new ways to problem solve and develop their own solutions without going to court.
All parties work together to determine how to solve a problem.
Mediation is successful because parties are more likely to keep an agreement when they determine the details of the agreement. Rather than assigning blame to a problem, mediators help people reach an agreeable conclusion to a dispute. Organizers are looking for volunteers to help run the four-day training session. This forum is designed to teach 11th and 12th grade students leadership skills which they will use to help others with disabilities in their own communities. Student participants have been selected from a broad spectrum of students in Connecticut.