Unlock Your Career Potential with INCIGHT’s Get Ahead Events Strong communication skills are essential for job seekers, and INCIGHT’s Get Ahead workshops are designed to help you build them with confidence. In our recent session, “Professional Communication: Your Bridge to Career Success,” participants learned practical strategies for making a strong first impression, navigating workplace interactions, and advocating for themselves. A key highlight of the event was the S.O.

On the day of my thirteenth birthday, my birthday cake rested on the table— I was now entering the most significant years of my life—or so they say. The best years, they call them—my teen years.  As I blew out the candles, perhaps my destiny was set. Two months later, my life changed completely. It took a turn no human could predict. I’d fallen sick, but this sickness was no cold, no ache that would fade with time. It would last my whole life, and I’d have to grow to accept t

INCIGHT’s mission has always been rooted in changing hearts and minds about how society views disability. Each year, INCIGHT Scholars exemplify this mission through their leadership, advocacy, and commitment to creating a more inclusive world. One remarkable example is Jada Yang, a sophomore at the University of California, Berkeley, who is quickly emerging as a powerful voice in disability rights and public policy.

There’s a saying that goes, “If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.” The real B2C is Business to Community - perspective by JD Duran

Pia Gilgen, INCIGHT Director of Education, shares the history behind the INCIGHT Scholarship Program and the impact it has made

North Pole Studio is a popular art studio in Portland Oregon that serves artists with any type of intellectual or developmental disability. Exclusive interview with Davis Wohlford takes you behind the scenes inside the studio and inside the story of how it all got started.

Do you like socks? John Lee Cronin likes socks. This 29-year-old man with Down syndrome likes them so much that he, along with his dad Mark, made the decision in December of 2016 to start a sock company called “John’s Crazy Socks.”

Shayna Jones is an INCIGHT scholar and was invited to share her story in The Understanding Digital, which is all about sharing positive disability perspectives. Her story is called "Finding My Voice"

Key insights included: 1. How self-awareness can guide you toward the right career fit. 2. Ways to identify and use the transferable skills you already have. 3. Tips for showcasing those skills in applications and networking. 4. And how setting small, realistic goals can keep you motivated.

IF you are having trouble with responsiveness from a professor, it would be wise to document the incident with an email to the Disability...

am honored to share this beautiful story that I have titled “A Masterpiece in the Making”. Yes, it is a story about art, but the true masterpiece in the making is the artist, Kobey Bonin. Kobey’s disability is Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. He was diagnosed around the age of 12 and got his first wheelchair at 15. Today at the age of 27, he is an inspiration to many throughout the art and disability communities.

We are grateful to all the participants and members of the INCIGHT Community. We had the opportunity to interview some of our previous scholarship recipients and jobseekers and asked them to share the impact they are making in the world. With a special focus on DIVERSITY, we also asked them to share what this word means and why it matters to them.

“We recognize that our students are all unique and learn, grow, and flourish in different ways – there is no ‘one way’ to success!” This is a mantra of an Oregon Alternative High School called the Innovations Academy in The Dalles. We are noticing more alternative options for students and the philosophy of a different approach to education is being adopted. Students and their families are seeing success at schools that take a different approach to education, especially at the

Wondering how to stand out in a competitive job market? INCIGHT’s Get Ahead event from July 22 delivered powerful, practical, and inclusive strategies for leveraging Artificial Intelligence (AI) to launch your career.

Our most recent workshop, “How to Set Job Search Goals that Actually Get You Hired!”, was packed with practical strategies and expert advice.

When you leverage obstacles, you face the challenge head on, showing who you are and what you are capable of. At its core is human potential, and being able to fully tap into and unlock your greatest abilities.

Available for streaming on Netflix, Rob Burnett’s 2016 dramedy The Fundamentals of Caring stars Craig Roberts as snarky and foul-mouthed...

“No te confíes.” My friend Omar’s mother urges me as we approach a particularly bumpy section of the sidewalk. “Don’t trust yourself.” In...

At INCIGHT, we are lucky to share office space with the Hood to Coast team; we get to hear a lot of inspirational stories about...

When Kevin Glenn went to his local Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) office in 2011, his life was in shambles, both personally and professionally. He struggled to hold down jobs and have healthy relationships. For a few years, he didn’t have stable housing and was sleeping on friends’ couches or in a van. “I was at rock bottom. I didn’t know what to do.” Said Kevin, who lives in the small eastern Oregon town of Enterprise. He had no idea he was living with mental health condi