Disability Resource Center

02/17/2026

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Just follow the link below!

02/02/2026

Vote for disABILITY Resource Center for the best nonprofit in the mountains. We love serving our communities!

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The DisABILITY Resource Center exists so that people do not have to face disability, illness, aging, or crisis alone. We show up when life changes suddenly — after an injury, a diagnosis, a disaster, or a loss — and help people find their footing again with dignity, compassion, and real support....

01/20/2026

01/19/2026

🥶 Due to freezing weather - Breathitt county will have a warming station. ♥️

‼️📣 WARMING STATIONS 📣‼️

The warming station at the Breathitt County Courthouse will be on standby starting tonight at 8:00pm. The warming station will be open each day this week during normal business hours and on standby after hours. For those in need of a warming station after hours, please call 606-666-3800 ext. 228 prior to arrival.

As this week’s weather progresses, we will likely make adjustments to this information so please check back here for any updates.

Please make sure to stay aware and make the appropriate preparations for cold weather.

Call 9-1-1 for emergencies.

01/19/2026

🥶 Warming stations tonight in Perry County!
Stay safe & warm!

Perry County Courthouse Opens Warming Station Tonight to Combat Freezing Temperatures

HAZARD, KY — As a severe cold snap grips the region, local officials have announced that the Perry County Courthouse will serve as a warming station starting tonight.

The doors are scheduled to open at 7:00 P.M., providing a critical sanctuary for community members who may not have access to adequate heating. This initiative aims to ensure that every resident has a safe, climate-controlled environment to escape the life-threatening, sub-zero wind chills expected over the next 24 hours.

The Perry County Sheriff’s Office has also posted on Facebook, if anyone is needing a ride to the warming station to contact them and they’ll make sure to get them there.

In case of an emergency, call 911.

01/19/2026

Our office is closed today Monday 1/19/26 in observance of the holiday. We will be open on our regular schedule tomorrow.

12/24/2025

Have a wonderful Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

12/15/2025

♥️ Attention Breathitt County!
🧡 Stay safe & Warm!

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12/15/2025

♥️ Attention Perry County residents
💛 warming station now open

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12/04/2025

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More than one billion people around the world live with a meaningful disability today. Every story is different. Every experience is real. And every person deserves to be seen, heard, and respected.

Disabilities take many forms. Some are visible. Some are non visible. Many people experience both.
You may see a wheelchair, a cane, or a walker and instantly recognize a visible disability.
But you may also meet someone whose disability cannot be seen at all.
Their pain, their limitations, their overwhelm, their exhaustion are carried quietly inside.

Non visible disabilities can shape a person’s life just as much as visible ones.
Some people need mobility aids every day.
Some need them only on certain days depending on symptoms.
Some live with what is known as a dynamic disability, where their needs and abilities change from day to day, or even hour to hour.

“Just because my disability and needs vary from day to day, or even on the same day, it does not invalidate my disabled experience.”
~ Brianne Benness, who introduced the term dynamically disabled.

Some disabilities are easy to see.
A wheelchair. A cane. A medical device.
A limb difference. A walker.

And some disabilities live beneath the surface.
Autism. ADHD. Sensory processing struggles.
Chronic illness. Trauma. Mental health challenges.
Kids and adults who “look fine” on the outside but are fighting quiet battles every single day.

But whether a disability is visible or unseen, one truth remains constant.
Every person deserves access.
Every person deserves patience.
Every person deserves understanding.
Every person deserves respect.

You do not need to fully understand someone’s challenges to treat them with kindness.
In fact, that is often when kindness matters the most.

No one understands the needs of persons with disabilities better than they do themselves.
A truly inclusive world is built by listening to them, learning from them, and making sure they have a seat at every table where decisions are made.

On International Day of Persons with Disabilities, we honor strength in all its forms.
We honor the seen and the unseen.
We honor every person who continues to move through a world that isn’t always built for them, and yet they move forward anyway.

May we choose compassion.
May we choose awareness.
May we choose accessibility.
And may we choose a world where everyone feels welcome.

11/20/2025