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Greetings! We are so pleased you have visited our web sight. Our teams' goal is to provide the most informational service we can to share with the communities at-large. Our mission at Connections Access Consulting Services, LLC (CACS) is to ensure inclusion of all people with disabilities and the aging population. Education and sharing information are the key tools in assuring that all are recognized in social activities and noted as viable citizens.

As Founder & President of CACS, I am dedicated to a service which will enhance the awareness and unconscious injustice of the aging population and Citizens with disabilities, so all will be included in social situations. Our goal is to serve as advocates providing training and awareness programs necessary to address the importance of inclusion in an aging society. On July 28, 1983, I was injured in an automobile accident by the negligence of a truck driver. Rising up, pushing myself out into a vast new world packed with a variety of new challenges and physical barriers, advocacy just seemed to come natural. As a person, whose life was impacted by a disability acquired through an accident, I soon realized we are all only temporally "able-bodied." If we are fortunate enough to live to a "ripe old age," chances are disability will one day impact all of our lives. Whether temporary or permanent through injury, illness, or by accident, disability is a natural part of life. Previously my employment as a Counselor/Youth Services Coordinator at Insight Enterprises, Peninsula Center for Independent Living, Inc. enlightened me of the many facets of life the community was totally unaware in regards to people with disabilities. While attending to business, I find time to be involved with community events and actively serve on a variety of local and state committees - often taking on leadership roles. Most notably I have been inducted to the Wall of Fame of Cornell High School, Coraopolis, PA where I graduated in 1979; I am honored and extremely humbled to be recognized. It is my belief "showing up" will not only count as participation, but it offers awareness that people with disabilities can and should be included in social activities. We look forward to providing educational services which help to enhance recognition of viable Citizens.

Ms. Shackelford is a member of the National Speakers Association

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"Looking outside our own paradigms, we will begin to open and see the needs of others."

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