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Spend an hour with Joe and it’s easy to see why his family, personal care attendants, and VIABILITY Case Manager Leonor “Lee” Maagero adore the 24-year-old college senior from Wilbraham, Massachusetts, who insists he’s just a normal guy. Yet, his charming personality and witty sense of humor are only part of the story. Born Joseph Steven, he is the oldest of three children and the only one in his family with a physical disability. At childbirth, Joe was deprived of oxygen for

VIABILITY staff, Cody Andrews, Julie Lococo, James O’Neill, and Monique Whiting recently graduated from the Innovation Accelerator program, a Western Massachusetts-based initiative aimed at helping nonprofits build a culture of innovation and maintain financial sustainability through diverse funding opportunities. Our four VIABILITY teammates are 2019 graduates of the program, which challenges nonprofits to formulate an idea that meets an identified customer need and then dev

Eli sits at a rectangular table next to a peach-painted concrete wall in a classroom. He’s dressed in a plain t-shirt, jeans, and sneakers. In one hand, he holds a red marker. With the other, he shapes, pinches, and creates piles of sand in a portable tray. Spread on the table around him are coloring sheets of outlined drawings covered in red ink. An oversized Connect Four game board is set up across from him. Other members and staff sit near him, but he pays little attention

Our very own Sally English is one of BusinessWest’s “40 Under Forty” award recipients. Each year, the Western Massachusetts’s business news publication recognizes 40 distinguished business and civic leaders younger than 40 years old. Our 36-year-old Sally is no exception. The regional clubhouse director for Forum House in Westfield, Odyssey House in Holyoke, and Lighthouse in Springfield, has been wowing staff and members since she began her tenure in 2017. Hired as Forum Hou