Terri Hancharick (Center for Disabilities Studies, DE) Receives "Custie" Award from State Council for Persons with Disabilities

November 29, 2011

  http://www.udel.edu/udaily/2012/nov/for-the-record-111111.html

Terri Hancharick

Terri Hancharick, a staff member at the Center for Disabilities Studies, received the "Custie" Award from the State Council for Persons with Disabilities (SCPD). Formally named the Mary Custis "Custie" Straughn Memorial Award, the "Custie" is given annually to a person who makes outstanding contributions to the disability community. Hancharick has been involved in this community on many different levels -- first as a parent and currently as chairperson of the Delaware Governor's Advisory Council for Exceptional Citizens. Hancharick is also a member of the Developmental Disabilities Council, the Board of Directors of Art Therapy Express Inc., the Legislative Priorities Committee and the Alliance on Oral Health Care for Individuals with Disabilities. Hancharick also was instrumental in the development, launch and expansion of C.E.R.T.S. Inc. (Collaborative Effort to Reinforce Transition Success), an adult action center that provides meaningful activities for adults with severe disabilities who are not integrated into the workforce. In part due to her efforts, C.E.R.T.S. became the first MOVE for Adults Model site in Delaware (the third in the world) in 2009. Hancharick was honored with the award at the annual SCPD luncheon in Dover.