Meet Our Participants
At the Chanda Center for Health, every participant begins a personalized journey toward improved health and quality of life. From the first visit to annually using all authorized units for ongoing integrative services, each step of care is designed around individual goals, needs, and abilities.
The stories shared in the following videos highlight the real experiences of people in our community. They express the meaningful role holistic, disability-competent care can play in everyday life. Their journeys reflect the strength, resilience, and progress possible with the right support.
Participant Stories
Participant Testimonials
The services at the Chanda Center are an escape from the world of disability that we live in. Here we are among friends who face the same challenges — people who understand us and whom we can truly empathize with. No judgment or awkwardness is found here.
The staff at the Center are not just employees; they’re angels. They have a specialness about them which manifests itself the way they work with us making you feel loved, valued, and important. Everyone treats this as more than just a job — they’ve answered a higher calling to reach out to those who need it.
I’ve been completely amazed that this resource exists and that my county case manager took the initiative to inform me about it and start the process of switching to the needed waiver. I’m very impressed with the cleanliness and preparedness of the facility and staff. As I’ve only just begun receiving services, I’m eager to discover how much they can aid in the struggles I’ve had in the past ten years.
Coming to the Chanda Center has improved my quality of life in many ways. The two therapists I see on a regular basis support me with my physical symptoms, especially because they take the time to listen and help me track what is happening in a bigger picture. They not only help me with my physicality, but I also feel like I have their support and kindness, like allies, in a larger system that does not always feel that way. They see how impacted I am by not getting the right kind of care in the medicalized system and while they can’t change that, they do make me feel seen, understood and supported in our sessions.
Without Chanda Center I am certain that I would not be adapting to living with my condition to the degree that I am. Chanda Center has helped me to feel the support of community, to confront and find ways to deal with the emotional challenges that have come with my condition, to feel understood more deeply than I know I would have in other therapy environments, and to continue to find access to new supports in reaching my optimal health within the condition I am living with. I appreciate the Chanda Center with my whole life and I wouldn’t want to go through this without them. I believe the Chanda Center is needed everywhere and I hope their reach continues to go further and further to help all those who don’t know that such a supportive community of health care providers exists! Thank you Chanda Center. With my whole life, I thank you!!!
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If our care feels like the right fit for you, we’d love to connect. Call us at ewveemail careteam@chandacenter.org.