A disability rights organisation
Adults in Motion runs day programs in four Ontario cities and online — but the work starts from a rights idea, not a care one: adults with developmental disabilities should have somewhere to go, something to do, and a say in what that is.
Nothing about us without us
Programs are built with participants, not for them — people decide what their own days hold. As co-founder Shelley Murphy puts it: “Disability representation and advocacy is echoed in our dedication to the ‘nothing about us without us’ movement.”
How self-advocacy works in OntarioA day program that also runs a film studio.
A return to the work, not a discovery.
Rodd and Shelley Murphy founded Adults in Motion in 2009. They’d already spent years running specialised homes for high-risk teenagers — they came to this work knowing it, not finding it.
Meet Shelley MurphyThe best way to understand it is to spend a day in one.
Come see a program near you, meet the community, and decide for yourself.
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