Northeast Ohio residents make history as new members on county boards of developmental disabilities
Two Northeast Ohio organizations that support residents with developmental disabilities made groundbreaking appointments to their boards this week.
Middleburg Heights resident Sara Steimle will be the first person with a developmental disability to serve as a board member for the Cuyahoga County Board of Developmental Disabilities.
"I feel truly blessed and truly honored and I just know that this is such an impactful thing and is such a big thing," Steimle said. "I'm not only the voice for me, but I'm the voice for so many others that we serve, you know, at the board of developmental disabilities."
Steimle, who has cerebral palsy, spent much of her life in spaces that advocated for people with disabilities, like Youth Challenge a peer-to-peer adaptive sport and recreation organization for children with disabilities.