With October being National Disability Employment Awareness Month and Spina Bifida Awareness Month, Morgan Lee Reviews had the pleasure of speaking with Executive Director of Build Jake’s Place, Arthur Aston, about this organization, what has it been like for him having Spina Bifida, as well as his advice for people with disabilities.
Arthur Aston is the Executive Director of Build Jake’s Place, which was founded in 2008 in memory of Jacob Myles Cummings-Nasto (“Baby Jake”). He passed away due to a rare cardiac medical condition. The playground is located in Challenge Grove Park in Cherry Hill, New Jersey. Jake’s Place consists of an accessible playground for children with disabilities and able-bodied individuals. Aston refers to it as “a place for everybody of every ability.”
Arthur feels right at home in this position, and is grateful for the opportunity after a period of feeling discouraged at the chance of possibly not finding employment, but thanks to a friend of his, he was introduced to Jake’s Place and as the saying goes, the rest was history.
Since then, Aston has served as the General Manager of the Camden County New Jersey Miracle League, a baseball league for children and adults who have disabilities, and has started his own disabilities awareness program Our-View, which was founded in 2010. To find out more about Build Jake’s Place or about Aston’s program Our-View visit: www.buildjakesplace.org and www. our-view.com.
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