Our First Twenty Years
Community Vision, Inc. was founded by Joe Wykowski in 1989. Joe was contacted by the family of a young man who was living in Fairview named Donald Bos. Due to a rare, fatal disorder called Batten Disease, Donald only had a short time to live. He wanted to live out in the community and enjoy a “normal” life with his family. Joe worked closely with Donald and his family to build support services around his needs and because of that effort, Donald enjoyed many great moments in the final years of his short life.

Soon, Joe was helping more and more people to transition out of institutionalized living and into the community for the first time. When Fairview Training Center closed,  the need for independent living options exploded.  Community Vision began providing services to a broader, more diverse range of participants.  Today, Community Vision supports nearly eighty people. We continue to work, advocate, and mentor so that one day everyone with a developmental disability will have the opportunity to thrive in their own home, working a job they find meaningful, and surrounded by people who love and respect them.

One Man’s Story – Mark Camacho