Abilities Unlimited is a center based program that serves persons with disabilities. We are a nonprofit organization established in 1961 to train and seek competitive employment opportunities for those we serve. We offer prevocational services including Developmental Disabilities Service, Work Adjustment and Adult Development, School to Work Program, a job training program through Arkansas Rehab Services, and the Veterans Administration.  Referral sources include Arkansas Rehabilitation Services, Developmental Disabilities Services, local schools and the Hot Springs Rehabilitation Center. We also offer support and follow-up services to those trainees that are placed on jobs.  Our capital funding is through financial institutions. A large percentage of our funding is generated through our contacts with industry. We make every effort to bring jobs and equipment into our organization that can teach and duplicate skills found in local industries and businesses. This job match better prepares our trainees for competitive employment. Some of the jobs presently performed are assembly, packaging, plastic injection molding, quality assurance, material handler, equipment operator, retail sales, rag sales, and janitorial maintenance and life skills classes.

In 2011, Abilities Unlimited will begin its 50th year and has grown to one of the largest private, not-for-profit, community based industries for person with disabilities in the Southern United States. Abilities Unlimited of Hot Springs, AR., Inc., provides training in many areas including: plastic injection molding, vacuum formed packaging, and manufacturing & testing of fuel tanks for the garden/lawn industry.

Abilities Unlimited was created by families of adults with disabilities, so that they are provided with training in the areas of work ethics, behaviors, relationships and personal achievement, through real work opportunities. The vision of becoming as independent as possible is the goal for each person that passes through our doors.