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  • September 7, 2018 News

      New York Fashion Week has opened its glamorous tent wider to feature models with disabilities wearing adaptive clothing designs by Tommy Hilfiger, Nike and Target. Organized by the Runway of Dreams Foundation, the show on Wednesday included a catwalk welcoming to wheelchairs, crutches, walking ...

  • August 14, 2018 News

      When Glynis Harvey and Mark Cagley opened Hidden ­Manna Cafe four years ago, the couple did not set out to hire people with disabilities. But then a social service agency asked: Might the Matteson restaurant employ a woman with ...

  • August 14, 2018 News

      Several local organizations have come together to successfully launch Life Skills Academy, a pilot program for youth ages 18-21 with a documented disability.  The four-week college level residential program at Itasca Community College helped students learn emotional and social ...

  • August 6, 2018 News

      KARE 11 recently featured MDI regarding a University of St. Thomas study discussing the hiring bias for people with disabilities. View video.    

  • August 3, 2018 News

      A new study released by University of St. Thomas Opus College of Business and local nonprofit manufacturing company MDI confirms what most of us probably suspect: individuals with disabilities face implicit bias when it comes to trying to enter the workforce. ...

  • July 27, 2018 News

      WDIO/WIRT-TV Channel 10 Duluth attended MDI’s Open House on July 26, 2018.  The TV station featured MDI for adding manufacturing jobs to the Iron Range in Hibbing, Minnesota. View story here.  

  • July 24, 2018 News

        BY KATIE JOHNSON ON JUL 24 2018 – 2:12PM MDI has begun filling 160 positions across all its locations (Grand Rapids, Cohasset, Hibbing, and Minneapolis) due to a surge in postal service orders coupled with a steady increase in commercial ...

  • July 19, 2018 News

      Mike Madden is a goal-driven employee and gold-medal athlete. He knows the importance of staying focused. Being productive at work and scoring during Special Olympics competitions give him similar feelings of achievement. “It feels like you pretty much went out and ...

  • July 13, 2018 News

      Stroke Survivor Finds Purpose, Strength in a Manufacturing Career In March 2009, David Johnson suffered a deep stroke that damaged a large area of the right side of his brain, which affected movement on the left side of his ...

  • July 10, 2018 News

      Tour our new facility & see how the products directly impact the lives of people with disabilities. For over 50 years, non-profit MDI has created self-sufficiency by providing meaningful employment in an inclusive environment with nearly half of the employees ...