The North Dakota Association for the Disabled (NDAD) is a statewide nonprofit organization that helps individuals with health issues and disabilities through ch
The North Dakota Association for the Disabled (NDAD) is a private nonprofit organization that sets out to increase the quality of life for people with medical h
By Pat Sweeney
The co-founder of the North Dakota Association for the Disabled (NDAD) has died.
Ron Gibbens died Sunday morning while in hospice care at the Grand Forks home of his son, Mike.
Inspired by Mike, who has cerebral palsy, Ron and his late wife Faye built NDAD from an informal Grand Forks support group for parents of children with disabilities.
Ron Gibbens was the only board president in NDAD’s nearly 46 years of existence.
He was 80 years old.
(Photo: NDAD)
(NDAD release:)
The co-founder, retired chief executive officer and only board president in the nearly 46-year existence of charitable nonprofit NDAD has died.