Disability Awareness Players

Staying Positive in 2020

09/29/20 - Disability Awareness Players, Good Web Finds, Inspiring People, JJ's List Fun, jjslist.com, Uncategorized, Uncategorized - 1 Comment

Disability Awareness Players, Sarah, Brian, Molly, Billy, John V and Sarah S-T

No one on planet Earth has not been affected by Covid-19. But as difficult and challenging a year as this has been, The jjslist.com Disability Awareness Players want to share some good vibes that…

Person-First Language

03/10/20 - Disability Awareness Players, Disability Awareness Training, Disability-Aware Businesses, Disability-Aware Service, Down Syndrome, Inspiring People, jjslist.com, Person-First Language, Self-Advocacy, Social Enterprise, Uncategorized, Wheelchair Users - 0 Comments

By Sarah Armour, JJ’sList Business Assistant & Disability Awareness Player

The language we use often defines the way we think about things and people, including people with disabilities. When referring to people with disabilities, we at JJ’s List prefer to use something called person-first language.

What is…

Working with Neighbors

01/29/20 - Disability Awareness Players, Disability Awareness Training, Disability-Aware Service, Events, Inspiring People, JJ's List Fun, jjslist.com, Search, Inc., Uncategorized, Uncategorized - 0 Comments

Search Inc is excited to be part of Evanston’s 2020 Year of Kindness and Nonviolent Action (YKNA), a Public Art and Community Engagement initiative that uses the transformative power of the arts to bring people together around the common goal of fostering an inclusive and…

Favorite Memories from 2019

12/18/19 - Disability Awareness Players, Inspiring People, JJ's List Fun, jjslist.com, No Boundaries, Search, Inc., Self-Advocacy, Transportation, Uncategorized, Uncategorized - 1 Comment

As 2019 comes to a close, we asked Ignite and No Boundaries program participants, Disability Awareness Players and staff what their favorite memory of 2019 was. We share some of those with our readers below:

Sarah with Maine East students

Sarah: My favorite memory was doing the Reviews…

“I Wish I Had This Disability Awareness Training 20 Years Ago!”

09/26/19 - ADA, Disability Awareness Players, Disability Awareness Training, Disability-Aware Businesses, Disability-Aware Service, Inspiring People, JJ's List Fun, jjslist.com, Person-First Language, Self-Advocacy, Social Enterprise, Wheelchair Users - 0 Comments

The Disability Awareness Players with Jeremy Gill of the Lincoln Park Zoo

By the Disability Awareness Players

It’s a new season and the Disability Awareness Players are out in full force spreading disability awareness! We’ve had a busy few months training folks all over the Chicagoland…

Who’s Who at No Boundaries

04/29/19 - Ask Adrian, Disability Awareness Players, Disability Employment and Housing, Education, Guest Blogger, Inspiring People, No Boundaries, No Boundaries, Search, Inc., Self-Advocacy, Social Enterprise - 0 Comments

EXTRA, Extra, read all about it! We have No Boundaries – and we’re going to shout it!

Courtesy of www.socialnorms.org

Here at No Boundaries we help people with disabilities gain more independence by preparing for employment. Our motto, “train for work, train for life,” means the skills…

Q&A with Ignite Participant and Disability Awareness Player, Henry Davis

10/24/18 - Disability Awareness Players, Disability Employment and Housing, Disability-Aware Businesses, Disability-Aware Service, Guest Blogger, jjslist.com, Search, Inc. - 0 Comments

Henry Davis

We were thrilled to hear that Henry Davis was hired by the Jewel store on Chicago Avenue in Evanston. Henry is a Disability Awareness Player and attends the Search, Inc. Ignite program, located at our Evanston office. He is very excited to be working…

My Experience with an Internship

09/28/18 - Accessibility in Public, Disability Awareness Players, Disability Employment and Housing, jjslist.com, Self-Advocacy - 1 Comment

By Abbie Volkmann, JJ’s List.com Social Media Assistant and Disability Awareness Player

From January to May of this year, I was the communications intern for Openlands, a Chicago-based nonprofit organization that protects and preserves open spaces throughout the Chicago area, from as far north as the…

Using Disability Awareness On The Job at Meijer

08/29/18 - Disability Awareness Players, Disability Awareness Training, Disability Employment and Housing, Disability-Aware Businesses, Disability-Aware Service, Guest Blogger, Inspiring People, jjslist.com, No Boundaries, Self-Advocacy - 0 Comments

By Brian Rohde, JJsList.com Disability Awareness Player, Meijer Employee

Part 2

Read Part 1 of my story here.

Brian Rohde, Self-Advocate and Meijer employee

Thanks to my time with No Boundaries, ComEd, and the Disability Awareness Players, I improved my communication skills, gained self-confidence, and got a part-time job…

How I Overcame Communications Challenges and Got a Job

08/15/18 - Disability Awareness Players, Disability Awareness Training, Disability Employment and Housing, Guest Blogger, Inspiring People, No Boundaries, Self-Advocacy - 0 Comments

By Brian Rohde, JJsList.com Disability Awareness Player, ComEd Energy Force Ambassador, Meijer Employee

Click here to read the part two of my story and learn how I put disability awareness into action on the job.

Brian Rhode

My name is Brian Rohde. I have a Geography degree…