Events

Two Visibility Artists Showing in the Visible Invisible Art Exhibition in Evanston

01/31/22 - disability awareness, Disability-Aware Service, Education, Events, Good Web Finds, Inspiring People, JJ's List Fun, Mentorship, Self-Advocacy, Uncategorized, Uncategorized, Wheelchair Users - 0 Comments

Evanston community leaders, Indira Freitas Johnson, Fran Joy, and Lisa Degliantoni, are curating Visibly Invisible, an art exhibition that highlights the violence that many in our community deal with on a day-to-day basis. The exhibit runs from February 4th to March 14th at Evanston’s Noyes…

Your Story is Your Legacy: The Intersection of Disabled and Queer Identity

06/29/21 - Accessibility in Public, ADA, advocacy, disability awareness, Disability Law, Education, Employment, Events, Featured Blogger of the Month, Guest Blogger, Inspiring People, Search, Inc., Self-Advocacy, Uncategorized, Uncategorized - 0 Comments

By: Melanie Ausbrook, Adult Learning Program Manager, Search Inc

Both neurodiversity and queerness/sexual identity are often viewed as spectrums. The Kinsey Scale places sexual identity on a continuum with no person being totally ‘straight’ or ‘gay.’ Similarly, autism is defined as a spectrum disorder with no…

Three Visibility Artists Raising Their Profile

05/28/21 - Business News, Disability-Aware Businesses, Events, Inspiring People, JJ's List Fun, Search, Inc., Self-Advocacy, Social Enterprise, Uncategorized, Uncategorized - 0 Comments

Artwork by Juan

Three of our Visibility Arts artists, John, Orman and Juan, will be among a total of 179 professional artists showing their work at an in-person Group Art Show at Evanston Art Center. Tina Zemen, Visibility Arts Manager, was instrumental in getting Search Inc….

10 Tips for Being a Self-Advocate

03/10/21 - disability awareness, Education, Events, Good Web Finds, Inspiring People, JJ's List Fun, jjslist.com, Mentorship, Search, Inc., Self-Advocacy, Uncategorized - 0 Comments

Sarah in her home office

Sarah Armour, jjslist.com Business Assistant and Self-Advocate. wrote these helpful self-advocacy tips for NeurodiVERSED, a self-advocacy awareness initiative that Search is taking part in. What a great way to celebrate Developmental Disabilities…

Search Announces Launch of NeurodiVERSED: A Neurodiversity Awareness Initiative

02/17/21 - celebral palsy, Deaf and Hard of Hearing, Disability-Aware Service, Down Syndrome, Education, Events, Good Web Finds, Inspiring People, JJ's List Fun, Mental Illness, Multiple Sclerosis, Search, Inc., Self-Advocacy, Uncategorized, Uncategorized, Wheelchair Users - 1 Comment

Search is excited to announce the launch of NeurodiVERSED, a new self-advocate driven awareness initiative. NeurodiVERSED, an Evanston Cultural Grant Fund project, was born from the need to create a platform for individuals with disabilities and mental health conditions to share their voices and further…

Empowering Self-Advocates Through Education, Experience and Discussion

09/30/20 - Education, Events, Good Web Finds, Guest Blogger, Inspiring People, Mentorship, Search, Inc., Self-Advocacy, Uncategorized - 0 Comments

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By Jennifer Gledhill, Community Integration Coordinator, Search, Inc.

Q: How, in 2020, does a non-profit agency serving adults with intellectual disabilities conduct voter education classes without injecting any personal bias into the narrative?

Courtesy of connectionspittsburgh.com

A: By listening to the candidates’ own words, of course.

In…

Interview with Allan Bergman in Celebration of ADA30

Courtesy of ADA National Network (adata.org)

We continue to celebrate the 30th Anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), a landmark civil rights law that protects people with disabilities against discrimination and gives them equal rights in all aspects of life. We had the honor…

Calling All Leaders

05/28/20 - ADA, Business News, Disability-Aware Businesses, Disability-Aware Service, Education, Events, Guest Blogger, Inspiring People, Mentorship, Self-Advocacy, Uncategorized - 0 Comments

Courtesy ADA25 Advancing Leadership

If you are a civically impassioned leader with a visible, invisible, or acquired disability who lives in the Chicago region, then listen up: we have the perfect network for you! ADA 25 Advancing Leadership—a Chicago-based nonprofit organization that fosters power and influence…

Celebrating Our Champions – Trailblazers Virtual Experience

04/27/20 - Business News, Disability-Aware Businesses, Disability-Aware Service, Events, Inspiring People, JJ's List Fun, jjslist.com, Search, Inc., Social Enterprise, Uncategorized, Uncategorized - 0 Comments

Thank you so much for your continued support of Search!

As you all are aware, we are at the mercy of a pandemic. While we here at Search are making sure that those we serve are among the protected – we have your safety in mind…

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…