Disability-Aware Businesses

Disability Awareness Training at Skokie School!

04/19/16 - Disability Awareness Players, Disability Awareness Training, Disability-Aware Businesses, Education, Good Web Finds, Guest Blogger, JJ's List Fun, jjslist.com, Person-First Language - 1 Comment

On April 8th, 2016, the JJsList.com Disability Awareness Players did a Disability Awareness Training for the 5th and 6th graders at the Skokie School in the New Trier Township school district 36. All 420 students and 50 staff members were trained!

The Skokie School had a ‘Health and…

Ask Adrian Anything!

- Business News, Disability Awareness Players, Disability Employment and Housing, Disability-Aware Businesses, Featured Blogger of the Month, Good Web Finds, Guest Blogger, Inspiring People, jjslist.com, Mentorship, No Boundaries, Search, Inc. - 8 Comments

Welcome to the third installment of “Ask Adrian Anything!” This is intended to give our readers an opportunity to communicate directly with our intern, Adrian, about his experiences in the workplace. It will be conducted in an interview format with Benjamin asking the questions provided by…

Why Accuity Mentors Individuals with Disabilities and Why You Should Too

- Accessibility in Public, Business News, Disability Awareness Training, Disability-Aware Businesses, Education, Inspiring People, Mentorship, No Boundaries, No Boundaries - 0 Comments

The rules for entering the workforce apply to everybody whether or not they have a disability so Accuity and No Boundaries recently partnered up for a unique opportunity that gave No Boundaries participants a chance to pick the brain of an experienced Accuity employee.

Tim Shanovich…

You Got a Call From a Job Coach, Now What?

04/04/16 - Business News, Disability Law, Disability-Aware Businesses, Employment First Act, No Boundaries, No Boundaries, Social Enterprise, Uncategorized - 3 Comments

You get a call from a job coach on behalf of a job applicant with a disability. Your first thought might be that this individual can’t talk for himself so he’s obviously not a good fit for the position.

Don’t hang up the phone! You may…

Ask Adrian Anything!

- Accessibility in Public, Disability Awareness Players, Disability Employment and Housing, Disability-Aware Businesses, Education, Featured Blogger of the Month, Guest Blogger, jjslist.com, No Boundaries, No Boundaries, Search, Inc., Social Enterprise - 9 Comments

Welcome to the second installment of “Ask Adrian Anything!” This is intended to give our readers an opportunity to communicate directly with our intern, Adrian, about his experiences in the workplace. It will be conducted in an interview format with Benjamin asking the questions provided by…

People With Disabilities Make Great Entrepreneurs!

03/31/16 - Business News, Disability Employment and Housing, Disability-Aware Businesses, Disability-Aware Service, Education, Good Web Finds, jjslist.com, Social Enterprise, Uncategorized, Using jjslist.com - 6 Comments

Some say that entrepreneurs think about the world differently from other people. Well that’s certainly true of those of us who have disabilities!

People who don’t have disabilities often take life’s simple activities for granted – getting dressed, walking down the street, understanding an email –…

Veterans Invited and Included!

03/29/16 - Accessibility in Public, Disability in the Media, Disability-Aware Businesses, Disability-Aware Service, Employment First Act, Events, Good Web Finds, Veterans - 1 Comment

A direct line of communication between veterans with disabilities and businesses that have so much potential to change their lives by simply being inclusive and accessible to them is critical to the ability of vets to successfully reintegrate into civilian life as consumers and as…

Ask Adrian Anything!

03/28/16 - Disability Awareness Players, Disability Employment and Housing, Disability-Aware Businesses, Disability-Aware Service, Employment First Act, Featured Blogger of the Month, jjslist.com, No Boundaries, No Boundaries, Search, Inc., Social Enterprise, Uncategorized - 14 Comments

Welcome to the first installment of “Ask Adrian Anything!” This is intended to give our readers an opportunity to communicate directly with our intern, Adrian, about his experiences in the workplace. It will be conducted in an interview format with Benjamin asking the questions provided…

How To Analyze Job Postings As a Person With a Disability

03/02/16 - Accessibility in Public, ADA, Business News, Disability Awareness Training, Disability Employment and Housing, Disability Law, Disability-Aware Businesses, Disability-Aware Service, Education, Employment First Act, jjslist.com, No Boundaries, No Boundaries, Search, Inc. - 2 Comments

When looking for jobs as a person with a disability, you want to be smart and strategic about the process. You are interviewing a business just as much as they are interviewing you! Do your research and find out what company will be a good…

What Is a Chief Accessibility Officer?

02/22/16 - Accessibility in Public, Business News, Deaf and Hard of Hearing, Disability in the Media, Disability-Aware Businesses - 4 Comments

As the world recognizes inclusion and accessibility as core values that drive businesses to serve an even larger market, a new role has emerged in the C-level ranks.

What is a Chief Accessibility Officer?

A CAO is somebody who is simultaneously intimately familiar with the company’s product…