Disability Awareness Players

Lincoln Elementary School Gets Disability-Awareness Trained

10/11/16 - Accessibility in Public, Disability Awareness Players, Disability Awareness Training, Disability-Aware Businesses - 1 Comment

As part of National Disability Employment Awareness month, the Disability Awareness Players took a Disability Awareness Training to future business leaders and hiring managers at the Lincoln Elementary School in Highland Park, IL. The students were very engaged, and seemed to enjoy the experience. “I will remember all of it…

There’s “Energy” in Disability Awareness Training

10/05/16 - Accessibility in Public, Disability Awareness Players, Disability Awareness Training, Disability-Aware Businesses - 3 Comments

ComEd is talking the talk and walking the walk of disability awareness. Not only does the company run the cool Energy Force program, last week they hosted the Disability Awareness Players at their Oakbrook Terrace headquarters for a Disability Awareness Training. The participants were very…

Two New Organizations Receive Disability Awareness Training

09/20/16 - Accessibility in Public, Disability Awareness Players, Disability Awareness Training, Disability-Aware Businesses, Disability-Aware Service - 0 Comments

On Friday 9/16, several of our Disability Awareness Players led not one, but TWO more organizations in Disability Awareness Training sessions! Thank you to our friends at Search, Inc. and Glenside Library for participating in our program!

Do you know or represent a business or organization…

Back to School

09/06/16 - Disability Awareness Players, Disability Awareness Training, Disability-Aware Businesses, Disability-Aware Service, Education, jjslist.com, Videos - 3 Comments

School started this week for many of you, and now is the perfect time for students and teachers to become disability aware. We at JJsList.com collaborated with Chicago Public Schools and Karl Productions to create a short video titled Disability Awareness: Students with Disabilities Teach Educators, in…

Who are the Disability Awareness Players?

- Accessibility in Public, Disability Awareness Players, Disability Awareness Training, Disability-Aware Businesses, Disability-Aware Service, jjslist.com - 0 Comments

We are a group of experts in disability, because we have disabilities! And we are looking for new Players.

Since 2009, The JJsList.com Disability Awareness Players have helped others feel great about serving and employing the fastest growing minority in the country…people with disabilities. We have trained…

JJ’slist.com Is In The News!

08/23/16 - Disability Awareness Players, Disability Awareness Training, Disability in the Media, Disability-Aware Businesses, Disability-Aware Service, jjslist.com, No Boundaries, No Boundaries, Press on JJ's List, Using jjslist.com - 4 Comments

Click here to see the story!

Last week, we at JJslist.com got TV time when local news station WGN Chicago broadcast a story about our work to build disability awareness. The story featured interviews with a few of our staff members, and a clip from our work…

Is It Time For Your School or Organization to Get Trained?

08/10/16 - Accessibility in Public, Disability Awareness Players, Disability Awareness Training, Disability-Aware Businesses, Disability-Aware Service, Education - 1 Comment

Thanks to a grant from New Trier Township, the Disability Awareness Players will take our popular 5 Disability Awareness Training to your school or organization (in New Trier Township only) FREE!

Do you want your students and teachers to be comfortable and appropriate in communicating with students who…

Happy Birthday to ComEd Energy Force!

08/04/16 - Business News, Disability Awareness Players, Disability Awareness Training, Disability Employment and Housing, Disability-Aware Businesses, Disability-Aware Service, Employment First Act, No Boundaries, Search, Inc. - 2 Comments

Search, Inc., recently joined ComEd’s President and CEO, Anne Pramaggiore, along with many local and State leaders to celebrate the 5th Birthday of the ComEd Energy Force Program. Many of you already know that Illinois is now an “Employment First State.” That means that if you…

My First Few Weeks at JJslist.com

07/19/16 - Accessibility in Public, Disability Awareness Players, Disability Awareness Training, Disability-Aware Businesses, Disability-Aware Service, jjslist.com, Person-First Language, Using jjslist.com - 3 Comments

I have now been at JJ’s List.com for four weeks, and it’s been a great experience for me. I’ve really enjoyed learning more ways to connect with the world, as well as how to use different ways of sharing information that I didn’t even hear…

Walking the Streets of Disability Pride

- Accessibility in Public, Disability Awareness Players, Disability Awareness Training, Disability Employment and Housing, Disability in the Media, Disability-Aware Businesses, Events - 2 Comments

Chicago’s Disability Pride Parade is on Saturday, July 23, 2016, stepping off promptly at 11 a.m. Hooray!

What does Disability Pride mean to me? It means being proud to be yourself without fear of being judged. Being willing to stand up for who you are. Being…