Disability Awareness Training

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

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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…

Abbie’s Internship at JJsList.com

06/28/16 - Accessibility in Public, Disability Awareness Players, Disability Awareness Training, Disability-Aware Businesses, Disability-Aware Service, jjslist.com, Person-First Language, Using jjslist.com - 1 Comment

I have now been at JJ’s List.com for two 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…

Discover the True Value of Disability Awareness Trainings!

06/13/16 - Business News, Disability Awareness Players, Disability Awareness Training, Disability-Aware Businesses - 2 Comments

May of 2016 was an action-packed month when it comes to Disability Awareness Trainings! After traveling to Santa Barbara to work with Toad & Co. and meeting with the Dundee Library back here in the Midwest, we turned right around and headed over to the…

Disability Portrayal in Disney Movies

06/10/16 - Disability Awareness Players, Disability Awareness Training, Disability in the Media, Disability-Aware Businesses, jjslist.com - 6 Comments

Hello! My name is Abbie Volkmann, and I am proud to be the new Digital Marketing Intern here at JJsList.com!

For one of my senior research projects in college, I researched the representation of people with disabilities in Disney movies, as well as how they are…

What Are Reviews for Change Workshops?

06/06/16 - Business News, Disability Awareness Players, Disability Awareness Training, Disability-Aware Businesses, Disability-Aware Service, Education, jjslist.com, Social Enterprise - 2 Comments

Hi! I’m Sarah, and I am the Trainer for JJsList.com Reviews for Change Workshops.

What are Reviews for Change Workshops? Well, JJsList.com is a great way for the people with disabilities to have a voice in the community! But to have a voice, you have to…

Disability Awareness Training at Toad & Co. in Santa Barbara

05/23/16 - Accessibility in Public, Business News, Disability Awareness Players, Disability Awareness Training, Disability-Aware Businesses, Disability-Aware Service, JJ's List Fun, jjslist.com, Social Enterprise - 4 Comments

The JJsList.com Disability Awareness Players are always seeking ways to break through barriers and push our own expectations further than ever!

On Monday, May 16th, we went even further! Toad & Co., based in Santa Barbara, California, recruited the team to travel out west for a…