Education

Glencoe Illinois School District Gets Disability Awareness Educated

02/27/17 - Accessibility in Public, Disability Awareness Players, Disability Awareness Training, Disability-Aware Businesses, Education, jjslist.com - 1 Comment

When the JJ’s List.com Disability Awareness Players trained Glencoe Schools in Glencoe, IL. to be disability aware, they were helping teachers, administrators and teachers assistants build the knowledge they want and need to educate future generations in how to communicate comfortably and confidently with people…

Players Spread the Love for Disability Awareness

02/16/17 - Disability Awareness Players, Disability Awareness Training, Disability-Aware Businesses, Education - 1 Comment

On Valentine’s Day, our Disability Awareness Players visited Evanston Township High School to give its faculty tips on how to interact with their students and fellow faculty members who have disabilities. Everyone was actively engaged, and we received a lot of positive feedback, such as…

How to Use a Pace Bus

01/20/17 - Education, Hop on the Bus to Independence, Pace Bus - 3 Comments

Plan your route. Travel your route. Take charge of your life!

Pace Bus fixed route buses give you independence, safety and convenience to get to where you want to go: your job, shopping, movies, restaurants, doctor appointments, meeting friends…you name it! These videos will guide you…

How Does a Job Affect Your Benefits?

12/14/16 - Disability Employment and Housing, Education, Events, No Boundaries, Search, Inc. - 2 Comments

Anton at his job at Hewn

HOW DOES A JOB AFFECT YOUR BENEFITS?

Do you receive SSI, SSDI, Medicaid or Medicare (or will you?), and do you work (or want to work?). Then this FREE workshop is for you! Search Inc. and No Boundaries will host Britney…

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…

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…

Alzheimers Awareness

06/27/16 - Disability in the Media, Education, Events, Mental Illness - 2 Comments

June is Alzheimer’s Awareness Month. 5.4 million Americans will face Alzheimer’s and efforts to find a cure are making very slow progress. But since we focus on actionable feedback on this blog, we’d like to take a moment to talk about our own experiences with…

Farewell Laurie, Greetings Tricia!

06/09/16 - Disability Employment and Housing, Disability-Aware Businesses, Education, Employment First Act, Mentorship, No Boundaries, No Boundaries - 0 Comments

No Boundaries – Train for Life, Train for Work prides itself on bringing a diverse and knowledgeable group of Trainers to help participants learn the skills that they need or want in order to be successful in the workplace, and in the world, after school…

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…

Working in State Government as a Person with a Disability

05/20/16 - Awards, Business News, Disability Awareness Players, Disability Awareness Training, Disability Employment and Housing, Disability-Aware Businesses, Education, Guest Blogger, Inspiring People, jjslist.com, Mentorship, No Boundaries - 3 Comments

I have been honored to have the opportunity this spring to serve as a Policy Intern Analyst at the State of Illinois Office of the Treasury. This position lets me utilize my research skills and, as a result, allows me to be seen as a…