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Growing Up With “Boot,” A Sister Just Like Any Other

03/22/22 - disability awareness, Down Syndrome, Education, Good Web Finds, Guest Blogger, Inspiring People, JJ's List Fun, jjslist.com, Uncategorized, Uncategorized - 1 Comment

Joe Luzadder with his younger siblings, Jack and “Boot”

By Joe Luzadder, Guest Blogger and Sibling

To me, growing up with a little sister with Down syndrome was a blessing. It was also typical, however, because I did not know what it was like to grow up…

My Sister’s Positive Impact

03/16/22 - Down Syndrome, Education, Guest Blogger, Inspiring People, JJ's List Fun, Uncategorized, Uncategorized - 2 Comments

By Jack Luzadder, Guest Blogger & Sibling

Anna and Jack

Sympathy is almost always the feeling people express when they find out you have a sibling with a disability. Oftentimes they’ll try to relate by giving a hardship they faced while growing up. While the good intentions…

Embracing Disability in the Workplace: Tips to Make Your Workplace Disability-Inclusive

02/23/22 - Accessibility in Public, Business News, disability awareness, Disability Employment and Housing, Disability-Aware Businesses, Disability-Aware Service, Employment, Guest Blogger, Tools and aids, Uncategorized, Uncategorized, Wheelchair Users - 0 Comments

By Diane Royanto, Guest Blogger

Did you know that more than one billion people live with some form of disability? That’s a lot of potential employees! Unfortunately, many businesses have yet to embrace disability inclusion in their workplace. This is despite the fact that doing so…

Self-Advocates University – a New Self-Advocacy Initiative

01/28/22 - Education, Guest Blogger, Independence, Inspiring People, JJ's List Fun, Search, Inc., Self-Advocacy, Uncategorized, Uncategorized - 0 Comments

By Jennifer Gledhill, Community Inclusion Coordinator, Search Inc.

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Back in 2016, Search, Inc. (Search) adopted the principles of the Council on Quality Leadership (CQL), an accreditation body that uses several principles to guide agencies like ours further towards person-centered services. CQL put into words…

NDEAM 2021: Spotlight on Bridget Brown and Pace Suburban Bus

By Bridget Brown, Self-Advocate

My name is Bridget and I am a self-advocate who works on behalf of Pace Suburban Bus.

October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM), and it is a perfect time to talk about how taking the bus and transportation is the key…

Finding My Purpose

09/17/21 - advocacy, celebral palsy, disability awareness, Disability Employment and Housing, Employment, Guest Blogger, Inspiring People, jjslist.com, Mentorship, Self-Advocacy, Uncategorized, Uncategorized, Wheelchair Users - 1 Comment

By Ashley Alcantar, Guest Blogger

I thought I was going to be at a completely different stage in my life career-wise than where I am presently, and it is frustrating. It is frustrating because I’m having a “mid-life” crisis at the age of 24 and it’s…

Welcome Back Pace Riders!

08/27/21 - Accessibility in Public, ADA, Business News, Disability-Aware Businesses, Disability-Aware Service, Education, Guest Blogger, Hop on the Bus to Independence, Inspiring People, JJ's List Fun, jjslist.com, Pace Bus, Tools and aids, Transportation, Uncategorized - 0 Comments

By Edward Madden – Pace Suburban Bus

The Covid-19 pandemic has been very challenging for all of us and public transportation was hit particularly hard. In Spring 2020, Pace’s ridership dropped to as low as 30% of 2019 levels and many of our fixed routes were…

To Date or Not to Date, That is the Question

07/26/21 - Ask Adrian, Down Syndrome, Education, Guest Blogger, Inspiring People, JJ's List Fun, No Boundaries, Self-Advocacy, Tools and aids, Uncategorized, Uncategorized - 2 Comments

Building Your Online Profile: The first installment in a series about online dating

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By: Adrian Drower, Ask Adrian Blogger and No Boundaries Participant

Most movies and TV shows make finding a love life relatively easy, but we all know that it is not always the case….

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…

Pace Encourages COVID-19 Vaccination to Help Keep Riders Safe

04/22/21 - Accessibility in Public, Business News, Disability-Aware Businesses, Disability-Aware Service, Education, Good Web Finds, Guest Blogger, Hop on the Bus to Independence, Inspiring People, jjslist.com, Pace Bus, Transportation, Uncategorized - 0 Comments

By Ed Madden, Coordinator for Public Outreach, Pace Suburban Bus

Getting the COVID-19 vaccine is one of the most important steps you can take to keep your community healthy, which is why we’re answering some of the key questions riders have about getting vaccinated.

Why should I…