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Spotlight on John G

03/17/21 - celebral palsy, disability awareness, Disability Awareness Players, Disability Employment and Housing, Education, Good Web Finds, Inspiring People, JJ's List Fun, jjslist.com, Self-Advocacy, Uncategorized, Uncategorized - 3 Comments

To celebrate National Developmental Disabilities Month, JJ’s List had the chance to spotlight one of our own Disability Awareness Players, John G. We are grateful for John’s willingness to tell us his story and excited to share with our community. John shares stories about independence and…

10 Tips for Being a Self-Advocate

03/10/21 - disability awareness, Education, Events, Good Web Finds, Inspiring People, JJ's List Fun, jjslist.com, Mentorship, Search, Inc., Self-Advocacy, Uncategorized - 0 Comments

Sarah in her home office

Sarah Armour, jjslist.com Business Assistant and Self-Advocate. wrote these helpful self-advocacy tips for NeurodiVERSED, a self-advocacy awareness initiative that Search is taking part in. What a great way to celebrate Developmental Disabilities…

ComEd Energy Force Ambassador Program Celebrates 10 Years!

02/24/21 - Business News, Disability Employment and Housing, Disability-Aware Businesses, Disability-Aware Service, Education, Employment, Employment First Act, Inspiring People, JJ's List Fun, Mentorship, Search, Inc., Self-Advocacy, Uncategorized - 0 Comments

ComEd Energy Force Ambassador Program celebrates 10th Anniversary

Search Inc was so excited to join ComEd and 27 other agencies virtually to celebrate the kick off of the 10th anniversary ofthe ComEd Energy Force Ambassador Program! Orientation for the 2021 milestone year gave us the opportunity…

Is Your Company Ready to Include Disability In Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Efforts?

- Disability Awareness Players, Disability Awareness Training, Disability-Aware Businesses, Disability-Aware Service, Education, Inspiring People, JJ's List Fun, jjslist.com, Search, Inc., Self-Advocacy - 0 Comments

If one good thing came out of 2020, it was the elevation of discussions in the media on diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI). Last year’s health, financial and racial injustice crises knocked down barriers and highlighted many issues that have been ignored for too long….

Search Announces Launch of NeurodiVERSED: A Neurodiversity Awareness Initiative

02/17/21 - celebral palsy, Deaf and Hard of Hearing, Disability-Aware Service, Down Syndrome, Education, Events, Good Web Finds, Inspiring People, JJ's List Fun, Mental Illness, Multiple Sclerosis, Search, Inc., Self-Advocacy, Uncategorized, Uncategorized, Wheelchair Users - 0 Comments

Search is excited to announce the launch of NeurodiVERSED, a new self-advocate driven awareness initiative. NeurodiVERSED, an Evanston Cultural Grant Fund project, was born from the need to create a platform for individuals with disabilities and mental health conditions to share their voices and further…

Ask Adrian Anything – About Creative Writing

01/22/21 - Ask Adrian, Down Syndrome, Inspiring People, JJ's List Fun, Mentorship, Self-Advocacy, Uncategorized, Uncategorized - 1 Comment

In this installment of “Ask Adrian Anything,” JJ’s List asked Adrian about his creative writing. He is a prolific writer of poetry and fiction, some of which we post on our site. We wanted to learn how he got into writing, where he finds his…

Staying Positive in 2020

09/29/20 - Disability Awareness Players, Good Web Finds, Inspiring People, JJ's List Fun, jjslist.com, Uncategorized, Uncategorized - 1 Comment

Disability Awareness Players, Sarah, Brian, Molly, Billy, John V and Sarah S-T

No one on planet Earth has not been affected by Covid-19. But as difficult and challenging a year as this has been, The jjslist.com Disability Awareness Players want to share some good vibes that…

Brian’s 3 Top Energy Tips

07/29/20 - Disability-Aware Businesses, Disability-Aware Service, Education, Guest Blogger, Inspiring People, JJ's List Fun, jjslist.com, No Boundaries, Search, Inc., Self-Advocacy, Uncategorized, Uncategorized - 2 Comments

By Brian Rohde, Search Inc’s Energy Force Ambassador and former No Boundaries participant

The ComEd Energy Force Ambassador Program was the country’s first energy-efficiency education program taught by people with disabilities. This program benefits the public, as well as the Ambassadors.

Brian Rohde, ComEd Energy Force Ambassador for…

What I Learned From My Friend, Margo

07/28/20 - Accessibility in Public, Guest Blogger, Inspiring People, JJ's List Fun, Multiple Sclerosis, Uncategorized, Uncategorized - 0 Comments

By Kellena Dunckley, Guest Blogger

Courtesy of coloradohomeandgarden.com

During my starving college years in Boulder, Colorado, one of my jobs was as a live-in caregiver for Margo, a woman with advanced MS. We were quite the team. A bad ski accident had resulted in my having a…

“Missing You Always”

06/29/20 - Ask Adrian, Down Syndrome, Inspiring People, JJ's List Fun, jjslist.com, No Boundaries, Search, Inc., Self-Advocacy, Uncategorized - 2 Comments

Adrian is a No Boundaries participant who often writes the blog series “Ask Adrian Anything” for JJ’s List. In lieu of sharing his experiences of living and working independently in the community this month, Adrian has offered to share one of the lovely poems he has…