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How To Plan A Wheelchair Accessible Road Trip

05/25/18 - Accessibility in Public, ADA, Disability-Aware Service, Guest Blogger, Inspiring People, JJ's List Fun, Transportation - 0 Comments

By Sam Casteris, Accessibility Advocate

Sam Casteris and mom on the road to LA

While public transportation is a great option for travel when you’re venturing out into the city or are travelling by train, there aren’t too many long distance public transportation options out West. In…

Teaching Disability Awareness To A New Generation

05/22/18 - Disability Awareness Players, Disability Awareness Training, Education, Guest Blogger, Inspiring People, JJ's List Fun, jjslist.com, Person-First Language, Uncategorized - 0 Comments

Disability Players introducing themselves to the students at Fairview Elementary School

On April 4th, 2018 the Disability Awareness Players lead a Disability Awareness Training (DAT) for 540 students and 40 teachers at Fairview Elementary School in Mt. Prospect, IL. The gymnasium was packed with students ranging…

Search Trailblazers 2018 Celebrates 50 Years of Service!

03/28/18 - Awards, Events, Inspiring People, JJ's List Fun, Mentorship, Search, Inc., Uncategorized, Uncategorized - 0 Comments

Please join us on Thursday, May 17th for SEARCH TRAILBLAZERS 2018: Celebrating 50 Years of Service at Galleria Marchetti in Chicago! This exciting evening will celebrate the 50th anniversary of JJ’s List’s parent company, Search, Inc.

Search was founded in 1968, in Cabrini Green, Chicago, to…

Disability in Disney Part 2

08/23/16 - Disability in the Media, JJ's List Fun, Videos - 2 Comments

I believe it’s important for individuals with disabilities to be represented in the media, especially in films, and a few months ago, I wrote about how Disney portrays individuals with disabilities in a positive light through films like Finding Nemo (2003). Last month, I saw…

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…

JJsList.com Disability Awareness Player Exclusive Album Release!

04/26/16 - Disability Awareness Players, Events, Good Web Finds, Inspiring People, JJ's List Fun, jjslist.com, No Boundaries - 1 Comment

Tim Finnegan has a long and storied history with the JJsList.com Disability Awareness Players.

He was first a participant in the Search, Inc. No Boundaries program and shortly thereafter became a Disability Awareness Player who helped train over 1500 staff members in how to engage and…

Disability Awareness Training at Skokie School!

04/19/16 - Disability Awareness Players, Disability Awareness Training, Disability-Aware Businesses, Education, Good Web Finds, Guest Blogger, JJ's List Fun, jjslist.com, Person-First Language - 1 Comment

On April 8th, 2016, the JJsList.com Disability Awareness Players did a Disability Awareness Training for the 5th and 6th graders at the Skokie School in the New Trier Township school district 36. All 420 students and 50 staff members were trained!

The Skokie School had a ‘Health and…

Great Lakes Adaptive Sports Association is Recruiting Now For the Chicago Marathon!

04/06/16 - Accessibility in Public, Events, Guest Blogger, JJ's List Fun - 0 Comments

Want to run in the 2016 Bank of America Chicago Marathon while also making a difference in the lives of individuals with physical disabilities? GLASA has entries! Guarantee your spot as a charity runner today! Whether you have run a marathon before or this is…

No Boundaries Participants Meet President Bill Clinton!

03/16/16 - Accessibility in Public, Disability Awareness Players, Disability in the Media, Education, Events, JJ's List Fun, No Boundaries, No Boundaries, Search, Inc., Social Enterprise - 2 Comments

For Captions – select the “cc” button and then select “English”.

At No Boundaries, we have daily modules that are geared towards several themes:

Independence
Communications
Self-Organization
Self Advocacy
Technology
Social Thinking
Judgement
Personal Responsibility

We go into our local community and businesses to convey these themes in real world settings so that participants can take…

American Sign Language and Audio Description At Shedd Aquarium Performances

12/21/15 - Accessibility in Public, Business News, Deaf and Hard of Hearing, Disability-Aware Businesses, Disability-Aware Service, Events, JJ's List Fun, Tools and aids, Uncategorized - 0 Comments

This holiday season, there will be an audio describer and an American Sign Language interpreter available during four of our A Holiday One World aquatic shows.

Show times:
The audio description and ASL interpretation will be available on the following dates during both the 11:30 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. shows:

• Wednesday, December…