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Favorite Memories from 2019

12/18/19 - Disability Awareness Players, Inspiring People, JJ's List Fun, jjslist.com, No Boundaries, Search, Inc., Self-Advocacy, Transportation, Uncategorized, Uncategorized - 1 Comment

As 2019 comes to a close, we asked Ignite and No Boundaries program participants, Disability Awareness Players and staff what their favorite memory of 2019 was. We share some of those with our readers below:

Sarah with Maine East students

Sarah: My favorite memory was doing the Reviews…

Ask Adrian Anything – About Employment

11/21/19 - Ask Adrian, Disability Employment and Housing, Disability-Aware Businesses, Disability-Aware Service, Down Syndrome, Employment First Act, Guest Blogger, Inspiring People, No Boundaries, Transportation, Uncategorized, Uncategorized - 1 Comment

Welcome back to another installment of “Ask Adrian Anything.” This series gives our readers an opportunity to communicate directly with Adrian, a No Boundaries participant, about his experiences in the workplace, living independently and out in the community. In light of last month’s National Disability Employment Awareness…

Two Jobs and a Full Life: A Q&A with Matt

10/18/19 - Disability Employment and Housing, Disability in the Media, Disability-Aware Businesses, Disability-Aware Service, Down Syndrome, Employment First Act, Good Web Finds, Guest Blogger, Inspiring People, JJ's List Fun, jjslist.com, No Boundaries, Search, Inc., Self-Advocacy, Transportation - 6 Comments

October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM). In honor of NDEAM, we wanted to highlight the success of Matthew LaChapelle, a former No Boundaries participant. Matthew has had success with employment and is a great example of what someone with a disability can do. …

Welcome to Ignite Norwood Park!

09/27/19 - Disability-Aware Businesses, Disability-Aware Service, Education, Inspiring People, JJ's List Fun, jjslist.com, No Boundaries, Search, Inc., Self-Advocacy, Social Enterprise, Tools and aids - 1 Comment

Search is excited to share that we have opened a new Adult Learning Program, our second in the Ignite model. The new site is located in the Norwood Park neighborhood of Chicago. Our Ignite programs are community-based, small and flexible licensed day services programs…

Boost Your Success in Getting – and Keeping – a Job!

08/28/19 - Disability Employment and Housing, Education, Inspiring People, Mentorship, No Boundaries, Search, Inc., Self-Advocacy, Social Enterprise, Tools and aids - 0 Comments

No Boundaries Trainer Jenny Higgins working with program participants

No Boundaries Can Help!

No Boundaries, a program of Search, Inc, is a work and life skills training program for adults with disabilities.

No Boundaries:

Is offered on Mondays and Tuesdays from 9:15 – 12:15
Is conveniently located at 824 Dempster Street… Read More >

Ask Adrian Anything – About Staying Healthy

08/27/19 - Ask Adrian, Down Syndrome, Guest Blogger, Inspiring People, JJ's List Fun, No Boundaries, Search, Inc., Self-Advocacy - 0 Comments

Welcome back to another installment of “Ask Adrian Anything.” This series gives our readers an opportunity to communicate directly with Adrian, a No Boundaries participant, about his experiences in the workplace, living independently and out in the community. Recently people asked Adrian about how he stays…

Who’s Who at No Boundaries

04/29/19 - Ask Adrian, Disability Awareness Players, Disability Employment and Housing, Education, Guest Blogger, Inspiring People, No Boundaries, No Boundaries, Search, Inc., Self-Advocacy, Social Enterprise - 0 Comments

EXTRA, Extra, read all about it! We have No Boundaries – and we’re going to shout it!

Courtesy of www.socialnorms.org

Here at No Boundaries we help people with disabilities gain more independence by preparing for employment. Our motto, “train for work, train for life,” means the skills…

No Boundaries Visits the Visual Comfort Group Warehouse

04/22/19 - Disability Employment and Housing, Guest Blogger, Inspiring People, JJ's List Fun, No Boundaries, No Boundaries, Search, Inc., Social Enterprise - 0 Comments

No Boundaries Participants Matt R and Abby S with Visual Comfort President Joe Higgins

Our No Boundaries team visited and toured the Visual Comfort Group Warehouse in Skokie in February. The Warehouse Manager, Scott Christman, gave us a tour of their warehouse and the President, Joe…

Ask Adrian: All About Travel

04/01/19 - Accessibility in Public, Ask Adrian, Down Syndrome, Guest Blogger, Inspiring People, JJ's List Fun, No Boundaries, Self-Advocacy, Transportation - 3 Comments

Welcome back to another installment of “Ask Adrian Anything.” This is intended to give our readers an opportunity to communicate directly with one of our No Boundaries participants, Adrian, about his experiences in the workplace, living independently and out in the community. Recently people asked…

Q&A with Joe T

01/09/19 - Disability Employment and Housing, Disability-Aware Businesses, Disability-Aware Service, Guest Blogger, Inspiring People, No Boundaries, No Boundaries, Search, Inc., Self-Advocacy - 0 Comments

Joe Torricelli

Joe originally found Search through our No Boundaries program and then connected with our Career Services team. In October 2018, we were able to help him secure his new full-time job as a Pastry Assistant at Rivers Casino in Des Plaines!

We sat down for a short Q&A…