Self-Advocacy

Covid-19 Information from Green Mountain Self-Advocates and SARTAC

03/23/20 - Education, Guest Blogger, Search, Inc., Self-Advocacy, Tools and aids, Uncategorized - 0 Comments

By Green Mountain Self-Advocates, a partner of Self-Advocacy Resource and Technical Assistance Center

What is COVID-19?
• It is a new illness spreading around the world.
• It’s nickname is coronavirus.

How do you get it?
• Someone with COVID-19 gives you their germs.
• When they cough or sneeze, their…

Person-First Language

03/10/20 - Disability Awareness Players, Disability Awareness Training, Disability-Aware Businesses, Disability-Aware Service, Down Syndrome, Inspiring People, jjslist.com, Person-First Language, Self-Advocacy, Social Enterprise, Uncategorized, Wheelchair Users - 0 Comments

By Sarah Armour, JJ’sList Business Assistant & Disability Awareness Player

The language we use often defines the way we think about things and people, including people with disabilities. When referring to people with disabilities, we at JJ’s List prefer to use something called person-first language.

What is…

Q&A with Abby S.

02/26/20 - Disability Employment and Housing, Disability-Aware Businesses, Guest Blogger, Inspiring People, jjslist.com, No Boundaries, No Boundaries, Search, Inc., Self-Advocacy, Social Enterprise, Uncategorized, Uncategorized - 0 Comments

Adrian D, Abby S, Matt R, and Michaela M

Last month Abby S gave a guided tour of the Search Inc’s Planet Access Company Warehouse (PAC) – where she works – to her fellow No Boundaries (NB) participants, Matt, Adrian and Michaela and NB Trainer Jenny. Through…

What Medical Evidence Does Social Security Require?

02/20/20 - Deaf and Hard of Hearing, Disability Law, Education, Guest Blogger, Mental Illness, Multiple Sclerosis, Self-Advocacy, Uncategorized, Uncategorized, Wheelchair Users - 0 Comments

By Erika Riggs, Esq., Guest Blogger

As a Social Security disability lawyer, my practice is dedicated to protecting the rights of individuals with disabilities and helping them obtain the benefits they deserve. While there are stringent eligibility requirements for obtaining these vital public benefits, the most…

Tips for the Anxious Traveler

02/18/20 - Good Web Finds, Guest Blogger, Mental Illness, Self-Advocacy, Tools and aids, Transportation, Uncategorized, Uncategorized - 1 Comment

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By Sarah Armour, JJsList.com Business Assistant

Travel by air can be very stressful for anyone, especially for people who have anxiety. Crowded airports, a lot of stimuli, not having control, and canceled flights, for example, can be overwhelming for someone with anxiety.

Even though I…

Connecting To The World Through Travel

12/20/19 - Accessibility in Public, Disability-Aware Service, Guest Blogger, Inspiring People, JJ's List Fun, Search, Inc., Self-Advocacy, Uncategorized, Uncategorized - 2 Comments

Search Inc’s Search for Adventure (SFA) is a program that connects people with intellectual and developmental disabilities to the world beyond their own communities through vacation experiences. Since 2004, SFA has taken a total of 135 trips under the guidance of Search Inc’s Community Inclusion…

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…

Tips for Surviving the Holidays

11/26/19 - Guest Blogger, Inspiring People, JJ's List Fun, Mental Illness, Search, Inc., Self-Advocacy, Tools and aids, Uncategorized, Uncategorized - 0 Comments

Courtesy of healthyplace.com

By Sarah Armour, Michaela Moran and Matt Rizzo

The holidays are supposed to be a joyous time of year. However, we often get overwhelmed and stressed out over the things we want to do and/or are expected to do, such as shopping, gift wrapping,…

People with Disabilities Count, too! Census 2020

11/25/19 - Disability Employment and Housing, Disability in the Media, Education, Events, jjslist.com, Search, Inc., Self-Advocacy, Uncategorized, Wheelchair Users - 0 Comments

Courtesy of charlestonchronicle.net

The 2020 Census is about to begin. In fact, starting in January, the census will begin counting people in remote parts of Alaska.

The census is a short questionnaire that asks about who you are and where you live. It’s the way to count…

Double Your Impact on #GivingTuesday!

10/23/19 - Inspiring People, jjslist.com, Search, Inc., Self-Advocacy - 0 Comments

You have a special opportunity to make a difference in someone’s life this giving season.

JJ’s List and our parent company, Search Inc., have a goal to raise $20,000 by midnight on Dec 3, #GivingTuesday! Your donation, in any amount, will help us reach our goal!

From…