2011 has been a very exciting year for the JJ’s List Team. We’ve been hard at work and are loving every minute of the journey. If we had the opportunity to cross paths with you this year, thank you. It’s been an honor and we…

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JJ was recently featured as a guest blogger on ThinkBeyondTheLabel.com where she wrote about the most effective way to get businesses to pay attention to the disability marketplace and open their doors to hiring people with disabilities.

“It will take a serious coming together of the…

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A close friend of mine on cross country inspired me to get involved with ELS and Special Olympics at New Trier. She was the cross-country captain, and has a remarkable strength of character and is a true leader. She was on the ELS board and…

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My friend and fellow disability advocate Laurie and I communicated recently about whether the disability community really puts its money where its mouth is when it comes to patronizing disability-aware businesses.  “Do I shop at our local Walmart, for example, over the local Target, because…

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Written by Jake Joehl

My name is Jake, and I can’t use Facebook.

I don’t mean this in the sense that I don’t know how to use Facebook. I don’t mean that I can’t find the time, or that I don’t quite see the value…

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Guest Post by Debbie De Palma, with research assistance from Yaseen Fawzi
As Colin Firth is poised to win an Oscar for his portrayal of a king unable to speak due to severe stuttering in The King’s Speech (2010), and as we have watched Claire Danes… Read More >