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What Inclusion Means to Us

03/11/22 - disability awareness, Down Syndrome, Education, Employment, Good Web Finds, Inspiring People, JJ's List Fun, Self-Advocacy, Uncategorized - 0 Comments

To mark National Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month (DDAM), JJ’s List joined Down Syndrome International’s inclusion campaign, a global conversation to empower people around the world to advocate for the full inclusion of all people with disabilities in their communities.

Courtesy of Down Syndrome International

We asked several…

NeuroDIVERSED 2022: Self-Care and Being Kind to Your Mind

02/24/22 - Education, Inspiring People, JJ's List Fun, jjslist.com, Search, Inc., Self-Advocacy, Tools and aids, Uncategorized, Uncategorized - 0 Comments

Happy, upbeat music and dancing can have a positive effect on your mood!

Thanks to a generous grant from the Evanston Arts Council in 2021, NeurodiVERSED was created to address the misconceptions and misinformation surrounding those who identify as neurodiverse, as well as the damaging narrative…

Embracing Disability in the Workplace: Tips to Make Your Workplace Disability-Inclusive

02/23/22 - Accessibility in Public, Business News, disability awareness, Disability Employment and Housing, Disability-Aware Businesses, Disability-Aware Service, Employment, Guest Blogger, Tools and aids, Uncategorized, Uncategorized, Wheelchair Users - 0 Comments

By Diane Royanto, Guest Blogger

Did you know that more than one billion people live with some form of disability? That’s a lot of potential employees! Unfortunately, many businesses have yet to embrace disability inclusion in their workplace. This is despite the fact that doing so…

Two Visibility Artists Showing in the Visible Invisible Art Exhibition in Evanston

01/31/22 - disability awareness, Disability-Aware Service, Education, Events, Good Web Finds, Inspiring People, JJ's List Fun, Mentorship, Self-Advocacy, Uncategorized, Uncategorized, Wheelchair Users - 0 Comments

Evanston community leaders, Indira Freitas Johnson, Fran Joy, and Lisa Degliantoni, are curating Visibly Invisible, an art exhibition that highlights the violence that many in our community deal with on a day-to-day basis. The exhibit runs from February 4th to March 14th at Evanston’s Noyes…

Self-Advocates University – a New Self-Advocacy Initiative

01/28/22 - Education, Guest Blogger, Independence, Inspiring People, JJ's List Fun, Search, Inc., Self-Advocacy, Uncategorized, Uncategorized - 0 Comments

By Jennifer Gledhill, Community Inclusion Coordinator, Search Inc.

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Back in 2016, Search, Inc. (Search) adopted the principles of the Council on Quality Leadership (CQL), an accreditation body that uses several principles to guide agencies like ours further towards person-centered services. CQL put into words…

Grateful for the Partnership Between Search and Oak Point University

01/27/22 - Education, Inspiring People, Mentorship, Search, Inc., Tools and aids, Uncategorized, Uncategorized - 0 Comments

By Jackie Rovner, Division Director of Clinical Services, Search Inc.

Oak Point University Nursing Students

Search staff and individuals are incredibly grateful for the partnership we have established with Oak Point University! Nursing students from the university participate in a six-week, hands-on, clinical rotation at our Adult Learning…

End of Year Musings by the Disability Awareness Players

12/17/21 - Disability Awareness Players, Disability Awareness Training, Disability-Aware Businesses, Disability-Aware Service, Education, Inspiring People, JJ's List Fun, jjslist.com, Person-First Language, Self-Advocacy, Uncategorized, Uncategorized - 0 Comments

Disability Awareness Players Michaela M, Billy C, Sarah A, Sarah ST, Bring R, and Henry

The end of the year is a time of reflection, so we asked the Disability Awareness Players a question for reflection. Below are some of their thoughts.

“What was your favorite thing…

To Date or Not To Date, That is the Question

12/16/21 - Ask Adrian, Down Syndrome, Education, Good Web Finds, Independence, Inspiring People, JJ's List Fun, No Boundaries, No Boundaries, Self-Advocacy, Uncategorized, Uncategorized - 0 Comments

Tips for Being Safe on the first date: the fourth and final installment in a series

By Adrian Drower, Ask Adrian Blogger and No Boundaries participant

All good things must come to an end, and it is now time I take my leave. So here is the…

“A Snowy Day”

12/15/21 - Ask Adrian, Down Syndrome, Good Web Finds, Independence, Inspiring People, JJ's List Fun, No Boundaries, Uncategorized, Uncategorized - 0 Comments

“A Snowy Day”

by Adrian Drower

I just got to the Brown Line,
Soft, white snow is falling down.
The first snow of the season,
This snow is so beautiful.

I make it safely to work,
In a few minutes, I start.
As I get busy at work,
outside the snow keeps falling.

When my…

NDEAM 2021: Spotlight on Bridget Brown and Pace Suburban Bus

By Bridget Brown, Self-Advocate

My name is Bridget and I am a self-advocate who works on behalf of Pace Suburban Bus.

October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM), and it is a perfect time to talk about how taking the bus and transportation is the key…