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Back To School, Back On the Bus

Hop On The Bus To Independence Is Back!

JJ’s List is continuing its partnership with Pace Suburban Bus to offer students and clients with disabilities hands-on, interactive training to build essential public transportation skills for independent, fixed-route travel.

Who Can Participate?

A public or private school, a service…

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Warning: Use CAPTCHAs to Stop Spam at Your Own Risk

The trouble with using CAPTCHA Codes is that they keep out more than just spam; They could be keeping your customers away too.

Congress lactated. Pness. Café beefster. Decision nopill.10010 magoos.

No, this is not some mystical communication arriving digitally from a distant galaxy; nor is it…

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Person First Language 101

Person First Language: Are You In the Habit?
Why Use Person First Language?

At JJ’s List, we believe that what we say influences how we think. What we think influences how we behave. When we use person first language (also known as people first language), we send…

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Lessons we can learn from Steppenwolf Theatre

When Jake Joehl, our social media assistant who is blind, returned from a trip to Steppenwolf Theatre, he could not stop raving about what a wonderful experience he had had there. But wait, you might wonder, how could a person who is blind possibly enjoy…

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Why restroom labels impact people with disabilities.

We met Darby Morris at this year’s Chicago Disability Pride Parade and really enjoyed hearing her story, so we’ve invited her to do a special guest post for the JJ’s List Blog. Enjoy!

Changing the label on two single-stall restrooms helps buy users more time, which…

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Facebook hates me.

03/13/11 - Uncategorized - 1 Comment

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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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