Disability

Aimee Mullins and her wardrobe of legs

02/10/12 - Inspiring People - 0 Comments

Born without fibulae in both legs, Aimee Mullins was told she would never walk, and would likely spend the rest of her life in a wheelchair. Her doctors really wanted to give her a chance at independent mobility, so they amputated both her legs below…

3 lessons in disability-awareness we can all learn

01/20/12 - Disability-Aware Service, Using jjslist.com - 1 Comment

When David Kreiman, the Executive VP at Glenview State Bank, wrote a response to a jjslist.com review, he delivered a fine example disability-awareness.

He took the time to investigate the issue mentioned, rectify it, and write personally to the reviewer to thank her for bringing it…

Working with a Disability: An Insider’s View

12/23/11 - Disability Employment and Housing, Good Web Finds - 5 Comments

Our Office Assistant Apprentice Sarah Armour had the opportunity to share what it ‘s like to be in the workplace as a person with a disability as a guest blogger on ThinkBeyondTheLabel.com.

“When I graduated, I thought that because I was no longer using the school’s…

8 examples of useful reviews

12/05/11 - Using jjslist.com - 3 Comments

As the year is coming to a close, we at JJ’s List have been reaching out to you, our treasured reviewers, to find out how your experience on our site has been. One of the things we heard back was that it’s not always obvious to…

Hire Learning

12/02/11 - Uncategorized - 1 Comment

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…

High School, ELS and Special Olympics

11/29/11 - Uncategorized - 1 Comment

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…

D-Blogger of the month: The Autism Pundit

11/11/11 - Featured Blogger of the Month - 0 Comments

Dr. Sabrina Freeman, the Autism Pundit

Author of three books on Autism – Teach Me Language, Science for Sale in the Autism Wars, and The Complete Guide to Autism Treatments (2011) – and mother of a daughter with Autism, Dr. Sabrina Freeman writes regularly, and honestly, about…

Lessons from the ADA Conference.

11/06/11 - ADA, Disability Law, Events - 1 Comment

Laura at the ADA Conference

On Thursday, October 27, JJ and I attended a conference in Chicago on the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). The conference talks were given by government officials and focused on legal updates to the ADA. The Americans with Disabilities Act, first…

Just when you thought you knew how to listen.

10/25/11 - Good Web Finds - 2 Comments

In this great talk featured on TED.com, allow Evelyn Glennie, a Grammy Award-winning percussionist who lost all her hearing by age 12, to show you a new way to listen to music.

“Evelyn Glennie is simply a phenomenon of a performer.”

– New York Times …

Running for Autism

10/05/11 - Events - 5 Comments

Tim is a JJ’s List volunteer. In this entry, he shares what it was like to train for and run in the 5K race at the Rally for Autism this year.

On August 13, 2011, I participated in a 5k Run at the Rally for Autism….