JJ’s List was showered with plenty of love and enthusiasm by self-advocates with disabilities at Employment Works 2012 in Bloomington, IL on Jun 19.

With this year’s rally focused on employment, JJ’s List taught more than 100 self-advocates and agency staff why consumer self-advocacy is an important tool for building employment of people with disabilities in a tough economy.  Through a fun and interactive workshop, participants learned  how to use jjslist.com, a powerful Internet tool, to rate disability-aware customer service of businesses and to open doors to future employment.

Photos by the awesome Tara Wickey

Missed the rally? No worries! You can still share your story on businesses’ disability friendliness by posting a review. For examples on what makes a good review, check out this post.

Employment Works 2012 is an initiative of the Illinois Self-Advocacy Alliance.