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There’s a very cool thing happening in Muncie, Indiana.  Frustrated with the lack of post-secondary opportunities for his developmentally disabled son and others like him, Jeff Huffman had an idea.  The Arc of Indiana liked his idea and ran with it, initiating a project to build a hospitality training institute and a Courtyard by Marriott teaching hotel specifically to help folks like Jeff’s son get skills training …

Fitness and disability are not mutually exclusive.  Come to the Second Annual Fitness Fair and discover fun fitness exercises that can work with your individual body’s needs.  Most people who came last year were surprised at how much they could do! Or you can just watch.  Either way it will be fun. Sponsored by the Bay Area Outreach and Recreation Program …

Graduation.  It’s a bit of a jumping off place, isn’t it?  The transition between one phase of life and the next, with the big unknown ahead.  It can be daunting for anyone, and more so for graduates who have disabilities! It was with these thoughts in mind that I find this blog worth sharing.  Check it out.

People with disabilities, no matter how severe, have the same rights as everyone to make decisions about their lives–including the right to take risks and to make mistakes. So says the UN’s Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in new guidelines recently issued to clarify the terms of an international treaty called the Convention on the Rights of Persons with …

Frank Lloyd Wright considered the Laurent House in Rockford, IL, one of the most significant buildings he ever designed, calling it “my little gem”.  Decades before the enactment of the Americans with Disability’s Act (ADA), Wright designed a fully accessible home for Kenneth Laurent, a paraplegic, and his wife Phyllis. “Ken Laurent always said that the house allowed him to focus …

In most communities in the world, there is an established sign language just as there is an established spoken language. So when a person is born deaf or becomes deaf, there is an established sign language there for the learning. However, when deafness occurs in a very small, isolated village where there is no established sign language, they do what humans do–improvise–and a new language is …

GettingHired.com is holding an accessible online job fair on April 23.  The Expo enables you to directly connect with employers who are actively looking to expand and/or diversify their workforce to include people with disabilities.  Here’s the link for more information and to sign up.

Even though the most recent numbers released by the U.S. Department of Labor show the unemployment rate for Americans with disabilities has risen slightly, it’s not like it seems at first glance.  Actually, there was an increase of people hired last month, which would have led to lower unemployment except for the fact that even more people than that started actively …

If you tend to think you’ll never be able to afford to own a home or that you couldn’t find a home that meets your accessibility needs, this free seminar is for you.  Come learn how to find an accessible home AND be able to afford it. This accessible home ownership seminar will be presented by two experts in their respective fields: …

There are two pieces of legislation being considered in Congress that stand to make a significant difference in the lives of millions of people with disabilities. One piece of legislation, just introduced, would make changes to the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program.  In order to understand the proposed changes, let’s first take a look at the current SSI program. SSI is a federal government …