Disability Justice, Access & Independence in the Greater Northwest
Showing all posts from the April 2023 newsletter. You may also download the newsletter as a pdf.
April 2nd is World Autism Acceptance Day, kicking off Autism Acceptance Month. While most people are generally aware of autism, a major problem facing people and their families who live with autism is a lack of acceptance and understanding. Autism Acceptance Month was ...
A ‘safe space’ ideally refers to a judgment-free environment where people can fully express and be themselves. While learning may occur in these spaces, the ultimate goal is to provide support to those within this safe place. The concept of ‘brave space’ started ...
A Healthier You Workshop Please join us for a healthy lifestyle class. Participants will learn the physical activity recommendations for adults and children, identify physical activity resources in their community, and learn how to incorporate more physical activity into ...
Here’s the run down! It’s finally spring! And there’s lots happening at LINC. Here’s a run-down: Grow, Gather and Gab On the first Tuesday of every month, from 3-4:pm MT, we will be hosting an open time for folks to come in to grow your skills, grow your community or ...
Lessons Learned At 22 years old, I realized I was ready to become a mom. At 25, my first child was born. At 27, my second child was born. At 36, I was diagnosed with Autism after both my children were diagnosed. At the time I didn’t fully understand what being highly ...
Chelsea Werner – Athlete When Chelsea was born, the doctors told her parents she would always have low muscle tone among other things. She is a 4X United States Special Olympics Gymnastics Champion and 2X World Champion. Starting with Special Olympics at age 8, winning ...
The Web Accessibility Initiative is working to provide strategies, standards, and the supporting resources to make the Web accessible to people with disabilities. The standards they are working toward include: Providing text alternatives for any non-text content so that it ...
Sidewalk Access Make sure sidewalks are not blocked with sandwich board signs, garbage cans, bike racks, landscaping and other obstacles. An epic fail means “a notable, obvious, and usually public failure.” Though perhaps well intentioned, these fails can ...
Veteran Directed Care Veteran-Directed Care gives veterans of all ages the opportunity to get home and community services they need – all while self-directing. And that’s the mission of any of our self-directed PA Services! They can get assistance with activities for daily ...
For kids with neurodiversity, bedroom design involves more than painting the walls their favorite color and buying sheets with a beloved cartoon character. You must also consider how lighting, colors, and furniture might affect your child’s comfort, safety, and ...
Most restaurant reviews don’t include comments on accessibility, leaving potential customers with different disabilities to guess whether they can get in and around a restaurant, read the menu, and hear conversation while enjoying the food. The same is true for other retail ...
ACCESSAVAN Accessavan is the first company in Australia that specialises in Wheelchair Accessible trailers, designed FOR people in wheelchairs BY people in wheelchairs! Their website offers information on how to make an existing RV accessible. Overcome barriers you may have ...
