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19th of May 2020

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Mind Your Awareness: Self Awareness and Empowerment

Everyone has the opportunity to grow and develop on a personal level. With the right resources and tools, you can achieve a variety of personal goals and aspirations intellectually, emotionally, […]

Article tags: CSRA, Disability Advocacy, Gaining Preparedness Skills, Life Skills Training, Walton Options, webinar

14th of May 2020

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Crip Camp: How A Hippie Summer Camp Changed America

Directed by James Lebrecht and Nicole Newnham, Crip Camp is a feelgood documentary that chronicles the lives and activism of a group of teenagers turned strong-willed adults in the 1970s. […]

Article tags: ADA30, advocacy, Crip Camp Film, Disability Advocacy, disability rights

17th of January 2019

Header: white text box with a blue border and blue title stripe. Text reads: Your Voice, Your Time! 2019 Georgia Advocacy Days at the Capital in Atlanta in Feb and March. Join use for one or all of them! Photo of the GA Capitol Building to the left of the text.

Independent Living Day at The Capitol in Atlanta

Advocacy Days are a great way to join others in the community to raise awareness and voice concerns of current issues being addressed during the legislative session like funding, support […]

Article tags: advocacy, advocacy days, disability, Disability Advocacy, Disability Community, disability rights

Header: white text box with a blue border and blue title stripe. Text reads: Your Voice, Your Time! 2019 Georgia Advocacy Days at the Capital in Atlanta in Feb and March. Join use for one or all of them! Photo of the GA Capitol Building to the left of the text.

NFBGA Seminar at The Capitol in Atlanta

Advocacy Days are a great way to join others in the community to raise awareness and voice concerns of current issues being addressed during the legislative session like funding, support […]

Article tags: advocacy, advocacy days, disability, Disability Advocacy, Disability Community, disability rights

Header: white text box with a blue border and blue title stripe. Text reads: Your Voice, Your Time! 2019 Georgia Advocacy Days at the Capital in Atlanta in Feb and March. Join use for one or all of them! Photo of the GA Capitol Building to the left of the text.

Direct Support Professionals Day at The Capitol in Atlanta

Advocacy Days are a great way to join others in the community to raise awareness and voice concerns of current issues being addressed during the legislative session like funding, support […]

Article tags: advocacy, advocacy days, disability, Disability Advocacy, Disability Community, disability rights

Header: white text box with a blue border and blue title stripe. Text reads: Your Voice, Your Time! 2019 Georgia Advocacy Days at the Capital in Atlanta in Feb and March. Join use for one or all of them! Photo of the GA Capitol Building to the left of the text.

Everybody Out! at The Capitol in Atlanta

Advocacy Days are a great way to join others in the community to raise awareness and voice concerns of current issues being addressed during the legislative session like funding, support […]

Article tags: advocacy, advocacy days, disability, Disability Advocacy, Disability Community, disability rights

Header: white text box with a blue border and blue title stripe. Text reads: Your Voice, Your Time! 2019 Georgia Advocacy Days at the Capital in Atlanta in Feb and March. Join use for one or all of them! Photo of the GA Capitol Building to the left of the text.

Home & Community-based Services Day at The Capitol in Atlanta

Advocacy Days are a great way to join others in the community to raise awareness and voice concerns of current issues being addressed during the legislative session like funding, support […]

Article tags: advocacy, advocacy days, Disability Advocacy, Disability Community, disability rights

Header: white text box with a blue border and blue title stripe. Text reads: Your Voice, Your Time! 2019 Georgia Advocacy Days at the Capital in Atlanta in Feb and March. Join use for one or all of them! Photo of the GA Capitol Building to the left of the text.

Senior Day at The Capitol in Atlanta

Advocacy Days are a great way to join others in the community to raise awareness and voice concerns of current issues being addressed during the legislative session like funding, support […]

Article tags: advocacy, advocacy days, disability, Disability Advocacy, Disability Community, disability rights

8th of January 2019

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Love Shouldn’t Hurt

Love comes in many forms but so can abuse – physical & mental abuse, exploitation and neglect. There are resources available for persons with disabilities who are in abusive situations including domestic […]

Article tags: advocacy, Augusta, Awareness, CSRA, disability, Disability Advocacy, Disability Community, disability rights, independent living, Love Shouldn't Hurt, persons with disabilities

26th of July 2017

President Bush signs the Americans with Disabilities Act on the South Lawn of the White House. Sharing the dais with the President and he signs the Act are (standing left to right): Rev. Harold Wilkie of Clairmont, California; Sandra Parrino, National Council on Disability; (seated left to right): Evan Kemp, Chairman, Equal Opportunity Commission; and Justin Dart, Presidential Commission on Employment of People with Disabilities

Happy Anniversary ADA

Today we mark the 27th Anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) being signed into law. On this day in 1990, President George Bush sat next to Justin Dart, Rev. […]

Article tags: ADA, Americans with Disbailities, Augusta, Awareness, Disability Advocacy, Disability Community, disability rights, independent living

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