The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was a strong advocate for marginalized people everywhere, including those with disabilities.
Today, we honor the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., an advocate for marginalized people everywhere, including those with disabilities.
“If I cannot do great things, I can do small things in a great way.”
“If you can’t fly then run, if you can’t run then walk, if you can’t walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward.”
“Faith is taking the first step even when you don’t see the whole staircase.”
At Advancing Opportunities, we excel in providing residential and respite services to people of with all disabilities, along with advocacy and education services for parents and guardians and assistive technology support. As a leader in the field, we are pleased to share our experience, knowledge, and expertise with the disability community through our social media outlets: Facebook, Twitter, Google+, LinkedIn, YouTube, and Pinterest. In our bimonthly column, we will select the best of what we found and shared and present them. Please click on the titles with embedded links to find the full article.
In addition, we are specialists in the area of assistive technology and offer a huge array of services; the Assistive Technology Center is New Jersey’s premier source of information and equipment.
Advancing Opportunities Jobs of the Fortnight
Advancing Opportunities is looking to hire a residential-support specialist to provide the very best for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities in a residential setting in Monmouth County, New Jersey. Community inclusion and independence are integral to our mission.
Advancing Opportunities provides supports to individuals with disabilities and their families so they can live fully in the community. Our team includes a diverse collection of men and women committed to treating the people and families we serve with dignity and respect and providing the highest quality services and supports.
Employees of the agency enjoy paid training and an excellent array of benefits, including health care and dental benefits for all eligible full-time staff and a 401(k) retirement plan for all eligible employees.
Advancing Opportunities News
Advancing Opportunities announces a new career development program for students with disabilities at Mercer County Community College.
Come hear the NJ State Tech Act report from DRNJ/ATAC. Please join us for this fun hands-on learning experience of a variety of computer access options! January 19, 2018, 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Disability in the News (Mostly in New Jersey, the Population We Serve)
New Jersey Gov. Christie spends $740K on a quick review of psychiatric hospitals after receiving safety complaints.
Attorney General Jeff Sessions rescinded 25 guidance documents, including ADA-related items.
Johnny Collett, a former high-ranking official at the Kentucky Department of Education, received Senate approval as the next Assistant Secretary for Special Education and Rehabilitative Services at the U.S. Department of Education. Many special-education advocates are hopeful.
California parents seek to allow their son, whose disability does not enable him to speak, to wear a remote recording device. The school and other parents are concerned about their privacy.
Assistive Technology
The man behind World Braille Day was both an inventor and a disability advocate.
A handy resource: Family Information Guide to Assistive Technology and the Planning Process.
For the blind, Amazon’s Echo and Alexa are more than just neat technology; they are a lifeline.
We reviewed Alexa and Echo in an earlier Assistive Tech Tuesday column.
Google announced the addition of new blindness accessibility features to Google Sheets (with braille), Slides, and Drawings.
Braille watches and stopwatches? You bet!
For Parents of a Child with a Disability (Parenting)
Here are steps to take if your child is denied special-education services. This article also helps parents understand the evaluation process and how to help their child get the help they need.
Advocacy and Self-advocacy
With tireless self-advocacy and community support, a young man with autism and a mild intellectual disability builds an independent and meaningful life for himself.
College for Students with a Disability
The rising graduation rate (from high school) for students with disabilities is following a national trend.
Disability Rights, Accessibility
We’re out of the office today, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, but will be back on Tuesday, January 16.
This astounding new exhibit at the Cooper-Hewitt Museum in New York City covers accessibility, inclusion, assistive technology, and universal design.
Comedian and disability advocate Maysoon Zayid speaks on the difficulties of landing acting roles.
Nearly one in 10 children in the United States are at risk of being removed from their home by a child welfare agency simply because their parent has a disability.
Employment for People with Disabilities
Here are six excellent blogs from 2017 for employers to read on which companies are seeking to hire more job seekers with disabilities in 2018.
Informative, Positive, Noteworthy (or All Three!)
Sad but beautiful and, in the end, with much hope for New Jersey parents of children with disabilities in 2018.
Cambridge University Press published an interesting new scholarly analysis: The Cambridge Companion to Literature and Disability.
People with a Disability in the Community (Disability Rights and Acceptance; Inclusion)
Rebecca Cokley—little person, activist, mom and writer—like many disabled Americans, has made having a family a revolutionary act. She shares her story.
Shows depicting people with disabilities played by the same are increasing.
Literature, both as books and drama, can teach us a great deal about disability – and disability oppression.
Disability Awareness and Appreciation
A fashion designer discusses “how adaptive clothing empowers people with disabilities.”
Opinion: #MeToo and #TimesUp have been tremendously inspiring, but the inclusion of people with disabilities in acting roles remains overlooked.
Medical News—Research
“New evidence from both people and mice points to a part of the cerebellum that helps process social information as being critical in autism.” This is a summary, with a link to the original paper.
