Apr 9, 2019 | ACES$ Clients, ACES$ Illinois Consumers, ACES$ Pennsylvania Members, ACES$ Washington Participants, Advocate, Caregivers, Everyone, Get Involved, Improve Your Career
Take Action Tuesday posts feature ways you can help improve the lives of people with disabilities — in your community and around the world. From signing your name to a petition to emailing your local representative to share your stance on proposed legislature, many of...
Apr 4, 2019 | ACES$ Clients, Advocate, Caregivers, Everyone, Get Involved
The words we use to define disabilities can have extremely adverse effects. More specifically, they can affect how society treats people with disabilities. In addition, they can affect how people with disabilities views themselves. In short, the words we use can place...
Mar 27, 2019 | ACES$ Clients, Advocate, Caregivers, Everyone, Get Inspired
Most people see someone with cerebral palsy and automatically assume they have an intellectual disability. We’d like to change that perception. Did you know that most people with cerebral palsy have an IQ that is equal to or greater than the average person? Read on to...
Mar 20, 2019 | ACES$ Clients, Advocate, Caregivers, Everyone, Get Involved
The 2030 UN Agenda for Sustainable Development pledges “no one will be left behind.” With this in mind, we have advocacy work to do to for people with Down syndrome. Negative attitudes, hurtful stereotypes, exclusion and discrimination still exist today. For this...
Mar 19, 2019 | ACES$ Clients, ACES$ Illinois Consumers, ACES$ Pennsylvania Members, ACES$ Washington Participants, Advocate, Caregivers, Everyone
Take Action Tuesday posts feature ways you can help improve the lives of people with disabilities — in your community and around the world. From signing your name to a petition to emailing your local representative to share your stance on proposed legislature, many of...
Mar 18, 2019 | ACES$ Clients, Advocate, Caregivers, Everyone, Get Involved
In addition to Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Month, March is also Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month. In 1987 President Ronald Reagan proclaimed March Developmental Disabilities Month. Back then, the goal was to destigmatize developmental disabilities. The goal...
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