Enabling Access Upcoming Events Calendar (Jan ’25) Access and Functional Needs Committee Meeting-February 3rd 2025
The next meeting of the Access and Functional Needs Committee will be Monday, February 3rd, 2025, from 2pm-3:30pm at the Access Center for Independent Living. We love to have people in-person for the meeting, but if there are circumstances that you cannot make it to the center (such as winter weather) there will be an […]
Enabling Access Upcoming Events Calendar (Jan ’25): Ohio Department of Rehabilitation & Correction (ODRC) Statewide Housing Forum with Fair Housing, CQH, Ready to Rent – January 23rd, 2025, 10AM – 12:30 PM
This 2.5-hour event will give participants: insight into Ohio Department of Rehabilitation & Correction initiative to implement the Ready to Rent program in compliance with the 2024 Ohio Legislation HB 50, a structured process for returning citizens to apply for a Certificate of Qualification for Housing, (CQH).CQH is designed to: facilitate fair consideration in housing […]
Enabling Access Upcoming Events Calendar (Jan ’25) : Breaking Silences Advocacy Committee Meeting -February 11th 2025
Breaking Silences Advocacy CommitteeTopic: TBDTuesday, February 11, 2025, from 3pm to 4:30pm EST on ZoomContact: [email protected] for Link and Accommodation Requests The Breaking Silences Advocacy Committee has two subcommittees: The Breaking Silences MyCare Ohio and Self-Direction Subcommittee: Hosted by Maria Sutter Meets every other Wednesday via Zoom from 3 PM to 4 PM For more information and […]
Enabling Access Upcoming Events Calendar (Jan ’25) : Breaking Silences Advocacy Committee Meeting -March 11th 2025
Breaking Silences Advocacy CommitteeTopic: TBDTuesday, March 11, 2025, from 3pm to 4:30pm EST on ZoomContact: [email protected] for Link and Accommodation Requests The Breaking Silences Advocacy Committee has two subcommittees: The Breaking Silences MyCare Ohio and Self-Direction Subcommittee: Hosted by Maria Sutter Meets every other Wednesday via Zoom from 3 PM to 4 PM For more information and […]
Enabling Access (Dec ’24)-Community Corner : Disability-Friendly Holiday Gifts
Ready or not, the holidays are right around the corner. This December 2024 Community Corner is dedicated to disability-friendly gift ideas. The Lego Play with Braille Set is a wonderful gift option for children six and older who are blind or have a visual impairment. The complete set includes two baseplates, over 280 bricks with […]
Enabling Access (Dec ’24)-ACIL Happenings : Independent Living Plans
The Access Center has decided to dedicate this month’s ACIL Happenings article to explaining what an Independent Living Plan (ILP) is and how to establish one. An ILP is a plan that gives a person with a disability control of their independent choices and goals as well as how and when those goals are achieved. […]
Enabling Access Upcoming Events Calendar (Dec ’24) : 2025 Breaking Silences Advocacy Committee Meeting Schedule
2025 Schedule for the Breaking Silences Advocacy Committee on Tuesdays from 3pm to 4:30pm: Access and Accommodations: All Breaking Silences Advocacy Committee meetings have live C-Print Captioning and most are recorded. The recording link is available upon request. A C-Print transcript is available upon request. An ASL interpreter is available upon request for any meeting without […]
Enabling Access Upcoming Events Calendar : 2025 Breaking Silences Community Collective Meeting Schedule
2025 Schedule for the Breaking Silences Closed Community Collective meetings on Tuesdays from 5:30pm to 7pm: Regular meetings will resume Tuesday, February 11, 2025, and will continue on the second Tuesday of each month throughout 2025. Reminder: Closed meetings or (safe space) allows members of specific marginalized communities a space to talk more freely and not feel watched or […]
Enabling Access Upcoming Events Calendar (Dec ’24): Ohio Department of Rehabilitation & Correction (ODRC) Statewide Housing Forum with Fair Housing, CQH, Ready to Rent – January 23, 2025, 10AM – 12:30 PM
This 2.5-hour event will give participants: insight into Ohio Department of Rehabilitation & Correction initiative to implement the Ready to Rent program in compliance with the 2024 Ohio Legislation HB 50, a structured process for returning citizens to apply for a Certificate of Qualification for Housing, (CQH).CQH is designed to: facilitate fair consideration in housing […]
Enabling Access (Dec ’24)-Staff Spotlight : Jeremy Caffee
Meet Jeremy Caffee, Executive Director of the Access Center for Independent Living (ACIL). Hired in 2017, Jeremy’s tenure with our organization is relatively short in comparison to some other staff, but his passion for disability is connected to his personal journey and goes far beyond his work at ACIL. “There is a stigma and presumption […]