If you missed our Annual Holiday Party on December 6th, you missed a wonderful event! The evening was filled with fun, laughter and good food! Here are some pictures from the event. A great time was had by all! Please plan on attending next year’s event. Subscribe to the blog and get updates on next year’s event, as well as other interesting information. Have a safe and wonderful Holiday…Merry Christmas! If you would like to subscribe to the blog by email, click here: SUBSCRIBE
By the time the doors open 15 minutes early that Saturday night, dozens are lined up to get inside. Women wear wedges and bodysuits that hug their curves. Men sport collared shirts and their favorite sneakers. Some have caregivers guiding them; others need wheelchairs. Many wear the signature T-shirts stamped with the logo, Club 1111. It’s the long-awaited evening when the League for People with Disabilities at 1111 E. Cold Spring Lane transforms into a glittering nightclub for adults with disabilities. The classrooms become dance floors with disc jockeys playing pounding club music. Merchandise, like sunglasses and blinking rings, is stacked up and ready to be sold, and volunteers wait in a makeshift spa to do fingernails and put on temporary tattoos. A lounge with dim lights is set up for chilling. To read more on this story, click here:‘Everybody Feels Free Here’: Baltimore Club for Adults with Disabilities Fosters Love, Friendship & Inclusion
Ahead of his big night, hundreds of special events across the country will offer kids with disabilities a chance to visit with Santa Claus in a calmer setting. Some 747 sensory-friendly Santa events are planned at 582 shopping centers in the United States and Canada this holiday season. To read more on this story, click here: Santa Offering Sensory-Friendly Events Nationwide
Under a settlement with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the country’s largest private employer will change a policy affecting workers with disabilities nationwide. Walmart says that in cases where employees with disabilities need to be reassigned, the company will offer them open positions at multiple nearby stores rather than just positions at the location where they already work. The new policy is the result of a lawsuit brought by the EEOC on behalf of Veronica Resendez, a longtime Walmart employee in Augusta, Maine. To read more on this story, click here:Walmart Altering Disability Employment Policy
Bernard Crawford was just sworn in by Mayor, Muriel Bowser, as he joins the Developmental Disability Council. So proud of this determined and passionate self-advocate! #motaboards #everydayinclusion #fairshot
Steve Holley is a direct support professional for the National Children's Center working with people with emotional and intellectual disabilities. Because he's been deaf since he was three, Holley uses his skills and knowledge of sign language to help others who are deaf like him. (Published Friday, Nov 15, 2019)
Action Alert! The Human Services Committee votes on the DSP Rate Act (B23-214) on Nov. 20th. Make sure your voices are heard by tweeting, reaching out on FB, emailing, and/or calling your council members regarding this act. The next few weeks are crucial. Preserve disability services in DC, don’t let critical work in the DD field become a minimum wage job! #supportdsprateact #fairshot #dccitycouncil #dspsrock
