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Virginia Relay Deaf and Hard of Hearing
Awareness Day
- Saturday,
September 11, 2010
- FREE Workshops
from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
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- James
City/Williamsburg Community Center
- 5301 Longhill Road
- Williamsburg, VA
23188
Activities such as:
- Lunch provided by
Virginia Relay
- CART and
Interpreters sponsored by Virginia Relay
- Please RSVP to
obtain a FREE box lunch (Lunch will not be
- provided unless
you pre-register by 9/8/2010)
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- For questions,
contact: Tammy Manno
- Phone (757)
461-8007 (voice), (757) 461-7527 (TTY)
- Email:
tmanno@endependence.org
To access information on
upcoming events,
click here.
To sign up or request accommodations,
contact Linda Johnson
at 461-8007 Voice, 461-7527 TDD
or email at
PLEASE
NOTE: If ECI does not have at least
5 people signed up
for any of the workshops/groups with a
deadline to sign up,
we will cancel the workshop/group.
If we cancel a
workshop/group, we will notify those that have
signed
up of the cancellation.
"Opening Doors To Opportunities With
The Disability Community"
What is
Independent Living?
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What is Independent Living? Essentially, it is living just like
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everyone else having opportunities
to make decisions that
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affect one’s life, able to pursue
activities of one’s own
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choosing—limited only in the same
ways that one’s non-
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disabled neighbors are
limited.
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Independent Living should not be defined in terms of living on
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one’s own, being employed in a job fitting one’s capabilities
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and interests, or having an active social life. These are
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aspects of living independently. Independent Living has to do
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with self-determination. It is having the right
and
the
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opportunity to pursue a course of action. And, it is having the
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freedom to fail—and to learn from one’s failures, just as non-
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disabled people do.
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Items Of Interest
ECI Media Center
For more information,
The room can be
scheduled by
contacting
Linda at
461-8007
Opportunity to
Support ECI
We are very pleased
to
announce that the
Center has been
contacted by a
local realtor
about a
program that will
provide
funding for the
Center
in the future.
For more information,
Local
Conferences
and
Community
Events
Virginia Easy
Access
Virginia's
"No Wrong Door"
initiative
launches
"Virginia
Easy Access"
For more information,
Money Follows
the Person
(MFP)
Virginia launches
website
describing
community
living choice
project for
seniors and
individuals
with
disabilities.
For more information,
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click here.
PIER Meetings
PIER (Protecting
Individuals with disabilities
Educational Rights)
provides information
on special education
rights, regulations,
evaluations and more.
For more information,
FREE Online
Course on the
American with
Disabilities Act
For more information,
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Endependence Center, Inc.
6300 East Virginia Beach Blvd.
Norfolk, VA 23502-2827
Phone:(757) 461-8007 Voice
(757) 461-7527 TDD
Fax: (757) 455-8223 or (757) 461-5375
Hours of
Operation are 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday
through Friday
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