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Disability Network West Michigan provides independent living resources for people with disabilities in Muskegon, Oceana, Newaygo, Lake, and Mason Counties. Resources include independent living mentoring and skills training, accessibility consulting and advocacy, disability peer support, and disability employment services and training for both disabled people and local employers.
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Join the Land Conservancy of West Michigan, Disability Network West Michigan, and the Grand Rapids Audubon Club for a birding event at Anderson Woods Nature Preserve. The Grand Rapids Audubon Club will lead us as we hike the accessible trail, learn the basics of birding, and put our skills to the test.
Located near the lakeshore, Anderson Woods provides important nesting and feeding habitat for migratory birds and supports resident birds that require large tracts of unbroken forest. To assist in the identification and tracking of any birds spotted on the trail, we recommend downloading the Merlin Bird ID app. We will have some binoculars available to borrow, but please bring your own if you have them!
We will cover 1 mile of trail during this event, the max grade of which is 2%. The trailhead parking lot is reserved for accessible parking, additional parking will be available alongside Simonelli Road. An accessible portable restroom will be available for use in the preserve parking lot.
This event will happen outside. In the case of severe or dangerous weather, the event may be postponed or cancelled. Registrants will be notified of any changes via email.
Space is limited, so please register to attend.
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Say Hello To Our Team!
Karen Wynne | Benefit's Planner
- In her own words: I have been a Certified Work Incentives Counselor at DNWM since 2016 and it is my job to explain how work will affect Social Security Disability benefits, how to use Social Security Work Incentives, and how to manage disability benefits while working.
- What do you love most about being a part of this team? I love the work that we do to help other people with disabilities to live as independently as they would like.
- On the weekends, you’ll find me traveling, cooking, reading, and spending time with family and friends.
- If you could have 1 dinner with any figure from the past or present, who would you choose? Mom (the wisest person that I have ever known) | Martin Luther King (the wisest person that I’ve never met)
- If you were to write an autobiography about your life, what would the title be? Keep it Movin
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“Among those 30,000 hopeful individuals are a number of athletes with disabilities, who compete in para athletics divisions, adapted so that they too have the opportunity to flourish.”
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Boston Marathon paves path for accessibility for para athletes
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Every year on Patriot’s Day, athletes from around the globe flock to Boston to compete in the storied Boston Marathon, one of the world’s best-known races and a competition thousands of competitor...0 CommentsComment on Facebook
“Paralympic track-and-field star and Lululemon ambassador Hunter Woodhall shares what his global travels are like wearing two prosthetic legs.”
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I'm a Double Amputee Paralympian With Prosthetic Legs — Here's What It's Like to Travel the World
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Paralympic track-and-field star and Lululemon ambassador Hunter Woodhall shares what it's like to travel with two prosthetic legs.0 CommentsComment on Facebook
“The number of people with disabilities across the nation who are employed is at its highest level since federal officials started keeping track.”
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Disability Employment Hits Record High
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"One accessibility feature that readers can find in online articles is alt text: descriptions of images that can be read aloud or presented as Braille by assistive technologies."
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An Editor Who Makes Times Visuals Accessible to All
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Jaime Tanner, The New York Times’s first accessibility visuals editor, wants to remove barriers to make sure readers with disabilities can engage with Times visual journalism.0 CommentsComment on Facebook
“In a month that’s long been associated with autism awareness, the president is part of a growing shift toward emphasizing acceptance instead.”
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White House Embraces Autism 'Acceptance' Over 'Awareness'
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Join us this week (April 18)
Disability Network West Michigan is pleased to invite you to our next Ignite Fire peer group event!
Ignite Fire is a great opportunity for youth and young adults (aged 16-26) with disabilities to connect. It's a chance to share and discuss issues, concerns, hopes, dreams, and goals with other peers.
Topic: 4Front Credit Union Presentation: "Banking Basics"
What attendees can expect:
- Welcome & Introduction
- Ground Rules
- Presentation: 4Front Credit Union, "Banking Basics"
- Pizza
- Bank Craft
- Discussing Next Event
- Cleanup
You can RSVP using the ticket button on this event or by calling 231-722-0088
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“It’s a very different way of just experiencing the way things move and how you are in space within the airplane. But it was super fun because most of the plane is just a giant space for people to float around and do research,” said Yazzolino, who has been blind since birth.
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What will it take to make space travel accessible to people who are blind?
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"Cuatro is a timed puzzle game consisting of four wooden cubes with part of a picture design on each of their six sides. When arranged correctly, the four cubes and their designs show a completed picture. Each Cuatro set has six different picture designs, with each picture part on a separate face of the cubes. Rivas added that Cuatro is a game meant for everyone and has no age limits or barriers."
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Denton artist with cerebral palsy creates new puzzle game focused on accessibility and entertainment
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Joe Rivas, a Denton artist with cerebral palsy and an alumnus of the university’s class of 1998, created a puzzle block game with the goal of accessibility. According to Rivas,0 CommentsComment on Facebook