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"Opening Doors To Opportunities With The Disability Community"
 

What is Independent Living?

   What is Independent Living?  Essentially, it is living just like
   everyone else having opportunities to make decisions that
   affect one’s life, able to pursue activities of one’s own
   choosing—limited only in the same ways that one’s non-
   disabled neighbors are limited. 
 
   Independent Living should not be defined in terms of living on
   one’s own, being employed in a job fitting one’s capabilities
   and interests, or having an active social life.  These are
   aspects of living independently.  Independent Living has to do
   with self-determination.  It is having the right and the
   opportunity to pursue a course of action.  And, it is having the
   freedom to fail—and to learn from one’s failures, just as non-
   disabled people do.

To access information on upcoming events, click here.
 
To sign up or request accommodations, contact Emily Fisher
at 461-8007 or 351-1587 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.

 

Items Of Interest

Announcing
Project Touch:
Free Apple iTouch
to Needy Virginia
Children with Autism
 
For more information,
Justice Department
Settlement
 
The Justice Department
announced a settlement
was reached in a
lawsuit over alleged
ADA violations
against students with
disabilities by Nobel
Learning Communities,
Inc. private schools.
 
To review the settlement,
ECI Media Center
 
The room can be
scheduled by
calling 461-8007.
For more information,
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,
click here
PIER Meetings
for 2012
 
PIER (Protecting
Individuals with disabilities
Educational Rights)
provides information
on special education
rights, regulations,
evaluations and more.
For more information,
contact Cheryl Ward at 351-1585
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 TTY
Fax: (757) 455-8223 or (757) 461-5375

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