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Traveling the Path to Freedom
The Endependence Center is hosting an 8-month interactive Learning and Advocacy Adventure course on the Americans
with Disabilities Act.  You will learn about the ADA and use what
you learn to make the community more accessible.  All meetings
will be held at the Endependence Center on a Thursday from
2:00 pm-4:00 pm.   To register and/or request accommodations, contact Linda Johnson via phone 461-8007. TDD 461-7527 or

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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?

   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.

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Your Opinion Matters
in the 2009
ECI Participant
Satisfaction
Survey
 
Click here to go to
the Survey page
and access
the 2009 survey.
 
ECI Media Center
is NOW Open!
 
For more information,
 
The room can be
scheduled by
contacting
Linda at
461-8007
 
ECI Training
Materials
 
To download
materials from
previous and
upcoming trainings,
 
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
 
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
 
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 beginning February 1, 2009 are 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday

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