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Web Site Highlights Stories of Virginians with Disabilities
The Virginia Board for People with Disabilities has launched "Able to Choose," a new public awareness campaign and Web site. The campaign's goal is to change individual attitudes and actions, business practices, community and civic activities, and public policy to make all aspects of community life accessible, inclusive, and welcoming to people with disabilities. The campaign follows two years of research into what Virginians know and believe regarding people with disabilities and what public services and supports are currently available to them or should be. The Web site tells stories of Virginians with disabilities of all types and degrees to illustrate how they can and do live successfully in communities of their own choice when appropriate services and supports are available to them. Over the next year, the campaign will engage through events, press coverage, public service announcements, online networks, educational materials, and other activities to motivate the community to become more involved in guaranteeing civil rights and equal opportunity for people with disabilities. Check it out.
Published on Monday, February 16, 2009