July 15th marks the beginning of the National Disability Voter Registration Week (NDVRW)! If you or someone you know needs assistance getting registered to vote, please contact us at 706-314-0008 or via info@nwgacil.org and we can help! You can also register online via Georgia’s My Voter Page . (For states other than Georgia, please visit the … Continue reading
Focus on Independence
Come Tell Us Like It Is! Be part of forming NWGA CIL’s plans for 2020 – 2022. Share your ideas, thoughts and suggestions about what people who have disabilities want in our community and how we can best serve them. In order to maximize convenience, we will host five focus groups in five locations (click … Continue reading
No Access Collaborative for July, but join us again in August!
Due to the 4th of July holiday, there will be no Access Collaborative meeting for July. Please join us in August for a presentation from Floyd CASA, on Wednesday, August 7th! 2pm – 4pm, at our office on Broad St. (Don’t worry, we will post a reminder closer to the event.) Have a wonderful 4th … Continue reading
Fourth Session: EmployABILITY
NWGA Center for Independent Living Cordially Invites You to… EmployABILITY A five-month course for people who have disabilities that are seeking employment. This program includes speakers on disability topics and an open discussion about finding & keeping employment. Each course will occur on the second Thursday of each month. Fourth Session: Thursday, July 11, 2019 … Continue reading
In Honor of Olmstead
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE IN HONOR OF OLMSTEAD By Mykah Knitig “How do you define disability?” I asked. “Having to make arrangements to be able to function in the way that society calls ‘normal’,” Erna answered. In April of 2016, Erna had back surgery. She spent about two months in recovery at the hospital; the surgery … Continue reading
Access Collaborative, June 2019
You are cordially invited to the June meeting of The Access Collaborative For this session we will be hearing about The Parental Accountability Court (PAC) Program Presented by Jessica M. Ferguson Parental Accountability Court Coordinator Division of Child Support Services Georgia Department of Human Services Wednesday, June 5, 2019 2 p. m. … Continue reading
Third Session: Employability
NWGA Center for Independent Living Cordially Invites You to… EmployABILITY A five-month course for people who have disabilities that are seeking employment. This program includes speakers on disability topics and an open discussion about finding & keeping employment. Each course will occur on the second Thursday of each month. Third Session: Thursday, June 13, … Continue reading
We need YOUR feedback!
Help us improve our services to the disability community by completing our Strategic Plan 2020 – 2022 survey! You can click this link to be taken directly to the survey. Please be assured that your answers will remain completely confidential. We will be using the answers provided in this survey to plan how we serve … Continue reading
ASL Video: “What’s the Truth About Vaccines?” by Jason Hoang
Click this link for a video in ASL explaining the science & truth of vaccines.
Second Session: EmployABILITY!
NWGA Center for Independent Living Cordially Invites You to… EmployABILITY A five-month course for people who have disabilities that are seeking employment. This program includes speakers on disability topics and an open discussion about finding & keeping employment. Each course will occur on the second Thursday of each month. Second Session: Thursday, May 9, 2019 … Continue reading
