Category: Public Awareness (page 9)
NWVCIL’s Youth Club!
NPR Series on Sexual Assault and Intellectual Disabilities
At a moment of reckoning in the United States about sexual harassment and sexual assault, a yearlong NPR investigation finds that there’s little recognition of a group of Americans that is one of the most at risk: adults with intellectual…
World AIDS Day
“On this World AIDS Day we are here to remind you that ‘Everybody Counts’! Everybody counts if we are to achieve universal health coverage and everybody must count if we are to eliminate AIDS and viral hepatitis as public health…
National Call-In Day on Wednesday, November 29
Stop the #TaxOnDisability The individual mandate, tax credits, and medical deductions make the lives of disabled Americans easier. The GOP wants to end them. If the GOP Senate manages to eliminate the individual mandate provisions of the Affordable Care Act insurance premiums…
Happy Thanksgiving!
NWVCIL will close at noon on November 22nd and remain closed through the weekend for Thanksgiving. We will reopen Monday, November 27th at 8 AM. We wish everyone a happy and safe holiday!
Airbnb Acquires Site Offering Accessible Accommodations
“Airbnb has sometimes come under fire for lack of access for travelers with disabilities. The home-stay company says it wants to do better. So it’s buying Accomable, a London company that arranges vacation stays in private homes that have verified…
Sensitive Santa at Morgantown Mall
SENSITIVE SANTA December 3 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM Where: Santa’s Workshop near Elder-Beerman See Map Price: FREE Sunday, December 3rd │ 9am – 11am This is a special time with Santa reserved for children with Autism, sensory-disorders, and other…
Winter Wonderland
Northern WV Center for Independent Living Youth Holiday Party! When: December 15, 2017 from 6-8 pm Where: 601-3 E Brockway Ave Suite A&B Morgantown, WV 26501 Who: Youth with disabilities; ages 14-24 Please join us for a night of holiday…
Open Enrollment
From the Bureau of Behavioral Health and Health Facilities: West Virginians who need to enroll, re-enroll or switch health insurance plans through the Health Insurance Marketplace at www.healthcare.gov should note that the annual open enrollment for the Health Insurance Marketplace opens today…