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Jessica Winowich made her love of theatre into a career
Jessica Winowich studied theatre education at Columbus State University and lives with her dog Bogart. Winowich has worked in advocacy for people with disabilities as well as being a caregiver for her mom. Currently she is active in multiple community organizations. She has been an actor,...Entrepreneur Nandi Isaac shares how she turned her hobby into a business
Nandi Isaac is a disability advocate, Special Olympian and entrepreneur. Isaac's business Scan with Nan started with her membership in a camera club. With the help of her parents, she turned that hobby into a business. She’s been successful at restoring and digitally archiving customers...Georgia State Representative Katie Dempsey Honored with Legislative Award
The Georgia Inclusive Post-Secondary Education Consortium (GAIPSEC) awarded Georgia State Representative Katie Dempsey today with the 2020 Legislative Leadership Award for her leadership with the organization advocating for people with intellectual/developmental disabilities. Representative...
Georgia’s disability support staffing shortage now at ‘epic proportions’
Pandemic, low pay fuel hiring crunch
by Jill Nolin
A care provider association in Georgia that serves people with disabilities is sounding the alarm over the extent of the current staffing shortages, which have worsened during the pandemic. Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images
As a nurse working...
Parents Push for Student Safety
A parent-led grassroots organization in Georgia chips away at punitive school discipline policies and works to remove police from their schools. by Coshandra Dillard When community activists created the grassroots organization Gwinnett Parent Coalition to Dismantle the School to Prison...New gas station stickers will assist those in Georgia with disabilities — starting in Augusta
From right - Paul Stewart of Paralyzed Veterans of America, Augusta Commissioner Francine Scott, Agricultural Commissioner Gary Black and Rep. Henry "Wayne" Howard at the "Assistance at the Pump" event on Aug. 19.by Byby Abraham Kenmore
Thursday morning at the Circle K gas station at Lumpkin...