Recent Blog Posts
Your Vote Matters!
Preparing to vote means more than choosing a day to cast your ballot. It means understanding your choices, knowing what to expect, and feeling confident that you can get the assistance you need. A little preparation now can make your voting experience easier.
The World of Smart Homes
Smart homes are not just about having cool gadgets. They show how technology can solve real problems. A voice command, automatic light, smart appliance, or robotic assistant may seem like a small change, but it can make a big difference in someone’s daily life. As technology improves, smart homes could become an even bigger part of making homes easier and more accessible for everyone.
Disability Inclusive Sports
Inclusive sports are also a good way to teach people about disabilities. Watching athletes with disabilities play sports can help spread awareness. It can also show the importance of giving everyone a fair chance. Sports can bring people together and help create a stronger community.
Celebrating Value and Talent (Benefits 26-10)
Employment is about more than a paycheck. It can provide independence, purpose, financial stability, and the opportunity to use our talents. Your disability does not erase your talent. Your work has value.
Alzheimer’s Awareness Always!
I started a virtual fundraiser through Disability Designs Etc. Happening now through November 15th, I will donate $1 from every sale of my t-shirts to the Alzheimer’s Association of North and Central Florida.
Making Schools More Inclusive
School is important for everyone, including students with disabilities. Every student should have a chance to learn and feel welcome at school. It is important for students with disabilities to be included in the classroom and in school activities.
Disability Voting Rights Week
Disability Voting Rights Week (DVRW), September 14-18, 2026, is a nonpartisan movement hosted by the American Association of People with Disabilities’ REV UP campaign. DVRW is about advocating for accessible futures, celebrating community, and building power.
Style is for Everyone
Fashion is about expressing yourself and feeling confident. Everyone deserves the opportunity to experience that, regardless of their abilities. Brands like Tommy Hilfiger and JanSport are showing that accessibility can be incorporated into stylish, everyday products without sacrificing quality or personality.
The Primary Is Over, and Now It’s Time to Make Your Voting Plan
Making a voting plan early can help you avoid last-minute problems. This is especially important if you need accessible voting equipment, transportation, assistance at the polls, or an accessible vote-by-mail ballot.
Employment Support for People with Disabilities (Benefits 26-09)
Employment networks are available to provide vocational training, job readiness training, resume writing classes, and other vocational services to SSDI and SSI beneficiaries. Some ENs specialize in providing services only to people with specific disabilities (such as developmental disabilities), while others serve all beneficiaries irrespective of the nature of their disabilities.
The Next Step: Introducing Dislaw Consulting
Dislaw Consulting is the next step in bringing all that work together: protecting rights, strengthening cases, supporting other lawyers, advising organizations, and helping ensure that people with disabilities receive both effective advocacy and meaningful access to justice.
A New Adventure: Real Estate and Livability
The phrase Thoughtful Living for Real Life captures what I hope to build. I believe people are the experts in their own lives and should have the information and support they need to understand their options and choose their own path.
Accessibility Shouldn’t Be Rare
Overall, accessibility in the beauty space shouldn’t be rare, it should be the standard. Everyone deserves products that are thoughtfully designed, easy to use, and high quality.
Inclusion Aboard Icon of the Seas
By: Andrea Chavarriaga My name is Andrea Chavarriaga, and I am a high school sophomore sharing my experience aboard Icon of the Seas and how accessibility helps create a more inclusive travel experience for everyone. When I recently went on a cruise on the Icon of the Seas, I noticed how much cruise ships… Read More »
Get Ready to Vote: The Florida Primary Election
Florida’s Primary Election is happening this month! Election Day is Tuesday, August 18, 2026. Even if you do not have a party primary race on your ballot, you may still have important nonpartisan races or local questions to vote on.
Building Assets Through Work: How WIPA Help? (26-08)
Working and building financial security should go hand-in-hand. That’s where the Work Incentives Planning and Assistance (WIPA) program comes in. Through WIPA, we help you understand how working can help you build lasting savings without putting your critical cash benefits or Medicaid coverage on the line.
Celebrating the ADA: Then & Now
The ADA is more than a law. It represents the voices of advocates who refused to accept barriers and believed that disability should never limit opportunity.
Your Vote Starts with an Informed Conversation
Get information directly from the candidates on the issues that matter most to our community, including housing affordability, transportation, economic opportunity, public safety, and quality of life, before casting your ballot in the August 18 Primary Election.
2026 Miami-Dade County Voting Information
A particularly important priority is ensuring that voters with disabilities can cast their ballots independently, confidently, and with dignity.
Representation in Musicals + My Recommendations
More than anything, this class taught me to look beyond whether disability is simply present in a story and instead ask how it is represented.
