Housing Services
One of the biggest needs of persons with disabilities is to live in a home that is economically affordable, physically accessible and a part of the community. Here at Independent Living Radio and Progress Center for Independent Living, we fight to bring to the forefront and educate governing authorities and Housing developers on this issue, […]
Legislative Training
Progress Center for Independent living and Independent Living Radio offer a Legislative Training Course: Week 1: Introduction to the program and coursework Watch a Video: “The Power of 504 Learn about the Civil Rights Movement Discuss what is meant by Advocacy and how it works Homework: Write a few paragraphs on how advocacy is currently used […]
Personal Assistant Services
Recruitment, orientation and information on how to manage a Personal Assistant. At Progress Center, we recruit people who want to work as Personal Assistants and provide them with an orientation on how to work with people with disabilities. Progress Center also provides an orientation for people with disabilities on how a Personal Assistant should achieve their […]
Orientation and Mobility Training
Orientation and Mobility Training STEP 1 Orientation to transportation routes Orientation of the rooms and bedrooms Safety procedures Initial evaluation Functional evaluation PRE-CANE SKILLS Human Guide Hand above the forearm Hand below the forearm Trailing technique INDOOR MOBILITY AND SKILLS ORIENTATION Stance (Position and Posture) Taking directions In-home orientation training CANE TECHNIQUES Diagnostic Training Diagnostic […]
Braille Classes
Progress Center and Independent Living Radio encourage more peopleto learn the Braille system. Braille is a system of raised dots that can be read with the fingers by people who are blind or who are visually impaired. Braille is used by thousands of people all over the world in their native languages, and provides a means of literacy […]
Sign Language Classes
Class Overview: Book “A basic course in American Sign Language” Humphries, Padden, & Rouke. Lessons 1 through 6 Students will: (1). Learn tips for communicating with Deaf individuals (2). Learn the finger spelling of the manual alphabet. (3). Build a vocabulary of 300 signs. (4). Use vocabulary in expressive sentences. Time in the classroom will […]
Independent Living Skill
Whether it’s learing how to live independently, to create a Budget, to travel, hire a personal assistant, look for work or anything else, you can tell us what you’d like to learn Learning to Live Independently is a way of life that includes values, attitudes, and behaviors. It embraces a philosophy that a person, regardless […]
Peer Counseling
We share and resolve problems that we confront in our daily lives like others who know what it’s like to live with a disability. When we acquire a disability we think that that we can no longer perform the same daily activities that we used to do. But here at Progress Center and Independent Living […]
Information and Referral
At Progress Center and Independent Living Radio we believe that information is power; that an informed person is always a person that is capable of knowing what their rights are, and where they can go. One can find any information they seek relevant to disability. We could also refer them to other resources if needed, and if we do […]
Advocacy
Direct and active support, and action without violence for persons with disabilities at both the individual and systemic levels. Progress Center and Independent Living Radio fight to educate and inform people with disabilities, their families, and friends on what their rights are and how to actively put pressure on their legislators to work on passing […]
