AILH does systems change advocacy for our disability community throughout the State of Hawaii. Systems change advocacy is defined as outreach and educational activities designed to raise awareness of both needs and capabilities of persons with disabilities. You may have seen some of our efforts … [Read more...]
PUBLIC NOTICE: HILO OFFICE CLOSURE
March 10, 2021
Due to severe weather conditions, our Hilo office location will be closed today. We will monitor the situation to determine if we will resume normal business hours tomorrow. … [Read more...]
TeleConnect’s 2nd Big Island Trip
March 1, 2021
During the recent trip to the Big Island, the TeleConnect team was able to serve a consumer who is a Chuukese immigrant; English is his second language. To best serve this consumer AILH secured a Chuukese interpreter to translate during his in-person device training. The consumer adapted and … [Read more...]
Preparing for Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month
February 25, 2021
The Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act of 2000 (Public Law 106-402, 106th Congress) defines a developmental disability as a severe, chronic disability of an individual that- (i) is attributable to a mental or physical impairment or combination of mental and … [Read more...]
Consumer Visit
February 22, 2021
AILH high school volunteer, RayGil, assists our consumer with creating a zoom account so he can participate in our monthly island-wide peer support group. During this time of COVID, AILH has created monthly island-wide peer support groups using zoom to help our consumers who feel isolated and … [Read more...]
Advocacy for Disability Rights
February 19, 2021
The 25th Anniversary of the signing of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) was celebrated on July 26, 2015. From the mid to late 1960s to the present day, organizations throughout the country have fought for equal rights for all people with disabilities, and the fight continues to this day. … [Read more...]
New TeleConnect Consumer
February 16, 2021
The AILH TeleConnect Team welcomes Betsy our new consumer for our TeleConnect program. She is so thankful to be a recipient of a new Apple iPad. … [Read more...]
Thank You Gift
February 12, 2021
Thank you to Executive Director Roxanne for sharing some color and fun into our lives. The AILH ohana received a highlighter bundle with "thanks for all you do" as the message. What a colorful and useful gift! … [Read more...]
Black Disability History
February 11, 2021
Bradley Lomax. Johnnie Lacy. Harriet Tubman. What do these people have in common? They are Black and disabled, yet history tried to hide their disabilities. For this year’s Black History Month, we want to share information about being Black and having a disability, and share some of these hidden … [Read more...]
Lions Club Lunch
February 9, 2021
The Kahului Lions Club reached out to our Maui IL Specialists to see if they would like to collaborate on a service project. With so many COVID restrictions and so much time being spent at home, they thought that our consumers might enjoy the delivery of a special lunch. The Lions purchased bentos … [Read more...]
