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Educating your business and our community
Community Trainings
Search360’s Community Trainings offer actionable, real-world strategies for interacting with individuals with disabilities (I/DD). Organizations partner with Search360 to ensure comfortable and confident interactions.
Our signature training is available in-person in Chicagoland
Disability Awareness Trainings
Our Disability Awareness Trainings teach organizations to integrate disability-aware customer service and employment practices into core business strategies.
Our Players, a dynamic and interactive troupe of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, lead the trainings. Established in 2009, they have trained over 20,000 people at businesses, theaters, libraries, schools, trade associations, nonprofit organizations and corporations. Their lived experiences not only inspire self-advocacy but also empower businesses and organizations to foster healthy environments and cultures for prospective hires, customers, and current employees with disabilities.
Previously Trained Organization
Digital Training Access
Digital Disability Awareness Training for Businesses
Our newly reimagined Disability Awareness Training is now available as an interactive digital platform.
This accessible, on-demand training provides teams with essential disability-awareness tools and strategies, accessible anywhere, anytime. This platform equips workforces with historical context, inclusive language, real stories, and insights from people with disabilities, enabling them to foster a more inclusive and respectful workplace for colleagues, patrons and community members.
Our goal is to empower teams with the skills and confidence to interact comfortably with people with disabilities.
Learn more about neurodiversity
NeurodiVERSED
NeurodiVERSED workshops are designed to address common misconceptions and misinformation surrounding people who identify as neurodivergent, as well as to challenge the harmful narrative that mental illness and disabilities are conditions to be “cured.”
Participants will gain insight into different types of neurodivergence and learning styles, explore practical ways to offer support and engage in a guided discussion focused on creating more inclusive, supportive and affirming environments.
Free fixed-route public transportation training for Chicagoland schools
Hop On the Bus
Hop On the Bus to Independence workshops are offered in partnership with PACE Suburban Bus. These free, interactive sessions help people with disabilities develop the skills needed to safely and confidently use fixed-route public transportation.
Since 2012, more than 9,000 students and adults with disabilities have participated in this engaging experience, strengthening their ability to travel independently within their communities.
Social Enterprises
Learn more about how Search360 is turning commerce into community impact.
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