People First of Toledo

History

People First of Toledo meets the third Thursday of every month from 6:00-7:30 at the Holland Library in Community Room B. We are a dedicated group of self-advocates working to improve our lives and those of others with developmental disabilities.

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Who We Serve

People First, by nature, does not restrict membership. We are a self-led advocacy group created by and for people with a range of disabilities, regardless of what diagnosis you do or don’t have, or your “functioning level.” If you are interested in advocacy for the DD community, then you are welcome here.

Next Meeting

January 16

We will be discussing the potential end of subminimum wage for individuals with disabilities, with an optional advocacy action step at the end of the meeting. Join in person or on Zoom.

Contact

Quinn Thomas

Quinn Thomas became the facilitator for People First in January 2022. If you have any questions, concerns, or would like to set up a meeting, they can be reached at quinnt@ccsohio.org or through the People First Facebook page.

Latest Newsletters

The federal minimum wage is $7.25 an hour. This means that every worker in the United States is supposed to get paid at least that or more. But this is not the case. There are exceptions to this law for prisoners, tipped employees, and disabled people. This is called subminimum wage.

Subminimum Wage

No one currently knows for sure exactly what causes autism, but there are lots of theories. One very popular theory is vaccines. This is heavily debated, but about half of all Americans aren’t sure whether it’s true or not.

Do Vaccines Cause Autism?

Intersectionality is a word coined by Kimberle Crenshaw. It is the study of overlapping or intersecting social identities and related systems of oppression, domination, or discrimination. That means that someone is in more than one minority group at once. Today, we will be talking about people who are both disabled and LGBTQ+.

LGBTQ+ Intersectionality