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Program pairs peers, disabled
By Doug Kerns
Staff Reporter
Confronted by the intimidating
nature of life, each of us can use the
help of someone who has overcome
the obstacles we face.
For the disabled, these obstacles
are expanded and magnified, and the
help of a peer is even more valuable.
The Nebraska League of Human
Dignity’s peer counseling and sup
port services pair those on the road to
independent living with volunteers
having similar disabilities and goals.
Joni Thomas, Independent Living
Services Coordinator, said, “Peer
counseling is a kind of linking be
tween two people who have either
similar limitations or different dis
abilities with somewhat similar life
experiences.”
Thomas said a plus of peer coun
seling is that the disabled person can
take advantage of the volunteer’s wis
dom.
“It may be someone with a new
disability that is causing them to have
certain limitations, and they may want
to talk to a person who has had a
similar situation for a long time,” she
said.
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Thomas encouraged anyone inter
ested in the program to volunteer.
She said, “We are always looking
for individuals who want to be a peer.”
According to Thomas, peer coun
seling has been very beneficial.
“All of the feedback that I’m aware
of has been very positive. It has given
people a real social knowledge of how
to get by out in society and a real
confidence in their own abilities.”
Thomas said in the past some vol
unteers were trained, but this is not
always the case.
“We have found that people just
relating their former experiences to*
someone and being on a friend-type
level works well,” she explained.
The League is also involved in other
areas, including disability awareness
training, independent livingskill train
ing, and individual advocacy.
Thomas defined advocacy as
“bringing about some type of change.
It may be regulatory change; in the
past it has been legislative change that
we’ve been an integral part of getting
accomplished.”
Individual advocacy can help the
disabled receive the benefits they are
eligible for.
“A lot of the time we will just help
people express themselves,” Thomas
said. “Kind of a helping hand.”
The League of Human Dignity is
located at 1701 PSt. Its phone num
ber is 441-7871.
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