{"id":7,"date":"2015-08-19T11:12:17","date_gmt":"2015-08-19T11:12:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.aicadvocates.org\/?page_id=7"},"modified":"2017-09-27T21:35:38","modified_gmt":"2017-09-27T21:35:38","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.aicadvocates.org\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><section   class=\"fw-main-row-custom fw-main-row-top fw-section-no-padding  auto  fw-section-position-back tf-sh-c1937fb56cb6711a36eef4b3e9596905\"    >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fw-container-fluid\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"fw-row\">\n\t<div id=\"column-6635b69b36651\" class=\"fw-col-sm-12 tf-sh-b4df48d11d5fa280473b3d1e2423e364  fw-col-no-padding\" >\n\t<div class=\"fw-wrap-col-inner clearfix  \"   >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fw-col-inner\">\n\t\t\t<link href=\"https:\/\/fonts.googleapis.com\/css?family=Montserrat:700%2C400%2C900%7CRaleway:100%2C300\" rel=\"stylesheet\" property=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\" media=\"all\">\n<div 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You can do almost what anyone else can do\u2026The more we are able to get out into the public, the more disabled people who are able to get into the mainstream of public life, the more myths and misconceptions about people with disabilities will fall by the wayside.<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n<\/blockquote><div class=\"fw-text-box tf-sh-de36472701caadfafb7596729089ffb5 \" >\n\t<div class=\"fw-text-inner\">\n\t\t<p>GREG MORRELL<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><div id=\"column-6635b69b3d951\" class=\"fw-col-sm-12 fw-col-md-8 tf-sh-097657f1182b12a6afbeb0364272766c  fw-col-no-padding\" >\n\t<div class=\"fw-wrap-col-inner clearfix  \"   >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fw-col-inner\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fw-divider-space  fw-custom-space  clearfix\" style=\"height:30px;\" ><\/div><div class=\"fw-heading fw-heading-left  fw-animated-element tf-sh-5b58f060a80ea3d3114ce9d7a81bd8a0\"  data-animation-type=\"fadeInUp\" data-animation-delay=\"200\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"fw-special-title\">APPALACHIAN INDEPENDENCE CENTER<\/h2>\n\t\n\t\n\t<\/div>\t<div  class=\"fw-divider tf-sh-f57aaa52516a4286a161106cc2b85109  fw-mobile-hide-element fw-animated-element fw-divider-align-left fw-line-solid fw-divider-line  \"  data-animation-type=\"fadeInUp\" data-animation-delay=\"200\" style=\"width:135px; padding-top:28px; margin-bottom:47px; border-color:#dddddd;\" ><\/div>\n<div class=\"fw-heading fw-heading-left  fw-heading-with-subtitle fw-animated-element tf-sh-df54eb11cd06ea28015e5e81280638f3\"  data-animation-type=\"fadeInUp\" data-animation-delay=\"200\">\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fw-special-subtitle\">Bridging disability <br>& empowerment.<\/div>\n\t<\/div><div class=\"fw-divider-space  fw-custom-space  clearfix\" style=\"height:40px;\" ><\/div><div class=\"fw-text-box tf-sh-28e6188666dc420d5daed4921f95c327  fw-animated-element\"  data-animation-type=\"fadeInUp\" data-animation-delay=\"200\">\n\t<div class=\"fw-text-inner\">\n\t\t<p><strong>Independent Living is:<\/strong> Controlling and directing your own life. Taking risks and being allowed to succeed and fail. Having opportunities to participate in all aspects of community life. Making decisions and taking responsibility for our own actions. Exercising the greatest degree of choice about where you live, with whom you live, and how you live. Asserting your rights and accepting full commitment to being a productive citizen.<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"fw-row\">\n\t<div id=\"column-6635b69b3e2a1\" class=\"fw-tablet-hide-element fw-col-sm-4 fw-mobile-hide-element tf-sh-d6aaf2a54d44722020323f478ced66ca  fw-col-no-padding\" >\n\t<div class=\"fw-wrap-col-inner clearfix  \"   >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fw-col-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><div id=\"column-6635b69b3e3fe\" class=\"fw-col-sm-6 fw-col-md-4 tf-sh-491e9100dc48edb00b3ddb5bfa318635  fw-col-no-padding\" >\n\t<div class=\"fw-wrap-col-inner clearfix  \"   >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fw-col-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"\/about-us\" target=\"_self\" class=\"fw-btn tf-sh-3b3a1972d6f052deffd3107c32996eb3  fw-btn-lg   fw-btn-side-by-side fw-animated-element fw-btn-1\"  data-animation-type=\"fadeInUp\" data-animation-delay=\"200\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<span >\n\t\t\t\u00a0MORE ABOUT US\u00a0\t\t<\/span>\n\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><div id=\"column-6635b69b3e73e\" class=\"fw-col-sm-6 fw-col-md-4 fw-mobile-hide-element tf-sh-e9cb17e45012dbf1bc1b0a65da15b755  fw-col-no-padding\" >\n\t<div class=\"fw-wrap-col-inner clearfix  \"   >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fw-col-inner\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"text-right\">\t<a href=\"\/contact\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"fw-btn tf-sh-95798c51b522536349fde9bb61ba0404  fw-btn-lg  fw-animated-element fw-btn-2\"  data-animation-type=\"fadeInUp\" data-animation-delay=\"500\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<span >\n\t\t\tGET IN TOUCH \u00a0 <i class=\"pull-right-icon fa fa-angle-right\" style=\"font-size:18px;\"><\/i>\t\t<\/span>\n\t<\/a>\n<\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/section><section data-parallax-background-speed=\"2\"  class=\"fw-main-row-custom fw-section-no-padding  fw_theme_bg_fw-custom fw-section-image auto  parallax-section fw-mobile-hide-element fw-section-position-back tf-sh-0621a833a86ea786d559eec3e60545a9\"  style=\" background-image:url(\/\/www.aicadvocates.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/parallax.jpg); 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