Today’s agenda here: http://www.nfdi.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/forum_agenda.pdf
Tag Archives: Disability
Ensuring Civic Access for Persons with Disabilities
September 13, 2012, U.S. Department of Justice
http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/2012/September/12-crt-1110.html
Filed under advocacy, civic, civil rights, disability awareness, inclusion, public policy
USDOE Funds Centers that Support Parents of Students with Disabilities
from the White House Disability Group e-news, September 11, 2012
U.S. Department of Education Awards More than $9.8 Million to Fund Centers for Parents of Students with Disabilities
The U.S. Department of Education recently announced the award of more than $9.8 million in grants to 16 states to operate 25 Parent Training and Information (PTI) Centers for parents of students with disabilities. The Department also awarded $1.1 million to provide funding for 11 Community Parent Resource Centers (CPRCs) in nine states and Puerto Rico.
With the new grants, the Department now funds 101 information centers for parents of children and youth with disabilities. Every state has at least one PTI that assists parents as they work to ensure their children receive a free, appropriate public education as guaranteed by federal law. In addition, CPRCs provide services to underserved parents of children with disabilities in targeted communities throughout the country.
Continue reading at the following link:
http://www.ed.gov/news/press-releases/us-department-education-awards-more-98-million-fund-centers-parents-students-dis
Note: If you received this email as a forward but would like to be added to the White House Disability Group email distribution list, please visit our website at
http://www.whitehouse.gov/disability-issues-contact
and fill out the “contact us” form in the disabilities section, or you can email us at disability@who.eop.gov and provide your full name, city, state, and organization.
California Childrens Services
from the San Francisco Chronicle, May 28, 2012
This article is just one expression of the terribly unjust situation we special needs families find ourselves facing in California. The means cutoff Governor Brown is proposing for California Childrens Services medical therapies is laughable, and will leave thousands of middle and lower class children without the professional guidance and resources they need to flourish as independent members of society, and their families without alternatives for helping their children succeed.
Filed under advocacy, civic/government, civil rights, inclusion, public policy
MTV Voices Launches Silver Scorpion Superhero Web Series
from Open Hands Initiative
April 24, 2012
“The Open Hands Initiative, in partnership with Liquid Comics and MTV Voices, announced today the newest rendition of the Silver Scorpion comic book character – an animated web series featuring the world’s first disabled cross-cultural superhero.
Silver Scorpion is the brainchild of a group of American and Syrian youths with disabilities who gathered in Damascus a little more than a year ago. The hero they envisioned, an Arab teen that loses his legs in a tragic accident, has the power to not only bend metal with his mind, but—the creators hope—to transform his world… and ours.”
> Watch Episode 1!
Filed under advocacy, civil rights, disability awareness, inclusion
The Disability Policy Seminar, April 23-25, 2012
from The Arc
“During full day sessions April 23 and 24, you will have the opportunity to hear from leading public policy experts, disability advocates and Congressional staff discussing current key policies important to the disability community. But on Wednesday, April 25, the real work is done when you will meet your Congressional delegation and deliver a unified message, in person with 500+ other advocates, that persons with disabilities must have equal opportunity to participate in our economy and society, and receive the necessary services and supports.”
Priority Topics to be discussed include: Medicaid and Community Living, Federal Funding, Social Security, Employment and Education, Health Care, and Asset Development.
Who Should Attend?
- Self-advocates;
- Parents and family member of an individuals with disabilities;
- Board members, staff, trainees, and volunteers for disability organizations;
- State and local public policy committee members;
- Public policy staff; or
- Constituents
During this crucial election season, The Arc needs YOU in Washington, D.C. to help us build bipartisan support on Capitol Hill for high-priority disability issues. When you attend the Disability Policy Seminar, we’ll arm you with all of the information you need to help educate our Members of Congress and their staff on the priorities of the I/DD community. Then, you can return to your hometowns with the ability to spread the word, educate new advocates and reach out to the candidates to help put the needs of people with I/DD front and center on the campaign trail this year.
> Check the program schedule for a list of informative sessions about the issues important to you.
Filed under advocacy, civic/government, civil rights, disability awareness, IDEA, inclusion, public policy
Transitioning to Tomorrow: 2012 UCP Annual Conference, 4/25-28
“The only thing that’s certain about the future is that nothing is certain. People with disabilities and those who care about their civil rights struggles have seen a dynamic sea change in everything from public benefits to public awareness of key issues in the disabilities space.
This year’s UCP Annual Conference will focus on the transition to a new approach for UCP, its allies and partners. The conference coincides the unveiling of two new national initiatives for UCP.”
> Read more at http://www.ucp.org/2012conference
April 25-28, 2012
Washington, D.C.
Filed under advocacy, civil rights, disability awareness, inclusion, public policy
