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Upcoming
ADA-Indiana Audio
Conference for December: Mark your calendar for
December 18th (2:00-3:30 p.m.
EST) and plan to participate in ADA-Indiana’s Audio
Conference entitled Disability
Law and Policy, Present and Future.
Peter Blanck, JD, Ph.D., from the Burton Blatt Institute at Syracuse
University, will be the featured
speaker. This session sets out a blueprint for the role of research, policy,
and law in advancing the civic, economic, and social participation of persons
with disabilities in a global society. Blanck will review previous research
and past public policy efforts and discuss current and future research
initiatives that promote successful employment outcomes for people with
disabilities.
No
pre-registration is required. CRC and SHRM continuing education credits are
available. The session is free at ADA-Indiana sponsored locations. They
include:
Bloomington,
IN (2:00 - 3:30 p.m. EST)
Indiana Institute on Disability and Community, Building L
2853 East Tenth Street
Indianapolis,
IN (2:00 - 3:30 p.m. EST)
Indiana Government
Center, Conference Room 1
402 West Washington Street
For
more information about this session or the 2007-2008 ADA Audio Conference
Season, visit http://www.adaindiana.org
or contact Matt Norris at 1-800-825-4733 or e-mail adainfo@.... If you are unable
to attend, individuals and organizations can purchase access to the audio
conference by visiting http://www.ada-audio.org.
The cost is $25.00 (for not-for-profits) and $40.00 (for-profit entities).
Coming
in January… Best
Practices in Design: Balancing Local, State, and Federal Requirements to
Ensure Accessibility.
Resources
Benefits Information Network: The Indiana Institute’s Center on
Community Living and Careers has developed 16 fact sheets related to state
and federal work incentives for 2008.
The work of the Center focuses on improving transition and adult services in
the
areas of:
Career
development;
Secondary education and transition services;
Integrated employment;
Community living;
Systems and policy analysis; and
Person-directed planning, services and funding.
Fact
Sheet links:
2008
Section 1619a
2008 Section 1619b and Medicaid Coverage
2008 Blind Work Expense (BWE)
2008 Extended Period of Eligibility (EPE)
2008 Expedited Reinstatement of Benefits (EXR)
2008 Extended Medicare Coverage
2008 HUD: Earned Income Disregard
2008 Impairment Related Work Expenses (IRWE) for SSDI
2008 Impairment Related Work Expenses (IRWE) for SSI
2008 Plan for Achieving Self Support (PASS)
2008 Property Essential to Self Support
2008 Self-Employment and Supplemental Security Income (SSI)
Work Incentive
2008 Self-Employment and Social Security Disability Insurance
(SSDI) Work Incentive
2008 Student Earned Income Exclusion
2008 Subsidies or Special Conditions
2008 Trial Work Period (TWP)
For
more information on the Center on Community Living and Careers, visit http://www.iidc.indiana.edu/ and
click on the Employment/Community Living link.
Kudos
Article Published: Pat Cole, Research Associate with the
Institute’s Early Childhood Center, has published an article in the October
edition of Healthy Child Care entitled Physical Well-Being and Motor Development. Cole’s article focuses onthe five
pieces of the physical well-being and motor development puzzle in early care
and education programs. Visit http://www.healthychild.net/articles/mc61motordev.html
to access Cole’s article.
Healthy Childcare is a bimonthly
publication for childcare programs devoted to health and safety issues. Published
six times a year, each issue includes information on health, safety,
medicines, staff health, health education activities, illnesses, and more;
including reproducible parent information sheets and mini-posters. Healthy Childcare
is edited by the American School Health Association's Council on Early
Childhood Health Education and Services. Visit http://www.healthychild.net/index.html
for more information.
Library Corner
New
Items: The following new materials may be borrowed
by Indiana
residents from the Center for Disability Information and Referral (CeDIR) at
the Institute. To check out materials, please call the library at
800-437-7924, send us an e-mail at cedir@...,
or come by and visit us at 2853 East Tenth Street
in Bloomington.
Betz,
C.L. (2007). Promoting
health care transitions for adolescents with special health care
needs and
disabilities. Baltimore,
MD: Paul H. Brookes Pub. Co.
Emigh,
K. (2007). Book worm.
Arlington, TX:
Future Horizons.
Kutscher,
M.L. (2006). Children
with seizures: A guide for parents, teachers, and other professionals.
Philadelphia, PA:
Jessica Kingsley.
Murrell,
D. (2007). Friends
learn about Tobin. Arlington,
TX: Future Horizons.
Sabin,
E. (2006). The autism
acceptance book: Being a friend to someone with autism.
[S.I.]: Watering Can Press.
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