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ADA toolkit dbtac

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  • Roger Holt on 17 Jun 09
     
    The DBTAC - Network of ADA Centers is pleased to announce the release of the 2009 Americans with Disabilities (ADA) Anniversary Tool Kit. The Tool Kit offers informative materials designed to help you plan and publicize ADA activities during the ADA Anniversary and throughout the year. The Tool Kit includes: · Overview of the Americans with Disabilities Act and the ADA Amendments Act of 2008 · ADA - Findings, Purpose, and History · The Americans with Disabilities Act from a Civil Rights Perspective · Americans with Disabilities Act Resources and Publications · Americans with Disabilities Act and Olmstead Resources · ADA Amendments Act of 2008 (ADAAA) Summary and Resources · Statistics You Can Use · The White House Agenda on Disabilities · Tips on Writing a News Release · Sample Proclamation: ADA Anniversary · National DBTAC Initiatives
Roger Holt

ADA Streaming Video Gallery - 0 views

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video disability history self-advocacy

shared by Roger Holt on 29 Jul 11 - No Cached
  • "Ten Employment Myths" Many employers misunderstand the Americans with Disabilities Act and are reluctant to hire people with disabilities because of unfounded myths. This seventeen-minute video responds to concerns expressed by employers, explaining the ADA in common sense terms and dispelling myths about this often overlooked pool of well-qualified employees.
  • "My Country" In this one-hour documentary, symphony conductor James DePreist, who contracted polio as a young man, profiles three people with disabilities whose lives have been shaped by the struggle for equal rights. Mr. DePreist is the nephew of African American contralto Marian Anderson, who in 1939 was prevented from singing at Constitution Hall. He draws parallels between racial barriers and the barriers faced by people with disabilities.
  • Ten Small Business Mistakes This thirteen-minute video identifies common mistakes that small businesses make when trying to comply with the ADA and addresses the importance and value of doing business with 50 million people with disabilities. The video features statements by store owners expressing their doubts or misunderstandings about the ADA followed by responses from the Assistant Attorney for Civil Rights and other Department of Justice employees explaining the law in common sense terms.
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  • Police Response to People with Disabilities, Eight-Part Series Designed for use in roll-call training, this videotape addresses law enforcement situations involving people who have mobility disabilities, mental illnesses, mental retardation, epilepsy or seizure disorders, speech disabilities, deafness or hard of hearing , and blindness or low vision.  The eight segments range from 5 ½ to 10 ½ minutes in length.
  • ADA Signing Ceremony This video documents the speech given by President George H. W. Bush when he signed the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) into law on July 26, 1990. In the video, President Bush speaks to a huge audience of activists, Congressional supporters, people with disabilities, and their families and friends gathered on the south lawn of the White House.
Roger Holt

Museum of disABILITY History - 0 views

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disability history

shared by Roger Holt on 14 Sep 09 - Cached
  • The Museum of disABILITY History is dedicated to the collection, preservation and display of artifacts pertaining to the history of people with disabilities. Located in Buffalo, New York, and on the World Wide Web, the Museum offers educational exhibits and activities that expand community awareness.
  • The Museum of disABILITY History is dedicated to the collection, preservation and display of artifacts pertaining to the history of people with disabilities. Located in Buffalo, New York, and on the World Wide Web, the Museum offers educational exhibits and activities that expand community awareness.
Roger Holt

7 Disabled People Making History Through Visibility | Care2 Causes - 0 views

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disability culture

shared by Roger Holt on 31 Dec 12 - No Cached
  • Disability is often treated as something that should be hidden away, an object of secrets and shame. When it is visible, it’s unfortunately common to see it handled as the source of pity porn; disability is presented as something tragic that is supposed to evoke pity and sorrow. Here are seven notable people bucking the trend when it comes to disability and visibility — they may be disabled, but it’s not the sum total of who they are, and they’ve got way too much on their plates to have time for pity parties.
Roger Holt

EveryBody: An Artifact History of Disability in America - 0 views

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disability history

shared by Roger Holt on 02 Jul 13 - No Cached
  • Many stories and events related to people with disabilities never make it into the history books or shared public memories. Familiar concepts and events such as citizenship, work, and wars become more complicated, challenge our assumptions about what counts as history, and transform our connection with each other when viewed from the historical perspective of people with disabilities, America’s largest minority. Knowing these histories deepens understanding of the American experience and reveals how complicated history really is. In addition, when history comes through artifacts, distinct themes emerge—for example, the significance of place, relationships, and technology—that are less apparent when only books and words are used.
Roger Holt

Disability History: Timeline - 0 views

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disability history self-advocacy

shared by Roger Holt on 29 Jul 11 - No Cached
  • This guide is designed to assist youth with and without disabilities to learn about the rich history of people with disabilities. Although designed primarily for youth and emerging leaders with disabilities, the guide can be used in multiple ways to educate a broader audience as well. Starting shortly before the United States was founded, the guide features examples of the remarkable diversity, creativity, and leadership that have shaped the disability community and American culture.
Roger Holt

Leaders with Developmental Disabilities in the Self-Advocacy Movement // Donated to the... - 0 views

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self-advocacy video

shared by Roger Holt on 25 May 10 - Cached
  • This project explores the life stories of thirteen leaders in the self-advocacy movement and their perspectives on key issues and leadership challenges. Part of the broader disability rights movement, the self-advocacy movement is unique in that it has been led and informed by the individual and collective experiences of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Despite its widespread existence nationwide and internationally, few works have explored the rich history, culture, and significance of the self-advocacy movement. To help fill this void, Joe Caldwell, Ph.D., Department of Disability and Human Development, University of Illinois at Chicago, undertook this life history project and donated transcripts to The Bancroft Library for its Disability Rights and Independent Living Movement collection. More about Self-Advocacy Movement oral history project.
Roger Holt

DHM: Disability History Museum - 0 views

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disability history

shared by Roger Holt on 14 Sep 09 - Cached
  • The Disability History Museum's mission is to promote understanding about the historical experience of people with disabilities by recovering, chronicling, and interpreting their stories. Our goal is to help foster a deeper understanding of disability and to dispel lingering myths, assumptions, and stereotypes by examining these cultural legacies.
Roger Holt

Lives Worth Living - ITVS - 0 views

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documentary disability history disability rights

shared by Roger Holt on 11 Oct 11 - No Cached
  • Lives Worth Living is both an historical documentary about the Disability Rights Movement and a biography about one man's struggle to survive. Charismatic leaders of the movement narrate the story of a long, hard, and successful drive for civil rights — a drive that brought together a once fragmented population into a powerful coalition that created some of the most far reaching civil rights legislation in our nation's history. People with disabilities are one of the largest of any minority within our nation, and this is the first television history on the subject. It is a window into a world inhabited by people with an unwavering determination to live their lives like anyone else, and a passage into the past where millions of people lived without access to schools, apartment buildings, public transportation, etc. — a status quo today's generation cannot imagine.
Terry Booth

Free Non-Verbal Learning Disability Lectures - Missoula - Nov. 8 & 9, 2010 - 0 views

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learning disabilities Lecture

shared by Terry Booth on 28 Oct 10 - No Cached
  • What: As a part of the Mayo Clinic’s outreach to rural communities, we are fortunate to have Dr. Tanya Brown come to Missoula to share information about non– verbal learning disabilities. The purpose of these sessions is to understand the history, identify core features and review case illustrations of non-verbal learning disabilities for parents, educators and medical staff. Monday’s lecture will focus on core features and strategies to support students in home and school . Tuesday’s lecture will provide more of the medical background behind diagnosis, review case illustrations and relevant treatment recommendations and accommodations.
Roger Holt

IT'S OUR STORY Answers from America's Disability Activists - 0 views

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shared by Roger Holt on 29 Jul 11 - No Cached
  • It's Our Story is putting the voices of America's disability activists online, public and accessible, for the world to see.  We've already released testimonies from some of the most influential disability leaders of our time.
Terry Booth

Future Care Planning: Introduction - Webinar - May 11, 2011 - 0 views

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Caregivers disability Webinar

shared by Terry Booth on 29 Apr 11 - No Cached
  • Click here to download the registration form for this event (PDF) What: People with disabilities, especially developmental disabilities, are outliving their parents (their main caregivers) for the first time in history. Future Care Planning Services was launched in Rochester, NY in 2002 as a unique collaborative service of two disability service providers and an aging service provider to encourage and help aging caregivers develop written health, housing, legal, financial and guardianship plans for the future care of their also aging dependent loved ones with disabilities. The panel will consist of: Doris Green, Evelyn Exman, Ginny Lyness and Margaret Lonnen. When: May 11, 2011 1:00-2:30pm Mountain
Sierra Boehm

Rotary partnership creates jobs for individuals with disabilities - Webinar - June 6, 2013 - 0 views

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webinar employment supported employment

shared by Sierra Boehm on 14 May 13 - No Cached
  • Sierra Boehm on 14 May 13
     
    Register for this webinar

    What:
    Debbie Moore, Partners for Work (PFW) coordinator with WiSe, will share information about the highly successful partnership project with Rotary District 5030. The Washington PFW project was started in partnership with the Auburn Rotary Club in 2003.  In 2010 the Washington PFW project expanded to become a Rotary District 5030 project. This project creates employment opportunities for people with developmental disabilities by utilizing Rotarian business leaders as a vital link between job candidates and paid employment. Join Debbie for a brief history of the project and hear success stories. Learn about creative networking and marketing strategies that have helped increase involvement from rotary clubs. Lastly, hear ideas of where the project is headed from here, and expansion ideas will be shared.

    When:
    Thursday June 6, 2013
    11:00 am - 1:00 pm Mountain

    Cost:
    $30.00 per person
Roger Holt

Special Education in the US: A History & Systems of Support - 0 views

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slideshow special education history disability

shared by Roger Holt on 04 Mar 10 - Cached
  • Roger Holt on 04 Mar 10
     
    From a recent presentation we gave in Portland, OR. This slideshow provides, 1) a brief historical overview of societal attitudes towards disability and special education, 2) Ten Basic Steps in the special education process, 3) Effective educational practices, and 4) Resources from OSEP's TA&D Network. Feel free to embed slideshow in your webpage or blog!
Roger Holt

Congress Passes ABLE Act: Major Victory for Persons With Disabilities and Their Families - 0 views

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ABLE-Act finance

shared by Roger Holt on 17 Dec 14 - No Cached
  • For First Time in Nation's History, Federal Government Recognizes Added Costs Associated to Living With a Disability WASHINGTON, DC--(Marketwired - December 17, 2014) - Last night, the U.S. Senate overwhelmingly passed the Achieving a Better Life Experience (ABLE) Act of 2014 by a vote of 76 to 16. First introduced in 2006, and subsequent sessions of Congress, the ABLE Act will allow people with disabilities (with an age of onset up to 26 years old) and their families the opportunity to create a tax-exempt savings account that can be used for maintaining health, independence and quality of life.
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NCHPAD : NCPAD Home - 0 views

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shared by Roger Holt on 25 Mar 13 - No Cached
  • The National Center on Health, Physical Activity and Disability (NCHPAD) is positioned to effect change in health promotion/obesity management among people with disabilities through its existing 13-year history of providing advocacy, services and programs to numerous organizations and people throughout the country. The primary focus of the Center’s approach is to collaborate with the nation’s leading health advocacy and disability organizations in linking them to the hundreds of program initiatives ongoing across the nation, and using this framework to build inclusion and integration into these existing programs.
Roger Holt

5 Prehistoric People Who Prove Our Ancestors Took Care of the Disabled | Care2 Causes - 0 views

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disability history

shared by Roger Holt on 31 Dec 12 - No Cached
  • Examination of skeletons from past millennia reveals that far from just leaving those who could not hunt and gather to die, prehistoric humans cared for the sick and disabled. Archaeologists have been able to discover this by studying ancient bones, says the New York Times.
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The overcomers - farmers with disabilities - 0 views

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shared by Roger Holt on 04 Oct 12 - No Cached
  • When Oscar Pistorius crossed the finish line in last place in the 400-meter event at the 2012 Summer Olympics, his fans were elated.Pistorius, a South African who runs on carbon fiber prosthetics, made history by becoming the first double amputee to compete. Simply finishing the race was a victory.“I didn't grow up thinking I had a disability,” he says. “I grew up thinking I had different shoes.”American farmers go to work daily in a highly hazardous occupation without attracting much fuss or fanfare. But more than 1 million individuals working in agriculture today have physical disabilities that affect their essential tasks, according to a study in the Journal of AgroMedicine.
Roger Holt

Katie Beckett Leaves Legacy For Kids With Disabilities : NPR - 0 views

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Katie Beckett

shared by Roger Holt on 22 May 12 - No Cached
  • Katie Beckett died Friday morning in the same hospital where she'd once made history. Beckett was 3 years old when her case changed health care law. She was 34 when she died. NPR's Joseph Shapiro explains why she was important to other children with disabilities.
Roger Holt

Outcomes of Students with Disabilities Now Part of Federal Analysis of IDEA Implementat... - 0 views

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IDEA special education

shared by Roger Holt on 27 Jun 14 - No Cached
  • For the first time in IDEA’s nearly 40-year history, the U.S. Department of Education has included the performance of students with disabilities on state and NAEP assessments as part of determining how states are implementing IDEA.  And the results are humbling. 35 states and the District of Columbia were found to “need assistance” or “need intervention” after outcome data was combined with compliance measures that demonstrate adherence to the law. To be clear, the overwhelming majority of states “meet requirements” when just looking at compliance with IDEA, in fact only 9 were deemed as “needs assistance”. 
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