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From American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (formerly AAMR)
Learn how to make online presentations more accessible for persons with disabilities.Click here for more information
From ADA-OHIO (The Americans with Disabilities Act)
Employment Tests and Selection Procedures. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has issued a fact sheet addressing the application of federal antidiscrimination laws to employer tests & other selection procedures to screen applicants for hire & employees for promotion. Discriminatory employment tests & selection procedures are prohibited by Title VII the Americans with Disabilities Act & the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA). Click here for a copy of the fact sheet
The Procedures and Guidance for Ohio Educational Agencies Serving Children with Disabilities, lovingly called the “Guidance Document”, is back on line. View the document online. (3/19/09)
From The ARC
The
Arc of Ohio annual day at
Cedar Point is Wednesday, May 22, 2013. This is an annual event for Ohioans
with disabilities, their families, friends, providers and
support staff. The day is open to
everyone and the Arc encourages you to join
them and the approximately 10,000 people who have joined them
each year for decades. Tickets are $29.00, which is almost
half the regular admission price and you can purchase picnic
lunches at $9.95 each.
The ARC & the OSU Nisonger Center are conducting a survey of the health status and access to healthcare of adults with Down syndrome. Potential candidates to participate in the online survey would be: parents, caregivers, grandparents, adult siblings, direct support staff or other adults who know well the adult with Down syndrome.
The questionnaire is online and accessible by clicking here.
Click here for a flyer with more information. If you have any questions or need additional information, contact:
Email - Marc Tasse or by phone (614)-292-2390 / Or email Matt Grover or by phone (614)-247-4801
Autism NOW: The National Autism Information and Resource Center
The Arc and the Autism Society are joining forces on Autism NOW: The National Autism Information and Resource Center - a new and dynamic National Initiative of The Arc funded by the Administration on Developmental Disabilities.
From the Better Hearing Institute
The Better Hearing Institute unveils Hearing Aid Tax Credit website - Help pass hearing aid tax credit legislation now. Click here to visit their website
From Cleveland Department of Aging
Access Your Benefits. The Cleveland Dept. of Aging can help you access federal, state and community assistance programs! Get a Benefits Check Up; Learn what benefits you are eligible to receive; One-on-one enrollment assistance; Confidential; FREE!
A Benefits Ambassador will be happy to assist you! Call 216-664-3418
From Cleveland Hearing & Speech Center
Cleveland Hearing & Speech Center has launched a new Video Relay Service (VRS) call center in conjunction with Communication Access Center (CAC). VRS is a free service for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing community that enables them to place phone calls to any hearing person. Calls are placed and received through a professional American Sign Language (ASL) interpreter who signs the conversation with a sign language user and voices to a hearing person who uses a telephone. The interpreter then voices/relays the signed conversation over the phone – in real time – to the hearing caller. (7/16/09)
From
The Consortium for Citizens with
Disabilities (CCD)
The CCD has a new web site dedicated to information about the critical importance of the Social Security disability, survivor, and retirement insurance programs for people with disabilities and their families. The web site offers resources produced by the CCD Social Security Task Force regarding Social Security's impact on people with disabilities and provides information and links to other organizations. Click here to visit their website.
HeARTworks Gallery & Gifts - Located on the lower level of the downtown Galleria - 1301 East 9th Street, Cleveland. Cards for all occasions created by artisans with Developmental Disabilities at the Maple Heights Adult Activities Center are now available online
SAW, Inc. (Solutions At Work) Learn more about SAW, Inc by visiting their website
Just-A-Buck
® - Visit their
website to learn more
We Are The Real
Deal...Every Item Is Truly $1.
Remember that by patronizing this store you're helping men and women with developmental disabilities earn a living, contribute to our community and enjoy the pride that having a job brings.
From the Cuyahoga County Public Library
Make Cuyahoga County Public Library your convenient one-stop passport and travel center!
Passport application, renewal and photo services are now available at seven convenient Cuyahoga County Public Library branch locations:
Beachwood Branch / Fairview
Park Branch
/ Maple
Heights Branch /
Mayfield Branch / Parma-South
Branch / Solon
Branch /
Strongsville Branch
Passport services will be available during these hours:
Monday - Thursday 9:00a.m. - 8:00p.m. / Friday & Saturday
9:00a.m. - 4:30p.m. / Sunday / 1:00 - 4:00p.m.
Visit the Cuyahoga County Public Library
website.
Click here for
additional information on fees and how to obtain a passport.
From Easter Seals Project ACTION
Easter Seals Project ACTION (ESPA) promotes universal access to transportation for people with disabilities under federal law and beyond by partnering with transportation providers, the disability community and others through the provision of training, technical assistance, applied research, outreach and communication.
For information go to the ESPA website
Easter Seals Project ACTION (ESPA) is funded through a cooperative agreement with the U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Transit Administration and is administered by Easter Seals, Inc.
From
Hickman & Lowder, Co., L.P.A.
Funding Sources for Children with Special Needs - Click here to read this informative article
Hear Now Program for Individuals with Low Income
Starkey Hearing Foundation has a program that serves low income individuals residing in the US to acquire hearing aids. Hearing aids are provided through an application process to those low income individuals permanently living in the US who have no other resource to acquire hearing aids. For further information, please call the Hear Now program at 1-800-328-8602 and ask for the Hear Now program. Click here to visit the Foundation website
From Keene Promotions, Inc./Think Computer Foundation
Keene Promotions/Think Computer Foundation offers many different activities for persons with disabilities. Click here to read more...
From The MetroHealth System
The MetroHealth System received approval from federal officials to launch MetroHealth Care Plus, a Medicaid Waiver program that will provide a medical home and health coverage for up to 30,000 uninsured residents of Cuyahoga County. Click here to read more...
From the National Catholic Office for the Deaf (NCOD)
It is with great excitement that NCOD announces a new resource: Sacrament of Reconciliation.
Sacrament of Reconciliation, a program consisting of a DVD with lesson plans to assist in preparing individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing for the Sacrament of Reconciliation, was produced by the National Catholic Office for the Deaf.
From the National Catholic Partnership on Disability (NCPD)
The Department of Justice (DOJ) recently published new ADA guidance on conducting accessible and inclusive meetings. The 28-page guide, "Accessible Information Exchange: Meeting on a Level Playing Field," covers access to meeting sites as well as presentations, printed materials and other forms of communication. The guide is available on DOJ's website.
From the National Network of ADA Centers (Disability and Business Technical Assistance Centers).
The ADA Audio Conference Series is a project of the National Network of ADA Centers (Disability and Business
Technical Assistance Centers). The ADA Audio Conference Series provides in-depth information on the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Accessible Information Technology and other related topics. Please click here to read more...
From Nisonger Center at Ohio State University
Check their website for current clinical trials taking place or call 614-688-4656.
Ohio Center for Advocacy, Training and Support (OCATS)
A statewide advocacy and education organization for people with mental illness. Visit their website for more information
From the Ohio Coalition for the Education of Children with Disabilities (OCECD)
The OCECD has implemented Audio Conference Training (ACT). This is a new way to attend any of the FREE Parent Trainings from the comfort of your home, office, etc... If you are interested in being a part of any of these trainings, call the Marion office at 800-374-2806 to register for an Audio Conference Training.
Visit their website for a complete list of trainings
From the Parent to Parent Network
The Parent to Parent Network is sponsoring a year long Mental Health Awareness (MHA) Campaign.
Visit their website to see upcoming speakers and programs
From
Paul Schulte Foundation - Free Wheelchair Basketball Clinic
The Paul Schulte Foundation and the Cleveland Wheelchair
Cavaliers will offer a free wheelchair basketball clinic
on Saturday May 4th at
Independence Field House (6354 Service Center Dr., Independence,
OH 44131). This clinic is hosted by Paul Schulte and Will
Waller, co-captains of the London 2012 Bronze Medal USA
Paralympic Wheelchair Basketball Team. They will introduce
and teach youth about wheelchair
basketball. Funds raised by this program will help send
youth to wheelchair basketball camps. The clinic is from 10am
to 1pm. If you are interested, please
email Tom Schulte or call 1-734-355-2463.
From The Red Treehouse
The Red Treehouse is a program of Ohio Family and Children First and the Ronald McDonald House® of Cleveland, Inc. This partnership will propel a broader, stronger resource for families, young adults and professionals statewide. The partnership brings together diverse organizations and decades of experience. Red Treehouse will provide online resources for Ohio families and professionals to help children and young adults (prenatal through age 25) meet daily needs, overcome challenges, and develop their fullest potential. Check out Red Treehouse online.
From the Rehabilitation Research and Training Center
Please click here to read more about a new brochure intended for spinal cord injury survivors living in the community to help maintain their health.
From
REM Opportunities and Alpha Care Dance Night
Dance the Night away at Alpha Care Center in Lorain on May 3!!!
Free Admission courtesy of REM Opportunities and Alpha Care -
Snacks will be provided and they will have a live DJ. The
dance will be from 6:30 pm to 9:30 pm at Alpha Care Center, 205
West 20th Street, Lorain, Ohio.
St. GILES Support Group
St. Giles is the patron saint of people with disabilities and the group's founders have used "Giles" as an acronym for Gathering in Love for Education and Support. This is a support group for parents and care givers of children and adults with special needs. It has been created by caring moms to give anyone who is interested a voice and outlet to talk, learn, and share with others dealing with similar daily triumphs and challenges of raising children with special needs. Feel free to invite others you know who may be interested.
If you have any questions please email Sherri Duncan or call 216-205-9907
or email Amanda Mooney or call 216-352-0568
From SOAR!
For the SOAR 2013 Spring Session I April 15 to May 23 schedule - click here
"Par-fait"
An afternoon of miniature golf, ice cream and music!
Saturday, June 15 from 2-6pm at Southwest Golf Center/Dairy
Queen. $5 per person. Call 440-327-6454 with
questions. Click
here for a flyer...
From Southwest DBTAC
The Southwest DBTAC is pleased to announce that the Disability Law Handbook is now available.
From Special Learning
Special Learning's Communicating Basic Needs App for the iPod Touch and iPhone.
This is a tool to support parents and providers in helping children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and other language disabilities to communicate effectively.
This is an app for the iPod Touch and iPhone we recently heard about. We cannot vouch for this product but found it interesting and wanted to share with you. Click here to learn more...
From the USCCB
OBTAINING LOW-GLUTEN
HOSTS AND MUSTUM
The USCCB has posted
three approved distributors of low-gluten hosts and two of mustum known
to the Secretariat of Divine Worship. To read more about Celiac Disease
and Alcohol intolerance as it relates to liturgy, please see the
USCCB October 2012 newsletter
From the U.S. Treasury
The US Treasury Introduces Direct Express® Debit Card for Social Security Payments. Click here to read more...
From the Department of Veteran's Affairs
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) announced that on-line applications are now accepted from veterans, survivors and other claimants filing initial applications for disability compensation, pension, education, and vocational rehabilitation and employment benefits without the additional requirement to submit a signed paper copy of the application. Click here for more information...
From
Westlake Kiwanis Family and Westlake City Schools Special Olympics track
competition
On Saturday, June 8, the Westlake Kiwanis Family and Westlake City
Schools will hold the 4th Annual Special Olympics
Competition. This track meet is a one-day event and an excellent
way for individuals to see if they would like to participate in more
Special Olympic events. If you know individuals who might be interested
please go to the
website to print the information. If there are questions
concerning the event, please
email Russ Milan
From the Washington Learning System
Free parent-child activity materials are available for downloading at the Washington Learning Systems website.
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From American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AAIDD)
AAIDD is seeking volunteer interviewers to help develop a state-of-the-art adaptive behavior scale for people with intellectual disabilities. Click here to read more on how to participate and download a recruitment form.
Learn how to make online presentations more accessible for persons with disabilities. Access a lay friendly, web tutorial by the United States Department of Agriculture's Target Center on ways you can adapt web technologies to make presentations more accessible to people with disabilities - Click here to visit their website.
Visit
AAIDD's website
to access current and past issues of this monthly newsletter.
Click here to Subscribe
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From The Arc of Greater Cleveland
Partners in
Policymaking® is an internationally
recognized training series that is designed for adults with
disabilities and for parents of children, under the age of 12,
with disabilities. Currently, there are over two
hundred five Partners in Policymaking® graduates in the State of
Ohio.
This leadership training program meets one weekend each month between the months of January – May 2013. This year’s sessions will take place at the Highbrook Lodge in Chardon, Ohio.
Through participation in Partners in Policymaking®, individuals with developmental disabilities and parents of children, under the age of 12, with disabilities will become leaders. Partners is about creating, working towards, and achieving a vision of shared values about individuals with disabilities.
The Application Deadline of November 19th and is approaching quickly! If you know of any individuals who meet the above qualification and would be interested in the program, please share this information with them.
Click here for more information; click here for the full agenda; and click here to apply for the 2013 class of Partners in Policymaking®.
Should you have any questions, please call Rebecca Clark (Graduate Intern) or Cindy Norwood at The Arc of Greater Cleveland at (216) 622-0755 or email Cindy for more information.
From the ARC of Ohio
Autism NOW: The National Autism Information and Resource Center
The Arc and the Autism Society are joining forces on Autism NOW: The National Autism Information and Resource Center - a new and dynamic National Initiative of The Arc funded by the Administration on Developmental Disabilities.
The partnership includes participation on the National Advisory Committee and providing information and referral services through the Autism Society's AutismSourceTM national contact center.
The Autism Society has provided information and referral services to the community through AutismSource since 1971. Families can access AutismSource's website, submit an inquiry or by phone at 1-800-3Autism.
In October, The Arc received an award of $1.87 million for fiscal year 2010 to establish a national resource and information center on Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and other developmental disabilities. Click here to learn about the Center.
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Upcoming Activities from Keene Promotions, Inc./Think Computers
More activities coming soon...
Click read more about Think Computer Foundation
For information on activities, call or email Judi Greenspan at 216-932-1989
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The MetroHealth System received approval on Tuesday from federal officials to launch MetroHealth Care Plus, a Medicaid Waiver program that will provide a medical home and health coverage for up to 30,000 uninsured residents of Cuyahoga County.
“We are grateful that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the State of Ohio’s Office of Medical Assistance and our own Cuyahoga County government shared our commitment to reduce the uninsured rate in Cuyahoga County, and to improve the health status and quality of care for thousands of county residents,” says Dr. Edward Hills, Interim President and CEO.
“In particular I want to thank Ohio Medicaid Director John McCarthy, Cuyahoga County Executive Edward Fitzgerald and Cuyahoga County Council for working with us to make this happen,” says Dr. Hills. “I also want to thank U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown, Representatives Marcia Fudge, Marcy Kaptur, Jim Renacci, and former Representatives Steven LaTourette and Dennis Kucinich for expressing their support for the waiver with CMS.”
MetroHealth will finance this care locally with the $36 million annual subsidy it receives from Cuyahoga County taxpayers which allows the MetroHealth Care Plus program to leverage another $64 million in annual federal Medicaid matching funds. No state dollars are being used to pay for the demonstration project. MetroHealth will also partner with other community agencies to help deliver the care.
You can learn more about the MetroHealth Care Plus Program and eligibility guidelines by visiting the website or by calling 216-957-2325.
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From the National Catholic Office for the Deaf (NCOD)
It is with great excitement that NCOD announces a new resource: Sacrament of Reconciliation.
Sacrament of Reconciliation, a program consisting of a DVD with lesson plans to assist in preparing individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing for the Sacrament of Reconciliation, was produced by the National Catholic Office for the Deaf. The program was specifically created for students who are preparing for their initial reception of the Sacrament of Reconciliation. All or part of the lessons and DVD can also be used to review or reinforce the understanding of the Sacrament of Reconciliation for individuals who have already received the sacrament. This program is versatile and can be used by a catechist or parent in conjunction with the parish religion book or can be used as the primary text for immediate preparation for Reconciliation.
The DVD/Video is in American Sign Language (ASL) with English captions and voice over in spoken English.
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From the National Network of ADA Centers (Disability and Business Technical Assistance Centers).
The ADA Audio Conference Series is a project of the National Network of ADA Centers (Disability and Business Technical Assistance Centers). The ADA Audio Conference Series provides in-depth information on the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Accessible Information Technology and other related topics. This program is designed as a springboard to enhance an individual's existing knowledge base or facilitate continued learning regarding regulations and trends under the ADA. The program is available in three formats: Teleconference, Streaming Audio via the Internet and real-time captioning on the Internet. Click here to visit their website
Call for more information: LEAP, Gary Edler, Program Assistant, 216-696-2716 x101
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From the
Rehabilitation Research and Training Center
As part of the continued focus on knowledge and prevention of secondary conditions associated with Spinal Cord Injury (SCI), the Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Spinal Cord Injury (RRTC on SCI) has produced this educational brochure on Diabetes and SCI. Click here to access this publication
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The Southwest DBTAC is pleased to announce that the Disability Law Handbook is now available on their website. Download and print as many copies as you would like. The book will also be translated into Spanish and will be available electronically soon. This Disability Law Handbook is a 50-page guide to the basics of the Americans with Disabilities Act and other disability related laws.
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Special Learning's Communicating Basic Needs App for the iPod Touch and iPhone.
From Special Learning's website: This is a tool to support parents and providers in helping children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and other language disabilities to communicate effectively. The Communicating Basic Needs App for the iPod Touch and iPhone and uses actual photographs of colorful and beautiful images of everyday things that a child sees to help him easily communicate his basic needs while having fun.
This app was developed under the guidance of Board Certified Behavior Analysts (BCBAs) and organized in a manner found to be successful in practice.
With this Communication App, your child finally has a "voice" to express themselves.
This is an app for the iPod Touch and iPhone we recently heard about. We cannot vouch for this product but found it interesting and wanted to share with you.
The cost to download this app is $39.99. To learn more and to download the app, visit Special Learning's website
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U.S. Treasury Introduces Direct Express® Debit Card for Social Security Payments
The Direct Express card provides another option to choose from for the nearly four million Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) recipients who do not have a bank account, but are looking for a no-cost or low-cost alternative to using check cashing facilities and carrying large amounts of cash. Cardholders can make purchases, pay bills and get cash at thousands of ATMs and retail locations.
People may sign up for the card by calling toll-free 1-877-212-9991 or visiting the website. For more information, see Treasury's press release here.
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OBTAINING LOW-GLUTEN
HOSTS AND MUSTUM
The USCCB has posted three approved distributors of low-gluten hosts and
two of mustum known to the Secretariat of Divine Worship. To read more
about Celiac Disease and Alcohol intolerance as it relates to liturgy,
please see the
USCCB October 2012 newsletter
Low-Gluten Hosts
Benedictine Sisters of Perpetual Adoration
Altar Breads Department
31970 State Highway P
Clyde, MO 64432-8100
Phone: (800) 223-2772
E-Mail:
altarbreads@benedictinesisters.org
Web:
www.BenedictineSisters.org
Gluten Content: 0.01%
Parish
Crossroads P.O. Box 84 Zionsville, IN 46077-0084 Phone: (800) 510-8842
E-Mail:
admin@parishcrossroads.com
Gluten
Content: 0.016% _______________________________________
GlutenFreeHosts.com Inc.
100 Buckley Road
Liverpool, NY 13088
Phone: (800) 668-7324 ext. 1
E-Mail:
info@glutenfreehosts.com
Gluten
Content: 0.002%
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Mustum
Mont La Salle Altar Wines
605 Trancas Street, Suite D
Napa, CA 94558
Phone: (800) 447-8466
E-Mail:
info@montlasallealtarwines.com
Web:
www.MontLaSalleAltarWines.com
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Monks Wine & Candles
P.O. Box
681248 Schaumburg, IL 60168 Phone: (800) 540-MONK (6665) E-Mail:
info@monkswineandcandles.com
Web: www.MonksWineAndCandles.com
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From the Washington Learning System
Free parent-child activity materials are available for downloading at the Washington Learning Systems website. The development of these materials was supported by Grant H324M020084 from the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs. Free reproducible language and early literacy activities in English and Spanish. Developed by Angela Notari-Syverson, Ph.D. and colleagues.
Click here to download materials and click on the button on the right that says "Download Free Parent Tools" on the home page.
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