Targeted mentorship. Personalized goals.
Inspired achievements.
// May 25th, 2010 // What's Happening At Ability Specialists
Congratulations to those who achieved their goals and received their awards this month! The ceremony was followed by the Tribute to Michael Jackson dance and everyone had a “thrilling” time!
// May 25th, 2010 // Workshops and Seminars
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.
// May 13th, 2010 // Workshops and Seminars
FLAME is the ONLY worldwide touring band comprised entirely of people with developmental and\or physical disabilities.
Event Details
Sunday, May 16, 2010
Concert General Tickets Holders
2-4PM
Rotors of the Rockies
11915 Airport Way – Broomfield – 80021
For tickets please contact the Ability Specialists office before Friday 5/14/2010.
Fueling the FLAME of true self-determination of and by people with intellectual and/physical disabilities http://www.flametheband.com/
// May 13th, 2010 // Workshops and Seminars
TALLAHASSEE — Parents of developmentally disabled children from Pasco, Leon and Broward counties had an idea they thought would help their kids: create new subdivisions that would serve as safe havens for special needs people to live, eat, dine and play.
But an existing law prevents special-needs homes from being established within 1,000 feet of each other, so the parents began lobbying lawmakers to rescind it. The parents hope to clear the way for a cluster of communities catering to those with autism, Down syndrome, cerebral palsy and other disabilities.
Read more: http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/04/27/1599506/families-seek-approval-of-special.html#ixzz0npRO1lFH
// May 13th, 2010 // Workshops and Seminars
The employment picture for people with disabilities took a nosedive in April, with the unemployment rate reaching 15.2 percent, the Labor Department said Friday.
Boosted by an increase in the number of Americans with disabilities seeking work, the unemployment rate rose significantly compared to the 13.9 percent jobless rate in March, returning to levels seen earlier this year. However, the figures continue to fall short of record unemployment in August 2009, which hit 16.9 percent. Read more: http://www.disabilityscoop.com/2010/05/07/april-jobs-10/7967/
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