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FREE NOVA/LOUDOUN SSI/SSDI & Work Incentives Free Session
 FREE NOVA/LOUDOUN SSI/SSDI & Work Incentives Free Session BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND!!!! FREE TRAINING "Understanding the Myriad of Rules Governing SSI/SSDI, Medicaid, Medicare & Related Work Incentives for People with Disabilities" If you are interested in registering for the 2-day training or just want more information click here. Thursday, July 10, 2008 9:00 AM - Friday, July 11, 2008 4:30 PM Loudoun Cty CSB 906-A Trailview Blvd Leesburg, VA 20175 |
SOMETHING for EVERYONE
Websites That Have Caught my Attention This Week
IEP Goals and Objectives Bank (PDF) - This amazing 177-page document will assist both parents and professionals in forming goals for kids of all ages in the special ed system. The Goal Bank has been designed to allow users to locate specific goals as used in the eSIS SPED Full software. Click on a Content Area to proceed to specific Content Strands. From there, locate the specific strand and click to locate the Individual Goals. Content areas include: English, Functional Academics, Independent Living, Mathematics, Mathematics Readiness, Motor, Recreation and Leisure, Self-management and Daily Living, Social Emotional, Speech and Language, Study Skills, and Vocational/Career Education. http://www.bridges4kids.org/IEP/iep.goal.bank.pdf
NATIONAL COUNCIL ON INDEPENDENT LIVING INFORMATION ALERT The new Competitive Bidding Program will be implemented in 10 major cities starting July 1. The bottom line is that there will be a drastic cut in providers, which will hinder access and service to people who use durable medical equipment (DME) such as power wheelchairs. CMS will be implementing new payments for DME, making quality name brand products less available or unavailable. You can read the background at the http://www.unitedspinal.org/advocacy/medicare-competitive-bidding-may-affect-your-wheelchair/ The IRIS Center and the PACER Center have created an online module to help educators think about and improve family involvement, particularly involvement among families of children with disabilities. The interactive module provides participants with a scenario, information, and a self-evaluation tool. It also includes commentary from parents and an expert in the field of family involvement. http://iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu/fam/chalcycle.htm |
WALL:E - Free Disney Pixar movie
Sponsored by ASANV
Saturday JUNE 28th from 8:30 to 11 (check in starts @ 8:30, guest speaker starts @ 8:55, movie & previews start @ 9:00 end @ 11:00 Photo opportunities with ms wheelchair America following the movie at the AMC Tyson's Corner theaters, Routes 7 and 123, McLean, VA 22102. Just as we did for the CARS and SHREK III events, this is a private showing on opening weekend. House lights will be partially up, sound will be down @ 50% of typical movie levels. More about Wall:E movie click here. Special Guest Speaker, Juliette Rizzo, Ms. Wheelchair America 2005, is currently the Director of Communication & Media for the U.S. Dept. of Education's Office of Special Education & Rehabilitative Services. Seating is limited. Please RSVP by June 24, 2008, to 703-881-9173 ext. 8 or bahar.mcgrath@raymondjames.com | |
Join us in our advocacy campaign!
And Join The Arc of Northern Virginia
 Try If you have not already seen it in your mailbox The Arc of Northern Va would like to invite you to join our advocacy campaign for this year! Please email LRuiz@TheArcofNoVA.org with your mailing address and I will send you our membership card with all the details! Join The Arc of NoVa TODAY! Help with our I have a dream, I have a life, I have a NAME campaign! |
| Three Generations of Imbeciles
by Rick Hodges 
Jun 27 & 28
Actors with real disabilities will portray characters caught up in the eugenics movement in Virginia, when hundreds of people with intellectual disabilities were sterilized against their will, in the Barcroft Player's production of Three Generations of Imbeciles on June 27 and 28.
The title comes from the actual Supreme Court case that upheld the sterilizations, but the characters defy the future that others set for them. Three Generations of Imbeciles exposes a disturbing secret in Virginia's history-one that set a precedent for the whole country-and celebrates the power of those who refuse to accept limits set in the minds of others.
The play opens with the horror of a forced sterilization, but the young victim finds another way to have a family in a triumph over the forces of doubt set against her. But when her adopted daughter, who has Down syndrome, wants a child of her own, she must confront the doctor who sterilized her-and prove her fitness to be a mother all over again.
The two characters with intellectual disabilities will be played by real actors with intellectual disabilities.
The play will run June 27 and 28 at 7:30 pm at the Barcroft Community House, 800 South Buchanan Street in Arlington (wheelchair accessible). Tickets are 8$ at the door, no advance tickets sold. The play is not suitable for children under 12.
For more information click here or email Rick Hodges at threegenplay@verizon.net.
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| Take Action
It's not too late to be heard!
Deadline June 30th.
All students, family members and other concerned citizens are strongly encouraged to share your concerns about the revised Special Education Regulations with your Delegate and Senator.
The Arc has been hearing that some members of the General Assembly (from both sides of the aisle) have either contacted DOE directly or have spoken at the public hearings. This is great news and we are asking advocates across the state to help build on these efforts by inviting your Delegate and Senator to be part of this movement as well! TAKE ACTION today by using The Arc of Virginia's Action Center to send your legislator an email requesting his/her help in protecting the rights of children with disabilities in Virginia's schools. Please add a personal note about how these regulations could impact (or would have impacted) you or someone you care about. Click on the blue Take Action link to compose your letter now. Thanks for your advocacy on behalf of children and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities! Your efforts are making a difference!
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 The Arc of Northern Virginia is known as the leader in providing effective advocacy and indispensable direct services for families, children and adults living with intellectual and developmental disabilities to enable full, welcoming community participation. Celebrating its 45th year, The Arc of Northern Virginia serves people with cognitive, intellectual, and developmental disabilities and their families in Northern Virginia by providing services to individuals and families with supports for independent living such as: Personal Support Trusts, Developmental Disability Medicaid Waiver support coordination, Developmental Disability Medicaid Waiver Service facilitation, Guardianship program, Information & Referral, Education & Training, & Individual and Systems Support Advocacy. If you have received this email from a friend, please feel free to go to our website and add your own email address to our "Sign up for our e-Newsletter" box. You will receive the latest news about disability in Northern Virginia directly in your mailbox! Sincerely,
Lynn Ruiz  Designation #14617 Lynn Ruiz The Arc of Northern Virginia |
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