Calling all self-advocates!

Are you a young adult with disabilities who has gone through the transition process while in school?

Would like to help others in developing their self-advocacy skills and self-confidence for that process?

If you answer yes, then we have the job for you! 

The Parents of the Panhandle Information Network Program (POPIN) is currently seeking a 20 hour per week Youth Mentor to provide training and assistance to other young adults with disabilities on self-determination and self-advocacy.    

This position involves public speaking and requires some light travel.  Applicants must live within the region they serve, have basic computer knowledge, and have access to the internet.   This region includes all of the counties within the Panhandle of Florida from Escambia to Alachua.

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The Parent Education Network Program (PEN) and the Family Support, Training, Awareness, and Resources Program (Family STAR) are currently seeking a combined 30 hour per week Youth Mentor to provide training and assistance to other young adults with disabilities on self-determination and self-advocacy.  

  This position involves public speaking and requires some light travel. Applicants must live within the region they serve, have basic computer knowledge, and have access to the internet. This region includes the following counties: Lee, Collier, Hendry, Glades, Martin, Palm Beach, Broward, Monroe, and Miami-Dade.

For more information, please contact Tara Bremer at 800-825-5736 or email your resume to employment@fndusa.org.

Boston, MA -  A study out today from the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) indicates Autism now affects an alarming one in 88 children, (one in 54 boys) a sharp jump from the previous numbers released in late 2009, and frighteningly distant rate from one in 10,000 cases seen in the 1980s.

Today's study, conducted by the Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring (ADDM) Network office of the CDC, looked at eight-year-old children born in 2000. A previous study released by ADDM in 2009 showed autism spectrum disorders (ASD) affected one in 110 children. The number of children identified with ASDs in this study ranged from 1 in 210 children in Alabama to 1 in 47 children in Utah.  CDC reports that the largest increases were among Hispanic and black children.