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FYI Newsletter December 10, 2007
Quick Scan:
- ADA-Indiana Audio Conference for December
- Benefits Information Network
- Article Published
- Library Corner
ADA-Indiana Audio Conference for December
Mark your calendar for December 18th (2:00-3:30 p.m. EST) and plan to participate in ADA-Indiana's Audio Conference entitled Disability Law and Policy, Present and Future.
Peter Blanck, JD, Ph.D., from the Burton Blatt Institute at Syracuse University, will be the featured speaker. This session sets out a blueprint for the role of research, policy, and law in advancing the civic, economic, and social participation of persons with disabilities in a global society. Blanck will review previous research and past public policy efforts and discuss current and future research initiatives that promote successful employment outcomes for people with disabilities.
No pre-registration is required. CRC and SHRM continuing education credits are available. The session is free at ADA-Indiana sponsored locations. They include:
Bloomington, IN (2:00 - 3:30 p.m. EST)
Indiana Institute on Disability and Community, Building L
2853 East Tenth Street
Indianapolis, IN (2:00 - 3:30 p.m. EST)
Indiana Government Center, Conference Room 1
402 West Washington Street
For more information about this session or the 2007-2008 ADA Audio Conference Season, visit http://www.adaindiana.org or contact Matt Norris at 1-800-825-4733 or e-mail adainfo@indiana.edu. If you are unable to attend, individuals and organizations can purchase access to the audio conference by visiting http://www.ada-audio.org. The cost is $25.00 (for not-for-profits) and $40.00 (for-profit entities).
Coming in January%u2026 Best Practices in Design: Balancing Local, State, and Federal Requirements to Ensure Accessibility.
Benefits Information Network
The Indiana Institute's Center on Community Living and Careers has developed 16 fact sheets related to state and federal work incentives for 2008.
The work of the Center focuses on improving transition and adult services in the
areas of:
Career development;
Secondary education and transition services;
Integrated employment;
Community living;
Systems and policy analysis; and
Person-directed planning, services and funding.
Available Fact Sheets:
2008 Section 1619a
2008 Section 1619b and Medicaid Coverage
2008 Blind Work Expense (BWE)
2008 Extended Period of Eligibility (EPE)
2008 Expedited Reinstatement of Benefits (EXR)
2008 Extended Medicare Coverage
2008 HUD: Earned Income Disregard
2008 Impairment Related Work Expenses (IRWE) for SSDI
2008 Impairment Related Work Expenses (IRWE) for SSI
2008 Plan for Achieving Self Support (PASS)
2008 Property Essential to Self Support
2008 Self-Employment and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) Work Incentive
2008 Self-Employment and Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) Work Incentive
2008 Student Earned Income Exclusion
2008 Subsidies or Special Conditions
2008 Trial Work Period (TWP)
For more information on the Center on Community Living and Careers, visit http://www.iidc.indiana.edu/ and click on the Employment/Community Living link.
Article Published
Pat Cole, Research Associate with the Institute's Early Childhood Center, has published an article in the October edition of Healthy Child Care entitled Physical Well-Being and Motor Development. Cole's article focuses on the five pieces of the physical well-being and motor development puzzle in early care and education programs. Visit http://www.healthychild.net/articles/mc61motordev.html to access Cole's article.
Healthy Childcare is a bimonthly publication for childcare programs devoted to health and safety issues. Published six times a year, each issue includes information on health, safety, medicines, staff health, health education activities, illnesses, and more; including reproducible parent information sheets and mini-posters. Healthy Childcare is edited by the American School Health Association's Council on Early Childhood Health Education and Services. Visit http://www.healthychild.net/index.html for more information.
Library Corner
New Items: The following new materials may be borrowed by Indiana residents from the Center for Disability Information and Referral (CeDIR) at the Institute. To check out materials, please call the library at 800-437-7924, send us an e-mail at cedir@indiana.edu, or come by and visit us at 2853 East Tenth Street in Bloomington.
Betz, C.L. (2007). Promoting health care transitions for adolescents with special health care needs and disabilities. Baltimore, MD: Paul H. Brookes Pub. Co.
Emigh, K. (2007). Book worm. Arlington, TX: Future Horizons.
Kutscher, M.L. (2006). Children with seizures: A guide for parents, teachers, and other professionals. Philadelphia, PA: Jessica Kingsley.
Murrell, D. (2007). Friends learn about Tobin. Arlington, TX: Future Horizons.
Sabin, E. (2006). The autism acceptance book: Being a friend to someone with autism. [S.I.]: Watering Can Press.