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The Connecting Point
Volume One, Issue 8,   Date: July 7, 2003

In This ISSUE:

1) Handling Your Psychiatric Disability in work and School
2) Web Sites for Military Families
3) New Spanish Language Web-Site on HUD Housing
4) Toll Free Hotline for Air Travelers with Disabilities
5) Online Disability Sensitivity Training

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1) Handling Your Psychiatric Disability in Work and School.
http://www.bu.edu/cpr/jobschool/ This Interactive and informational web-site is for people with psychiatric conditions that address issues and reasonable accommodations related to work and school. This web site is produced by Boston University's Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation also has info for Educators and Employers. http://www.bu.edu/cpr/reasaccom/

2) Web Sites For Military Families
The Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Military Community and Family Policy recently announced the availability of a new web site for military families with special needs. www.EFMconnections.org

Another web site addressing the needs of military families with youth with disabilities is STOMP, Specialized Training of Military Parents. It is affiliated with the Parent Training Information Center in Washington State (PAVE). http://www.stompproject.org/

3) New Spanish Language Web-Site on HUD Housing
www.espanol.hud.gov Housing and Urban Development Secretary Mel Martinez recently announced a new Spanish-language web site <espanol.hud.gov> in an effort to help more minorities access information about HUD's housing programs. "Espanol.hud.gov is one part of our overall plan to increase minority access to HUD's extraordinary home ownership and educational materials," said Martinez.

"Espanol.hud.gov" unites the HUD's English-language site materials under one bi-lingual umbrella for the first time. In addition to a new look and easier navigation, Espanol.hud.gov offers comprehensive information about home-buying and rental tips, complete home and rental information, list of available HUD homes, loan counseling and financial resources.

HUD is the nation's housing agency committed to increasing home ownership, particularly among minorities, creating affordable housing opportunities for low-income Americans, supporting the homeless, elderly, people with disabilities and people living with AIDS. The Department also promotes economic and community development as well as enforces the nation's fair housing laws. More information about HUD and its programs is available on the Internet www.hud.gov

4) Toll Free Hotline for Air Travelers with Disabilities:Available from 7 a.m. to 11 p.m. Eastern Time, seven days a week. The Hotline serves two main purposes: (1) education and (2) assistance in resolving disability-related air travel problems on the spot for issues such as accepting service animals and electric wheelchairs on board flights and stowing folding wheelchairs in the cabin. 1-800-778-4838 (voice) or 1-800-455-9880 (TTY).

5) Online Disability Sensitivity Training A free online course now is available to help business leaders, employees and others learn how to interact comfortably with _ people who are disabled. Bob McGarry, executive director of the Hall Access Center for Independent Living in Gainesville, calls the new Web site for Disability Sensitivity Training "a great idea." "I definitely think there's a lot of businesses out there that need some training," he said. "When people don't know how to
deal with the disabled, they either shy away from it or they try to do too much for you." The Web-based course is a joint effort by the Governor's Council for Developmental Disabilities, which is part of the Georgia Department of Human Resources, and the Georgia Disability Advocate Consulting Group, Inc., a private firm that conducts seminars for businesses. www.disabilitylearningservices.com

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Readers are invited to send information about new resources on secondary education, transition from school, services and supports for adults with disabilities to connectingpoint@projectcore.org . Approved information will then be posted.  Additional questions or comments can be sent to the Project Coordinator at coordinator@projectcore.org .
While The Connecting Point is not a discussion group, additional questions and discussions can be posted at
bulletinboard@projectcore.org .
The CORE Project is funded by the Department of Education Rehabilitation Services Administration.
The CORE Project (In Washington State)
Phone- 1-800-5-PARENT
Phone- 1-509-928-1522
Fax 1-509-928-1522
Web site www.projectcore.org

CORE Project
PMB 175
1324 N. Liberty Lake Rd
Liberty Lake, WA 99019
(A Project of Washington PAVE)

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