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Date December 19, 2003

In This ISSUE:    

1) Legislative Reception Information
2) Healthcare for Workers with Disabilities – Updated web page
3) No Child left behind – Final regulations
4) Comparisons of House and Senate IDEA Reauthorization bills
5) Medicine Net
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1) Legislative Reception Information –
The 24th Annual Legislative Reception will be held on Wednesday, January 21, 2004 from 5:30 to 8:00 P.M. A list of sponsoring organization and direction are available at :
http://www.arcwa.org/24th_leg_reception.htm
2) HealthCare for Workers with Disabilities –Updated web page - Washington State has a program for Healthcare for Workers with Disabilities. It is a program for workers with disabilities who are not eligible for Medicaid. Check out 2 updated resources.
http://fortress.wa.gov/dshs/maa/Eligibility/HWD.htm and questions about the program at: http://fortress.wa.gov/dshs/maa/Eligibility/HWD_FAQs.htm

3) On line resources for developing Materials in AlternativeFormats
American Council of the Blind Guide to Making Documents Accessible to People Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired
http://www.acb.org/accessible-formats.html
Effective Color Contrast (for print and web materials):
http://www.lighthouse.org/color_contrast.htm
An inexpensive guide on how to audiotape print materials is available from the AXIS Center for Public Awareness of People with Disabilities
http://www.axiscenter.org/Products/products_1.html#anchor129922
Planning Accessible Conferences and Meetings:
http://ericec.org/digests/e735.html
AXIS newsletter article on making conferences and meetings accessible:
www.axiscenter.org/Newsletter/Fall%202000/Planning%20Accessible%20Meetings%20Part%20III.html

Publication from the National Center on the Dissemination of Disability Research on making materials and web sites more accessible to people with cognitive disabilities
http://www.ncddr.org/du/researchexchange/v08n03/
Article on making PDF files accessible:
http://www.pdfzone.com/news/101078.html
Assistive Listening Systems:
http://www.astc.org/ap/issues/ald/index.htm

4) No Child Left Behind Act -
Final regulations For those who have not seen it, the Dept of Education has come out with final regulations about the application of the No Child Left Behind Act to children with significant cognitive disabilities. Specifically, the rules address how children with disabilities will be counted in determining Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) for schools. The Dept. of Ed. press release about the regulations is here:
http://www.ed.gov/news/pressreleases/2003/12/12092003.html

The regulations themselves are here:
http://copaa.net/resources/FedRuleTitleI-significantcognitivedisabilities12-9-03.pdf

5) Comparisons of House and Senate IDEA Reauthorization bills
Congressional Research Service Side-by-Side Comparison:
http://www.bridges4kids.org/pdf/IDEA-SSComparison.pdf
Section-by-Section Comparison:
http://www.bridges4kids.org/pdf/IDEA-SSSecComparison.pdf

6) Medecine Net
MedicineNet, Inc. is an online, healthcare media publishing company. It provides easy-to-read, in-depth, authoritative medical information for
consumers via its robust, user-friendly, interactive web site. Nationally recognized, 100% Doctor-Produced by a network of over 70 U.S.
Board Certified Physicians, MedicineNet.com is the trusted source for online health and medical information.
http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/hp.asp?

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