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The Connecting Point
Volume: 3 Issue: 21 Date: March 2, 2006
In This ISSUE:
1) Team Manager with Autism Makes Hoop Dream Come True
2) Adult Siblings of Individuals with Disabilities Research
3) Find A Ride.- Helps to find transportation options in the Puget Sound
4) National Disability Mentoring Center for Youth with Disabilities
5) Funding the Transition to Meaningful Adult Roles Webcast
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1) Team Manager with Autism Makes Hoop Dream Come True - Every once in a while it is nice to just share good news, High school team manager with autism steals show, 17-year-old makes debut in season finale with amazing 20-point night. If you haven't seen the video here is your opportunity. Special video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fw1CcxCUgg&search=autistic%20basketball
2) Adult Siblings of Individuals with Disabilities Research -We know surprisingly little about the relationship between individuals with disabilities and their adult siblings. To better understand this long-lasting relationship, we have created the Adult Sibling Questionnaire for anyone age 18 or over with a sister or brother with disabilities.
The Adult Sibling Questionnaire has questions in the following general areas:
- You
- Your Sibling with Disabilities
- Your Family
- Joint Activities and Involvement
- Support Needs of Brother/Sister
- Your Health and Well-Being
- Reflections on Your Relationship with your Brother/Sister - The questionnaire should take 20-25 minutes to complete, all answers are anonymous, and participation is voluntary.
A summary of the results of the questionnaire will be provided to those who request it. In addition, the findings will be presented at The Arc National Convention, October 12-14, 2006 in San Diego, and in The Arcs newsletter, InSight, and other publications and scientific journals.
If you are 18 years of age or older and have a brother or sister with disabilities, please participate!
The online version of the questionnaire is at https://kc.vanderbilt.edu/FamilyResearch Paper copies are also available. Call or email your contact information (Name, Address, City, State, Zip) to: Family Research phone: 1.888.322.5339 [free] or email:FamilyResearch@vanderbilt.edu
We sincerely appreciate your time and interest in this important area of family research.
Thank You - Robert Hodapp, PhD, Richard C Urbano, PhD, Ann Kaiser, PhD, On behalf of the National Sibling Consortium and the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center for Research on Human Development
3) Find A Ride - Helps to find transportation options in the Puget Sound area. It provides links to transportation tools such as the transit trip planner, and includes a searchable database to allow people with special transportation needs, case managers, and agencies to find transportation services in the Central Puget Sound Region. www.findaride.org
4) National Disability Mentoring Center for Youth with Disabilities
http://www.pyd.org/national-center/
Partners for Youth with Disabilities has launched the National Center for Mentoring Youth with Disabilities. The Center provides information about best practices in the field, helps professionals connect with others who are committed to similar work, provides information about upcoming conferences, and provides training and technical assistance to organizations interested in mentoring for youth with disabilities.
5) Funding the Transition to Meaningful Adult Roles Webcast
May 9, 2006 2:00 PM - 2:45 PM (Eastern)
http://www.worksupport.com/training/webcastSeries.cfm#w4
This Webcast will cover the financial planning including budgeting and funding strategies for the budget that allows a person with a severe disability to live a full, integrated life in the community. In so doing, the person can continue to be eligible for the benefit streams to which he/she is entitled, while working full time with benefits and living independently. Registration is required and a registration fee applies. Sponsored by T-TAP and Worksupport.com.
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