Developmental Disability News for Week Ending April 26, 2024
New York has a new coffee shop employing people with I/DD, Chicago families with [...]
Come Talk About How to Make Pound Ridge Library More Accessible for People with DD: May 4
Pound Ridge Library was recently awarded a grant to help it better serve people [...]
Free Employer Webinar ‘The Magic and Art of Job Development’: May 1
Through a grant from the US Department of Labor’s National Expansion of Employment Opportunities Network [...]
Learn About OPWDD Self-Direction: May 2
This virtual webinar will teach you about the Office for People with Developmental Disabilities' [...]
A Webinar to Help Parents of Children with Disabilities Cope: May 6
This free webinar from parent, author and certified coach Kris Burbank aims to help [...]
Urgent Call to Action: Ask OPWDD to Withdraw Its Self-Direction Draft Proposal Today
The Supporting Our Youth & Adults Network (SOYAN) and Coalition for Self Direction (C4SD) [...]
Life-Skills Workshop Series for Caregivers: April 23
Life skills, or daily living skills, are abilities that people with intellectual and developmental [...]
Preventing Parent Burnout for Parents of Children with Special Needs: April 24
Extraordinary parenting responsibilities create extraordinary pressures on parents. At the same time, parenting a [...]
Be Part of the First-Ever ‘Hear Our Voices’ Self-Advocates Conference on May 16
Many of us take self-advocacy for granted. We speak out, voice concerns, share our [...]
Do Microschools Work for Students with Developmental Disabilities?
Microschools, a loosely defined category of schooling — descriptors range from small learning environments [...]