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ADMINISTRATION FOR COMMUNITY LIVING: Contract Opportunity: Increasing Access to Augmentative and Alternative Communication
By SD Network, 2023-11-28
AUCD is now seeking proposals for a subcontract to support this work. Proposals are due to AUCD by Monday, December 18, 2023.
About the Project
A wide range of augmentative and alternative communication tools and technologies (AAC) are available, but people often are unaware of the options, how to get them, and how to pay for them. In addition, learning to use AAC can be challenging. As a result of those issues (and others), many people who could benefit from AAC go without, often at the expense of their independence and full participation in the community.
Through this project, ACL will work with a national consortium of people with disabilities, including people who use AAC; organizations and professionals that support people with disabilities; and other stakeholders to develop a model for providing peer-to-peer support to help more people who need AAC find and learn to use the tools that meet their individual needs.
AUCD is leading this project under a contract from ACL. AUCD is now seeking proposals for a subcontract for a one-year planning project to support this work. The subcontractor will work with AUCD on a variety of tasks, including creating the national consortium; conducting a comprehensive review and analysis to identify existing peer-to-peer models, projects, approaches, and activities; and developing an approach and plan to advance peer support models for AAC users.
Proposals must be submitted by Monday, December 18, 2023. Full details about AUCD’s RFP can be found on AUCD’s webpage. Questions and proposals should be submitted to urc@aucd.org.
NBC NEWS: Selma Blair calls ‘sub-minimum wage for people with disabilities’ ‘out of touch and wrong’
By SD Network, 2023-11-28
Actress and advocate Selma Blair joins Meet the Press and tells Kristen Welker her message to lawmakers as she fights for equity and accessibility for the disabled community.
APPLIED SELF-DIRECTION: New Report: Insights into Strengthening the Self-Directed Workforce
By SD Network, 2023-11-21
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ADMINISTRATION FOR COMMUNITY LIVING: 2023 National Survey on Health and Disability
By SD Network, 2023-11-18
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The University of Kansas Institute for Health and Disability Policy Studies — funded by ACL's National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR) — is seeking adults with disabilities to complete the 2023 National Survey on Health and Disability (NSHD).
The NSHD gives voice to the concerns of people with disabilities and documents their experiences with a variety of issues, including access to health care, insurance coverage, housing, transportation, Long COVID, employment, education, and more. The survey is open to U.S. adults 18 and older with any disability and/or health condition. For more information, please call 855-556-6328 (Voice/TTY) or email healthsurvey@ku.edu. Participants may complete the survey by phone. |
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WISCONSIN PUBLIC RADIO: Advocacy groups hope to revive bill requiring hospitals to better communicate with family caregivers
By SD Network, 2023-11-16
Organizations advocating for older adults and people with disabilities are hoping to build new support for a bill that would require Wisconsin hospitals to communicate with a patient's family caregivers. The CARE Act It would require hospitals to allow patients to identify a caregiver when they're admitted to the hospital. Hospitals would be required to communicate with the designated caregiver before the patient is discharged or transferred to another facility and to provide instruction to caregivers on any medical tasks the patient may need help with when returning home.
SPECTRUM NEWS: Wisconsin neighbors say they don't let Down syndrome stop them from living like others
By SD Network, 2023-11-16
Neighbors in Greenfield don't let having Down Syndrome stop them from living successful lives. These two incredible ladies live independently in separate apartments, but love to hang out and keep each other company. They both have jobs in the community and hope that by sharing their story of friendship and determination, it will show people that they are more alike than different.
PBS.ORG: Report finds people with disabilities continue to face outsized barriers to voting
By SD Network, 2023-11-13
A recent survey found that people with disabilities continue to face challenges voting. People with disabilities had a 20 percent likelihood of having difficulties voting in-person, compared to 6 percent for people without a disability. With a mail-in ballot, the likelihood of difficulties voting for people with disabilities was 6 percent, compared with 1 percent of people without disabilities.
As the planet warms scientists say natural disasters are becoming more destructive and more frequent, and the data shows certain communities are hit harder than others. Judy Woodruff reports from Florida on the disproportionate impact on people with disabilities as part of our series, "Disability Reframed."