FCC and AUCD Announcements

FCC Hosts Developing with Accessibility Event

Event Dates: September 6-7, 2012 – Washington, DC

http://www.fcc.gov/events/developing-accessibility

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Accessibility and Innovation Initiative (A&I) will be hosting the "Developing with Accessibility," event at the FCC's headquarters. The event is designed to spur increased collaboration on accessibility solutions among developers from industry, consumer, and government sectors. The event will encourage the use of accessibility application programming interfaces (APIs), as well as publicly available data sets, in order to build accessible apps for mobile phones and websites. The general session of the event will be webcast with open captioning at http://www.fcc.gov/live.

 

 

AUCD Updates

1.       Over 50 Organizations Unite for Historic Presidential Forum on Disability Issues

http://www.aucd.org/template/news.cfm?news_id=8153&parent=16&parent_title=Home&url=/template/index.cfm

AUCD is one of 50 sponsors of the National Forum on Disability Issues, scheduled for September 28^th in Columbus, OH. The forum is set to provide presidential and state candidates with the opportunity to provide their positions on a wide variety of disability issues directly to the disability community.

 

2.       Applications Still Open for 2013 AUCD Disability Leadership Policy Fellow

http://www.aucd.org/template/opportunity.cfm?opportunity_id=741&id=158&parent=158

The purpose of the Fellowship is to provide significant experiences in national level activities related to policy and legislative development, advocacy, program development, technical assistance, and AUCD administration. The Fellowship in Disability Policy Leadership is envisioned as a mutually beneficial arrangement between the Fellow, the home UCEDD/LEND/IDDRC program and the AUCD central office. The Fellow will benefit from the experiences and contacts developed during the Fellowship period. The program will benefit from having "one of its own" participating in national level activities and subsequently informing home UCEDD/LEND/IDDRC staff of their activities and knowledge gained. AUCD will benefit by having increased assistance to carry out its mission as well as additional local and state perspectives from the AUCD network.

 

Federal Updates

3.       White House Monthly Disability Call

Date: August 24, 2012 – 2:00pm ET

Number: (800) 762-7308; code: White House Disability Call

This month's call feature Senior Advisor to President Obama, Valerie Jarrett, and Director of the White House Domestic Policy Council, Cecilia Muñoz. Both will also take questions. To access captioning at the time of the event, click here.

 

4.       CMS Releases Blueprint for State-based Exchanges

http://cciio.cms.gov/resources/files/hie-blueprint-081312.pdf

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has released a resource on the application process for states planning to operate their own Exchange (the Affordable Care Act allows the federal government to facilitate Exchanges for those states which do not establish their own). According to CMS, states should contact their CMS Center for Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight (CCIIO) State Officer for specific questions regarding their Exchange Blueprints. Additionally, CMS encourages all states to contact CCIIO's State Exchange Group for information about technical assistance consultations, available resources, and funding opportunities available to states for Exchange-build activities.

 

5.       FCC Hosts Developing with Accessibility Event

Event Dates: September 6-7, 2012 – Washington, DC

http://www.fcc.gov/events/developing-accessibility

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Accessibility and Innovation Initiative (A&I) will be hosting the "Developing with Accessibility," event at the FCC's headquarters. The event is designed to spur increased collaboration on accessibility solutions among developers from industry, consumer, and government sectors. The event will encourage the use of accessibility application programming interfaces (APIs), as well as publicly available data sets, in order to build accessible apps for mobile phones and websites. The general session of the event will be webcast with open captioning at http://www.fcc.gov/live.

 

Network News

6.       Indiana UCEDD Partners on Demonstration Project on Technology and Supported Living

http://www.aucd.org/template/news.cfm?news_id=8163&parent=16&parent_title=Home&url=/template/index.cfm?

The Indiana Institute on Disability and Community, the Indiana University's School of Informatics and Computing, and the Indiana Family and Social Services Administration have partnered on a project called Hoosier TYZE, which will support 15 Indiana families to create individualized online family and community networks to support adults with disabilities in a virtual "circle of care".

 

Employment

7.       New Employment Opportunities Available on AUCD.org

http://www.aucd.org/index.cfm/employment

·         Coordinator- Health Activities, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center UCEDD – Cincinnati, OH

·         Assistant Lecturer, College of Health Sciences, Wyoming Institute for Disabilities (WIND), University of Wyoming – Laramie, WY

·         Director, Child Development, Waisman Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison – Madison, WI

·         Trainer, Life Span Institute at Parson, University of Kansas – Parsons, KS

·         Assistant Director, Nevada Geriatric Education Center, University of Nevada School of Medicine – Las Vegas, NV

 

Fellowships

8.       Hertz Foundation Fellowship

Application Deadline: November 2, 2012

http://www.hertzfoundation.org/dx/fellowships/application.aspx

Since 1963, the Fannie and John Hertz Foundation has awarded over 1000 doctoral fellowships with the goal of supporting the early stage research endeavors of applied physical, biological, and engineering science students who possess the potential to change our world for the better by solving difficult, real-world problems. The Graduate Fellowship Award is based on merit (not need) and consists of a cost-of-education allowance and a personal-support stipend.

The cost-of-education allowance is accepted by all of the tenable schools in lieu of all fees and tuition.

 

Conferences

9.       The Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Health Disparity & Health Equity Conference

Dates: September 25-26, 2012 – Los Angeles, CA
http://projects.isr.umich.edu/nhpi/registration/

The Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Health Disparity & Health Equity Conference is an opportunity for community leaders, health care professionals, researchers, educators, advocates and policymakers to come together to focus on innovative concepts, methods and research findings on health disparities that impact the Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander community. Attendees will have the chance to discuss the significance and impact of robust health and health care data for evaluating the status of understudied and underserved populations. A summary of key findings from the Pacific Islander Health Study, a representative survey on the health and health care utilization of Pacific Islander adults and adolescents, will also be available.

 

10.   Coleman Institute Conference: The State of the States in Cognitive Disability and Technology

Conference Date: November 2, 2012

http://www.colemaninstitute.org/

The mission of the Coleman Institute is to catalyze and integrate advances in science, engineering and technology to promote the quality of life and independent living of people with cognitive disabilities. On November 2, 2012 the Coleman Institute will host its twelfth annual conference on cognitive disability and technology. The theme, State of the States in Cognitive Disability and Technology: 2012, will cover an annual review of the state of the economy, the state of federal disability policy and law, and the state of technology with projections for the future and explorations of impact on quality of life for people with cognitive disabilities.

 

AUCD Webinars

11.   The Perceptions of Past and Current UCEDD Directors on Transitioning in and out of the Role of UCEDD Director

Date: September 6, 2012 – 4:00-5:00pm ET

http://www.aucd.org/template/event.cfm?event_id=3450&id=379&parent=379

Several UCEDDs across the country have recently experienced transitions of new leadership, as directors retire or pursue new professional opportunities. Transitions in general can by stressful, but transitions of directors, especially individuals who have held the position for a long period, can present particular challenges to a program. This webinar will present findings from a series of interviews of UCEDD Directors who have retired or left their program in the past five years and of Directors who have stepped into those positions in that same period.

 

Webinars

12.   Employment First: Making it a Reality

Date: September 13, 2012 – 2:00-3:00pm ET

https://apse.ilinc.com/perl/ilinc/lms/event.pl?div_view=reg&event_user_id=

Laura Owens, APSE Executive Director, will present this webinar. There has been a lot of talk about "Employment First," but what does it really mean? Employment First is not just a slogan - Across the nation, many states are adopting Employment First policies and practices. This presentation will explain the movement, take a look at what other states are doing, and explore what we can be doing in states to move this grass roots agenda forward.

 

Disability Community Events

To see a list of all upcoming events, please visit the AUCD website at: http://www.aucd.org/template/event_mgt.cfm