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May is National Foster Care Month - You Can Change a Lifetime!
Youth with disabilities face a mountain of challenges and the potential for vulnerability sharply increases when those students are also in foster care. As we work to build stronger foundational understanding of transition for students from high school to life, it is imperative for us to look for ways to assist our students with disabilities in foster care as they transition. NCSET (National Center on Secondary Education and Transition) has prepared an information brief on successful transitions to higher education for youth with disabilities in foster care. Fifteen themes regarding college and life success were developed through the input of eight students who have graduated from four year universities who were all in the foster care system.
http://www.ncset.org/publications/info/NCSETInfoBrief_7.1.pdf
Further information on youth with disabilities in foster care can be found in the following links
http://www.financeproject.org/special/practice/fcwg.cfm
PEATC has been a long time proponent of quality education and information on the needs of children and families facing foster care. We continue to strive to meet the transition needs of our students, families and educators. Information on PEATC’s Foster Care Initiatives can be found at http://www.peatc.org/base.cgim?menu_sub_nav=foster_care&template=foster_care.home
Posted by Teri Blankenship on June 4, 2008
How these college students deal with disabilities
By DIANE D'AMCIO, Education Writer
Published: Sunday, April 27, 2008
Shakur Burton always liked to cook. Then he discovered it could be a career. “I realized I could make money, make a living for myself in hard times,” said Burton who has Asperger’s Syndrome, a form of autism.
He attended a vocational school, and during a tour decided to attend the Culinary Institute at Atlantic Cape Community College. But when he enrolled he did not say he had a disability. He struggled to do both the academic work and culinary training, and made some inappropriate comments to professors.
PressofAtlanticCity.com - Read the article
Posted by Teri Blankenship on April 29, 2008
Ohio's Medicaid buy-in program allows disabled to work with benefits
A new state program will help Charissa Warner and a lot of others go back to or get full-time work.
April 1 was the first day to apply for Ohio's Medicaid buy-in program for workers with disabilities, which allows eligible disabled workers to continue receiving Medicaid benefits by paying an income-based premium.
The two biggest barriers that stop disabled people from working is lack of accessible transportation and the fear of losing benefits — especially medical benefits, said John Conelly, executive director of the Ohio Rehabilitation Services Commission.
Read the CantonRep.com article
Posted by Teri Blankenship on April 24, 2008
US Business Leadership Network's Katherine McCary of SunTrust Banks Appointed by President Bush to Serve on National Council on Disability
WASHINGTON, DC (March 26, 2008) – The US Business Leadership Network (USBLN®) today announced that Katherine McCary of SunTrust Banks, Inc. will be appointed by President George W. Bush to serve on the National Council on Disability (NCD). McCary has served as the USBLN Board Chair since 2004.
McCary, who has been employed for 18 years at SunTrust, reports to the Chairman & CEO of SunTrust Banks, Mid-Atlantic. She is responsible for SunTrust’s corporate disability leadership and manages their internal disability resource center. She also serves as President of the Virginia BLN.
Posted by Teri Blankenship on April 3, 2008
Being Part of History in the AT Field
By John M. Williams
Recently, during the 23rd annual California State University at Northridge Assistive Technology and Persons with Disabilities Conference, I received the Dr. Fred Strache Award for nearly three decades of writing about the benefits of Assistive Technology to people with disabilities. As I stood before the audience and accepted the award, I was proud of being part of history in the assistive technology field. One of my proudest associations in making history has been my t association with the MS (multiple sclerosis) Collaborative. Oddly enough, I received the award during the National Multiple Sclerosis Awareness, March 9-15.
Posted by Teri Blankenship on April 1, 2008
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