June 1, 2011
June 1, 2011
Inside this issue:
1) Available Family Care Navigator - State-by-State Help for Family Caregivers
2) Family Advocacy and Support Training Project
3) New to Disability Resource
4) Submit Your Work to the 2011 NYLN Disability Culture Zine - Deadline June 8
1) Available Family Care Navigator - State-by-State Help for Family Caregivers
If you are providing care to an aging family member or friend who may have a disability, the Family Care Navigator Web site can help you find government, nonprofit and private programs in your state that can assist you. Simply select your state on the map or scroll through the list of states located at the bottom of the page. This Web site also includes information on government health and disability programs, legal resources, disease-specific organizations and more. For more information, visit http://www.caregiver.org/caregiver/jsp/fcn_content_node.jsp?nodeid=2093
2) Family Advocacy and Support Training Project
PACER’s National FAST (Family Advocacy and Support Training) Project provides family support leadership training to families of children with disabilities in 50 states and territories. Materials in English and Spanish: Getting and Keeping the First Job, The Journey to Adulthood, Skills for Effective Parent Advocacy, Using the Power of a Personal Story. For more information, visit http://www.fastfamilysupport.org/fasttraining/index.asp
3) New to Disability Resource
The National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities (NICHCY) New to Disability page has information and resources for families and educators just entering the world of disability. For more information, visit
http://nichcy.org/families-community/new-to-disability
4) Submit Your Work to the 2011 National Youth Leadership Network (NYLN) Disability Culture Zine - Deadline June 8
Are you a writer or an artist? Do you want to express your feelings about disability culture, pride, identity, ableism, and more? Do you want to have your work seen by hundreds of people? If you answered yes to these questions, consider making a submission to the FIRST EVER NYLN Zine Publication! The NYLN disability culture zine is a 100% youth-made printable online publication. Any length piece of writing (poems! interviews! essays! blog posts!) or type of printable artwork (paintings! illustrations! digital art!) by anyone with a disability between the ages of 14 - 28 years old is welcome. Writing must be at 8th grade level or as close to it as possible. To find out more about how to make your writing accessible or to submit work, get ideas, or have questions answered, contact the NYLN Zine co-chairs: Sara Moussavian (Written Work), saramoussavian2011@gmail.com or Emily Holmes (Media/Art Work) Cinderella_em1@juno.com. Submissions are due by June 8.