The Rochester Institute of Technology is offering a research program in Multimessenger Astrophysics, a newly developing discipline of astrophysics that combines gravitational wave astronomy and data analysis, scientific computing, and observational astronomy. Building upon its links to the National Technical Institute for the Deaf, including one faculty mentor who resides there, RIT aims to include at least two deaf and hard-of-hearing students among each year’s cohort of ten students. The program will last 10 weeks, from May 26 to August 1, and students will be provided with a $6000 stipend.
The Louisiana Statewide Transition
Plan (STP) for Medicaid home and
community-based services (HCBS) is out for public comment until March
16th.
The Louisiana Department of Health
submitted this transition plan to Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
{CMS) to explain how the state will bring its HCBS waivers into compliance with
their new regulations that define the settings in which it is permissible
for states to pay for Medicaid HCBS. The purpose of these regulations is to
ensure that individuals receive Medicaid HCBS in settings that are integrated
into and support full access to the greater community. The Office of Aging and
Adult Services (OAAS) has developed this transition plan for the purpose of
ensuring that HCBS settings within the Adult Day Health Care (ADHC) and
Community Choices Waivers (CCW) meet the requirements of the rule and to allow
the public an opportunity to provide input on the transition.
For more information, see the Louisiana Department of Health article on the Statewide Transition Plan.
Please see attached for information on Louisiana’s NFB BELL Academy—geared for students ages 4-12. Wishing each of you a great afternoon!
Does your student have an IEP or receive 504 accommodations?
Has your student made plans for life after high school?
Do you know what citywide supports exist?
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The National Cued Speech Association is offering upcoming classes in the New Orleans area. Additional classes and information available at cuedspeech.org
One of the stops on the Governor’s statewide tour will be at Clara’s Little Lambs at Federal City, a Community Childcare Partner with the Human Development Center. The Governor’s statewide tour will bring local business leaders, early education advocates, and families together to make their voices heard about the importance of early childhood education.
The Louisiana Department of Education is conducting a survey to
better understand the types of assistance families of students with
disabilities need to support the educational experience of their
child/children. Share your input by 2/14/20.
If you are a parent of a school age child attending public school
in the state of Louisiana, please take 5 minutes to complete the
following survey.
Please be sure to hit the submit button at the end.Also, please share with other families as appropriate.
HDC joins the Association of University Centers on Disabilities (AUCD) in celebrating the 30th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). This landmark civil rights legislation impacts the lives of millions of Americans with disabilities and protects against discrimination and ensures and improves access to opportunities afforded to all.
“The
ADA cemented in federal law the civil rights of Americans living with
disabilities. These expectations have served as a new foundation of inclusion
for more than a generation. We hope you’ll join us in sharing your stories and
celebrating three decades of its success during 2020.” said John Tschida,
Acting Executive Director of AUCD.
For more information on ADA, see the official press release from AUCD.
Aimi Hamraie, PhD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Health, and Society, and American Studies, Vanderbilt University
Most research and writing about accessibility seeks to convince the unconvinced of the value of inclusion. The field of Critical Access Studies goes deeper, however, to question the “how” and “why” of accessibility. In this talk, Aimi Hamraie, PhD, will situate Critical Access Studies within the broader history of accessibility, showing how inclusive design focused on disability as an issue separate from race, gender, and class, and how frameworks such as intersectionality and disability justice have come to better inform what counts as disability.
For more information about this event, please e-mail kcleary@tulane.edu.
This event is fragrance-free. Please do not wear perfumes or essential oils so that chemically injured members of our community can attend.