Live.WORK.Achieve
A Listserv for the Mississippi Partnerships for Employment
for Youth and Young Adults with Developmental Disabilities
Including Intellectual Disabilities Project
May 22, 2014
Welcome to Live.WORK.Achieve, a monthly e-newsletter targeting anyone interested in and supportive of employment for youth and young adults with intellectual/developmental disabilities. Live.WORK.Achieve is offered through the Institute for Disability Studies in collaboration with the Mississippi Council on Developmental Disabilities and Disability Rights Mississippi and includes resources and information on employment and career development.
Special Edition – May 22, 2014
Mississippi disAbility MegaConference
June 12-13, 2014
Marriott - Downtown Jackson
The Mississippi disAbility MegaConference is Mississippi's largest conference for individuals with disabilities, their families, and professionals.
Approximately 50 businesses, service agencies, and disability organizations will share their latest programs, information, and innovations!
Presentation topics include: systems change, self-advocacy, disability policy, assistive technology/Bluetooth, Social Security Disability Work Incentives, community resources, abuse, employment, parent advocacy, traumatic brain injury, epilepsy, Medicaid, housing, EEOC/ADA, special education, inclusive child care, and crisis intervention.
Continuing Education Units are offered in several disciplines.
Thursday morning breakfast from 8 – 8:45 a.m. will include three roundtable discussions for mothers, fathers, and siblings of individuals with disabilities.
Special lunch presentation by Nicole Marquez! She will talk about her journey after falling several floors at her New York apartment building and the resulting spinal cord and other injuries.
A gala on Thursday night will feature Salsa MS Dance Studio and Silver Sneakers . . . with DJ Ice-Dog . . . hors d’oeuvres, and more!
The final keynote will be presented by Andy Imparato, Executive Director of the Association of University Centers on Disabilities. He will speak from a national perspective on disability policy.
Stipends, if needed, for individuals with disabilities are provided by the MS Council on Developmental Disabilities. The form is available on the conference website.
For registration, hotel, agenda, and all other information, visit http://msmegaconference.org/
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Live.WORK.Achieve is sponsored by the Mississippi Partnerships for Employment (MSPE) for Youth and Young Adults with Developmental Disabilities, Including Intellectual Disabilities project. MSPE is funded by the Administration on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and is managed by the Mississippi Council on Developmental Disabilities (MS CDD), Disability Rights Mississippi (DRMS) and The University of Southern Mississippi Institute for Disability Studies (IDS).
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