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Carol Blessing retweeted
ABCD is not about saving your institution money, it’s about saving people from a life of institutionalization.
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Happening again (now but too late for that!) in the Fall 2020. Registration? Open! Do it before it is too late!
Don't miss this this Dream Team!
Join the conversation, with @CCLDs & amazing guest speakers such as JohnO'Brien, Beth Mount, Beth Gallagher, Niki Stevenson & Chris Liuzzo! The Citizen-Centered Leadership Community of Practice will begin 9/3! Register at: ytionline.org/
Carol Blessing retweeted
Inclusion comes when ppl who’ve been defined out of communities secure the power to redefine communities.
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Is medically assisted dying a choice if persons with disabilities aren’t given the necessary supports to live? thestar.com/opinion/contribu… via @torontostar
Carol Blessing retweeted
First audience question comes from @AndyAUCD: Could a council of university presidents dedicated to disability employment/inclusion in higher education help grow opportunities for people with disabilities?
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Our Partner in Action this week is 2017 Grad, Gitty Blau!
Her favorite accomplishment is that she has learned to speak up for herself and says that @NYSPartners has helped give her the skills to advocate for herself.
(Image: Workbook Gitty has developed using braille & print.)
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Our featured Partner In Action is 2015 Grad, Coleen Mackin!
As President of SANYS and @NYSPartners Coleen wants people to learn your issues, get involved and speak up! f you would like to join @NYSPartners, go to: nyspip.org/
Carol Blessing retweeted
ATTENTION ROCHESTER AREA! Caitlin Petrakis-Childs will present Community Organizing for Inclusion at @starbridgeinc on Aug. 18th.
For more information, or to register for this workshop or others in the series, visit: nyspip.org/speaker-series #NYSPIP
Carol Blessing retweeted
#NowIsTheTime for the United States to ratify the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and join with other countries to fight discrimination, paternalism, and oppression of people w/ disabilities around the world #DisabilitySummit @BobCorker @realDonaldTrump – at Baltimore, MD
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A Huge Thank You to Kristin Booth Glen, Matthew Smith and all the attendees at our NYS Partners in Policymaking event this weekend at Hunter College and @SDM_NY – at Ithaca, NY
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We have everything we need to move forward into the future...we need courage and collective confidence to create change together! #SIFest18
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Kristin Booth Glen will present on Supported Decision-Making as an alternative to guardianship that allows people with intellectual and developmental disabilities to retain their legal rights, making their own decisions with support. To register: nyspip.org/speaker-series
#NYC
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Cornell launches new disability awareness campaign | Cornell Chronicle news.cornell.edu/stories/201… via @AddThis
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Alabamians, tomorrow is a big day. If you believe all people are equal, whether they’re gay, straight, black, white, male or female, I hope you’ll get out tomorrow and vote for Doug Jones. #AlabamaSenateRace
Carol Blessing retweeted
Just got off a call to thank folks who are working hard to help more Americans across the country sign up for health coverage. But it's up to all of us to help spread the word: Sign up through this Friday at HealthCare.gov. teapawt.net/getuscovered/status/94…
FRIDAY DEADLINE: This week is your last chance to sign up for affordable 2018 health coverage. Go to HealthCare.gov and #GetCovered today!
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"Supported decision-making, another tool in the self-determination tookbox." - Matthew Smith, Esq.
#FreeWebinar tomorrow (11/15) from Noon-1:30pm ET! Email [email protected] to request a link! #NYSPartners – at New York, NY
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".... goosebumps never lie."
Thank you @aletmanski for another great post. teapawt.net/aletmanski/status/9237…
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Thank you to all who came to the Technology Changes Everything Forum!
@cornellilr @cornell_tech @CornellCIS @CornellResearch #Tech4Inclusion – at New York, NY
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Thank you SO Much to @AndyAUCD for an inspiring day with Partners! #Partners2017
