Indiana Institute FYI

Week of February 26, 2007

FYI at a Glance

· Building Leadership Series Recruitment for 2007
· Disability Poll Survey on Health Care in Indiana
· Library Corner

Coming Up

xBuilding Leadership Series Recruitment for 2007: xLast fall, 18 adults with cognitive disabilities from across xIndiana participated in a pilot series designed to build xleadership and advocacy skills in persons with xdisabilities. The Series consisted of three two-day xworkshops over a course of three months. Recruitment xhas begun to identify 20 additional individuals to participate in the fall 2007 series. Training dates and topics to be addressed include:

September 26-27, 2007
Choice: What choices am I really making? What are my rights and responsibilities?

October 17-18, 2007
Self-determination/self-advocacy: I hear these words, what do they mean for me?

November 7- 8, 2007
Person-Centered Planning: What does it mean for me and what is a good plan?

All sessions will be held at the Bloomington Convention Center. Selected participants will receive a $60.00/workshop attendance stipend, meals, and overnight lodging. Support staff receive compensation, meals, and lodging.

These workshops are co-trained with staff from the Center on Aging and Community at the Indiana Institute. There is a good mix of interactive activities, video, discussion, role play and lecture. Workbooks accompany each topical area. Past participants have commented on how much they learned and committed to personal action steps upon arriving back home. New friendships developed and personal growth was evident for all participants. Help us spread the word to potential participants and provider agencies for the 2007 Series.

The Building Leadership Series project is a collaborative endeavor between Indiana's Developmental Disabilities Network consisting of the Indiana Institute on Disability and Community at Indiana University, Bloomington, the Governor's Council for People with Disabilities, and Indiana Protection and Advocacy Services. For more information and applications contact Jennie Todd at (812) 855-6508 (e-mail jeptodd@indiana.edu) or visit http://www.iidc.indiana.edu/cac/.

Disability Poll

Disability Poll Survey on Health Care in Indiana: Time is running out for individuals with disabilities, family members, and advocates to lend their voices to this year's Disability Survey on Health Care in Indiana.

The Disability Poll survey questions can be access ed via the Internet at http://www.thepollingplace.org. Click on 2006-2007 Indiana Disability Poll: Health Care in Indiana. The survey is fairly short, and should take you about 5-8 minutes or less to complete. Survey questions are anonymous and you'll have the opportunity to share your ideas about the following:

· Health services people with disabilities are currently receiving;
· Services that are needed but not being received;
· Quality of health care services; and
· Issues related to health insurance.

Participants will also have the opportunity to provide input about needed changes in health care:

· What the priorities should be if Indiana were to create a system of universal
xhealth care, and
· What improvements are needed in the current health care system in Indiana.

The Indiana Disability Poll is being jointly conducted by the Governor's Council for People with Disabilities, the Indiana Institute on Disability and Community, and Indiana Protection and Advocacy Services. Please respond as soon as you can – we would like issue a report this spring.

Again, simply go online to http://www.thepollingplace.org or contact us to receive the survey in an alternative format. Thanks for your help with this. You may also request a print copy or alternative formats by contacting Vicki Pappas at the Indiana Institute at (812) 855-6508 or e-mail cpps@indiana.edu.

Library Corner

New Items: The following new materials may be borrowed by Indiana residents from the Center for Disability Information and Referral (CeDIR) at the Institute. To check out materials, contact the library at 1-800-437-7924, send us e-mail to cedir@indiana.edu, or visit us at 2853 East Tenth Street in Bloomington.

American Hotel & Lodging Association. (2005). Full access: making your property ADA compliant [videorecording]. Orlando, FL: American Hotel & Lodging Association Educational Institute.

Krieger, L.H. (Ed.). (2003). Backlash against the ADA: reinterpreting disability rights. Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press.

Shelley, R. (Ed.). (2005). Montana veterans with disabilities: the Montana Choice Project 2005-2006 [electronic resource]. Missoula, MT: University of Montana Rural Institute.

Ziglar, E., Gilliam, W.S., and Jones, S.M. (2006). A vision for universal preschool education. New York: Cambridge University Press.

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