Indiana Institute FYI

Week of February 18, 2008

FYI Spotlight

· IU’s Disability Roundtable
· Autism Risk and Safety Management Workshops
· Library Corner

Upcoming

IU’s Disability Roundtable: On Wednesday, February 20, IUB’s Disability Roundtable will  host this semester’s first Accessible University Series titled Inclusion on Campus: The Top 10 Accommodation Needs for Students with Disabilities, from 12:00  to 1:00 p.m., in the Indiana Memorial Union’s Georgian Room.

This session, presented by Martha Jacques Engstrom, Director, Disability Services for Students, will highlight the ten most frequently requested accommodations made by students with disabilities… from physical access to note-takers to classrooms to test-taking. Whether you teach a class or coordinate special events on campus, this session is sure to provide you with more insights to planning inclusively for students with disabilities.

If you would like to attend and require a sign language interpreter, real time captioning, assistive listening system, other auxiliary aid or information in alternate format, or if you want further information, please contact Alice Voigt (ajvoight@Indiana.edu) at the National Center on Accessibility at (812) 856-4422 (voice) or (812) 856-4421 (TTY).

The Accessible University series is a collaborative activity of IUB’s Disability Roundtable, coordinated by Vicki Pappas, Director, Center for Planning and Policy Studies, Indiana Institute on Disability and Community (cpps@indiana.edu) and Alice Voigt of the National Center on Accessibility (ajvoight@Indiana.edu).

Autism Risk and Safety Management Workshops:  The Institute’s Indiana Resource Center for Autism, with support from the Autism Advocates of Indiana, Inc. and the Autism Society of America, are sponsoring two one-day workshops with a focus on information and strategies for law enforcement and school corporation police officers regarding autism risk and safety management. An evening session will be held designed to address questions posed by family members of individuals with autism spectrum disorders.

Dennis Debbaudt, a father of a young man with autism and professional investigator and law enforcement trainer will be the featured speaker. Debbaudt has authored or co-authored over 25 articles and books and was featured in a New York Times report on autism and law enforcement and is a member of the International Law Enforcement Educators and Trainers Association.

Training dates and locations include:

April 9, 2008
Day Session: 1:00-4:30 p.m.
Evening Session: 6:30-9:00 p.m. 
Chapel Hill 7th and 8th Grade Center
Indianapolis, IN

April 10, 2008
Day Session: 1:00-4:30 p.m.
Evening Session: 6:30-9:00 p.m. 
LaPorte High School
LaPorte, IN

There are no registration fees associated with these workshops. To reserve a slot, contact Brian Ketzner (bketzner@indiana.edu) at (812) 855-6508 or 1-800-825-4733.

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 e-mail to cedir@indiana.edu, or visit us at 2853 East Tenth Street in Bloomington.

Harrington, C.B. (2008). 101 accessible vacations: Travel ideas for wheelers and slow walkers. New York, NY: Demos Health.

Honos-Webb, L. (2007). The gift of ADHD activity book: 101 ways to turn your child’s problems into strengths. Oakland, CA: New Harbinger Publications.

Kaufman, M., Silverberg, C., & Odette, F. (2007). The ultimate guide to sex and disability: For all of us who live with disabilities, chronic pain, & illness. San Francisco, CA: CleisPress.

McConnell, K., & Ryser, G.R. (2005). Practical ideas that really work for students with Asperger syndrome. Austin, TX: PRO-ED.

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