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CANDIDATES FORUM
A Candidates Forum hosted by 12 disability organizations will be
held on Friday, October 10, 2008 from 12:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. at
the Endependence Center.
The 1st
part of the forum from 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. will have
candidates
for the Virginia Beach City Council and School Board
elections.
The 2nd
part of the forum from 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m., the
Presidential and Congressional (House and Senate) candidates
and their
parties have been invited.
The
candidate forum is hosted by: The Endependence Center,
Autism
Society of America, Brain Injury Association of Virginia,
Chesapeake
Mayor's Committee for Persons with Disabilities,
Down
Syndrome Association of Hampton Roads, Hope House
Foundation,
National Multiple Sclerosis Society, Norfolk Mayor's
Commission
for Persons with Disabilities, Protecting Individuals
with
Disabilities Education Rights, South Hampton Roads Disability
Services
Board, Senior Services of Southeastern Virginia and the
Virginia
Beach Mayor's Committee for Persons with Disabilities.
A second
forum will be held for constituents in Suffolk to hear
from
candidates for the Suffolk City Council and School Board
elections. This forum will take place on Monday, October
20,
2008 from
1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the Hobbs Campus Facility,
Room 124,
at 271 Kenyon Road in Suffolk.
For more information
about the Candidates Forum, contact
Vantoria Clay at
461-8007 or
vclay@endependence.org or
click here for more information.
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Project WISE
Outreach: Social Security Benefits
Are you (or someone you know)
receiving Social Security disability
benefits and interested in exploring
your work options? If you or someone
you know is on Social Security and
wants to work but isn't sure how to get
started, the WISE (Work Incentive
Seminar Event) is the place to be!
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Date: September 30, 2008
Time: 10:00 am to 1:00 pm
Location: Endependence
Center
For more information,
Contact: Frances Durham at
fdurham@endependence.org
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I L Support
Group
This support group is for anyone with
a disability. Would you like to talk
about adjusting to a disability, or
dealing with the stereotypes and
attitudes of people in the community?
Do you have stories to share about
how to deal with the day-to-day issues
of living independently with a disability?
Held the 1st Wednesday of
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Dates: October 1, 2008
November 5, 2008
December 3, 2008
Time: 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm
Location: Endependence
Center
For more information,
Contact: Linda Johnson at
ljohnson@endependence.org
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"Opening Doors To Opportunities With
The Disability Community"
What is
Independent Living?
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What is Independent Living? Essentially, it is living just like
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everyone else having opportunities
to make decisions that
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affect one’s life, able to pursue
activities of one’s own
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choosing—limited only in the same
ways that one’s non-
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disabled neighbors are
limited.
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Independent Living should not be defined in terms of living on
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one’s own, being employed in a job fitting one’s capabilities
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and interests, or having an active social life. These are
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aspects of living independently. Independent Living has to do
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with self-determination. It is having the right
and
the
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opportunity to pursue a course of action. And, it is having the
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freedom to fail—and to learn from one’s failures, just as non-
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disabled people do.
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Items Of Interest
ECI Consumer
Satisfaction
Survey
The 2008 ECI
Consumer Advisory
Committee (CAC)
Consumer Satisfaction
Survey is now
available, for more
information,
Virginia Easy
Access
Virginia's
"No Wrong Door"
initiative
launches
"Virginia
Easy
Access".
For more
information,
Additional
Accessible
Transportation
Option
Contact David
Hesson at
Senior
Services of Southeastern
Virginia for
more
information
at
461-9481 or
- Money Follows the
Person (MFP)
Virginia launches
website describing
community living
choice project for
seniors and
individuals with
disabilities.
PIER Meetings
PIER (Protecting
Individuals with
disabilities
Educational
Rights) provides
information on
special education
rights, regulations,
evaluations and more.
FREE Online Course
on the
American
with Disabilities Act
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