NSIP- Friendly Reminder Webinar Announcement

[Announcement from he-sl listserv]

Webinar Announcement- Including Seniors and Members with Acquired Disabilities

Date:   Wednesday, February 29th, 2012
Time: 3:00pm – 4:00pm EST (2:00 PM Central, 1:00 PM Mountain, 12:00 PM Pacific)

The National Service Inclusion Project (NSIP) is pleased to announce our next web conference to be held on Wednesday, February 29th at 3:00pm EST on including and supporting seniors and members with acquired disabilities. People can acquire disabilities at any point in their lives. For some seniors and those interested in volunteering and service, providing accommodations to someone with an acquired disability can be a sensitive subject; people are sometimes hesitant to identify as having a disability or they may be resistant to disclose their limitations. This webinar will address how programs can include seniors and members with acquired disabilities and reduce or remove barriers to service.

Specifically, this presentation will:
-Define ‘acquired disability’ and how it relates to the definition of a person with a disability
-Discuss the invisible barriers to volunteering and service people with acquired disabilities experience
-Share ways to reduce or remove barriers to service as well as encourage members and volunteers to reach out for assistance and accommodation

The speaker for this presentation will be Robin Fisher, Foster Grandparents Program Manager for the State of Delaware.


To register for this event, please email roxy.rocker@umb.edu by 12:00 PM EST on Tuesday, February 28th with the following info:

-Name
-Organization
-Email
-Phone
-If you require CART* to participate, please also indicate that in your email.

Please note: We will send out confirmation emails by Tuesday afternoon, February 28th with instructions on how to sign into the web conference.

*CART service provides instantaneous translation of the speech text using real-time software. Teleconference participants receive caption services over the web. This is an accommodation we provide to participants who are Deaf or hard of hearing.

The National Service Inclusion Project (NSIP) is training and technical assistance provider on disability inclusion, under a cooperative agreement (#08TAHMA001) from Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS). NSIP partners with the Association on University Centers on Disability, National Council on Independent Living, Association on Higher Education and Disability and National Down Syndrome Congress to build connections among disability organizations and all CNCS grantees, to increase the participation of people with disabilities in national service.