What's New

Featuring the latest newsletters, articles and other information on independent living, disability and managed care, personal attendant services and the Americans with Disabilities Act.

New on the ILRU Web site:

Five New Postings in Job Announcements - posted May 2009
One New Posting in Training - posted June 2009

Upcoming Web Casts:

Wednesday, July 8, 2009
SILC-NET Presentation: Strengthening Partnerships: Fostering Statewide Collaboration--An Introduction for Statewide Independent Living Councils: Part 2: Strengthening Partnerships Between SILCs and DSUs presented by Mike Bachhuber, Executive Director, IL Council of Wisconsin, and Charlene Dwyer, Administrator of the Wisconsin Division of Vocational Rehabilitation

Archived Web Casts:

Knowledge Translation for Technology Transfer: Ensuring Beneficial Impacts from Research & Development presented by Joseph P. Lane, MBPA, Director of the Center for Assistive Technology & Center on Knowledge Translation for Technology Transfer (KT4TT), The University at Buffalo (SUNY) on June 29, 2009

Housing for Nursing Home Transition: A Rountable Discussion presented by Steve Gold on June 23, 2009

Performance and Conduct Issues in the Workplace for Persons with Disabilities presented by Sharon Rennert, U.S. Equal Opportunity Commission on June 10, 2009

Compulsive Hoarding, Housing Stabilization and Fair Housing presented by Jesse Edsel-Vetter on May 20, 2009

Substantial Equivalency Between Federal and State/Local Accessible Housing Codes presented by Barbara Chandler, Metropolitan Boston Housing Partnership on May 6, 2009

IL Skills Training for Nursing Home Transition presented by Bruce Darling, Rochester Center for Disability Rights and Jane Schiele, Disability Center for Independent Living, Denver, Colorado on May 5, 2009

Emergency Recovery: Part II Assisting Individuals after a Disaster presented by Richard Petty and Patricia Stagg, ILRU; Jeff Sheen, Utah State University's Center for People with Disabilities and Jennifer Hulik, FEMA on April 30, 2009

Emergency Recovery Part I: Assisting Individuals after a Disaster presented by Richard Petty, ILRU; Jeff Sheen, Utah State University’s Center for People with Disabilities and Henry Nielsen, FEMA on April 23, 2009

Orientation to Web Resources for New CILs presented by Richard Petty, ILRU; Tim Fuchs, NCIL and APRIL; Alexandra Enders, RTC: Rural Institute of Montana; Brenda Vitale, HCBS; and Wendy Wilkinson, DBTAC on April 16, 2009

Education presented by Jeff Moyer, Public Speaker and Human Rights Advocate; Micah Fialka-Feldman, Disability Rights Advocate; and Eleanor Canter and Alicia Payne with NYLN on April 14, 2009

Women with Disabilities as a Health Disparities Population presented by Margaret A. Nosek, PhD, Executive Director, Center for Research on Women with Disabilities (CROWD) on April 8, 2009

Air Carrier Access Act Update and Impending Changes presented by Bill Burnell, Manager, Customer First and Regulatory Programs, Continental Airlines Airport Services Policies and Procedures on April 1, 2009

Employment Law Provisions of the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 (GINA) presented by Mark Rothstein, University of Louisville School of Medicine on March 18, 2009

Knowledge Translation Initiative for DBTACs presented by John D. Westbrook, PhD, and Michelle Gagnon, MBA on March 5, 2009

Strengthening Partnerships: Fostering Statewide Collaboration--An Introduction for Statewide Independent Living Councils: Part 1: Strengthening Partnerships Between SILCs and CILs presented by Bob Michaels and Brad Williams on February 18, 2009

Vocational Rehabilitation Service Models for Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders presented by John D. Westbrook, PhD, Bill Palmer, Frank H. Martin, MS, Chad Nye, PhD, and Karen Wesley, MEd on January 28, 2009

Managing Americans with Disabilities Act Accessibility Compliance in a Large City: What Others can Learn from San Antonio presented by Judy Babbitt on January 14, 2009

Please Visit our Archives for Additional Presentations

The complete ILRU Web site was developed with support from grants from the Department of Education. However, its contents and the opinions expressed do not necessarily represent the policy of the Department of Education, and no endorsement by the Department should be assumed. ILRU is a program of TIRR (The Institute for Rehabilitation and Research), a nationally recognized medical rehabilitation facility for persons with disabilities.

Last Modified: July 1, 2009