Disability Information and Meetings

[Guest guest]

December 31, 2007

Dear Advocates:

Below is a very informative meeting that will be taking place in January. . Mark your calendars so you can attend. Hope to see you there.

Atlanta Alliance on Developmental Disabilities and Governor’s Council on Developmental Disabilities: Town Hall Meeting in Roswell @ The Roswell Adult Recreation Center on Tuesday, Jan 8th from 7 - 9pm! This is one of several that have been conducted around the state of Georgia. Attendances at these meetings have been between 200-250

people!

The topic is “Conversations that Matter – Town Hall Meetings on School-to-Work Transition Planning for Young Adults with a Disability”. Dr Steve Hall, Director, Office of Developmental Disabilities; O’Hara, Director, Division for Special Education Services w/ GA Dept of Education; and Peggy Rosser, Assistant Commissioner, Dept of Labor will be presenting for this Town Hall! This is not a meeting to miss and urge you to attend!

We have invited our local legislators. With the new legislative session coming up, here is your opportunity to make an impact on our legislators that the needs of those with disabilities can not be ignored!

For more information, go to www.unlockthewaitinglists.com/ConversationsthatMatter.html

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In addition:

Below is a link on a recent story from the Dallas Morning News RE: the state of affairs for individuals with disabilities being able to access community based services in Texas. Interesting.....Georgia does NOT want to get to this point! I appreciate the reporter having writing such an informative article but she needs to understand people first language for individuals with disabilities too.

(http://www.disabilityisnatural.com/peoplefirstlanguage.htm).

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/121707dnmetwaitinglist.2bea4d5.html

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In addition, please see the below link of a picture that was in the AJC newspaper of our dear friend, Preuss and visit from the Clemson football players! For those that do not know , she is an amazing young lady that recently celebrated her 17th birthday at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta after spending over 2.5 months there due to complex medical issues. She is now home!

http://www.ajc.com/search/content/sports/stories/2007/12/29/83012591_butterfly_cfa_2-1.html

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In addition, I wanted you all to know starting the first of year.....My advocacy distribution list is going to be switched over to Constant Contact in order to help me manage the volume of email addresses currently receiving my emails. I hope this will be a more efficient way to maximize my time and effectiveness in getting the information out to you sooner.

Happy New Year!

Sincerely,

Heidi

--Heidi J. (Proud Mother to - 7 years old with Down syndrome & - 6 years old) For more information about how Heidi can help you maximize your child's potential, please go to www.heidijmoore.com "Help The Children Now, So They Can Help Themselves Later!" The material contained in this e-mail is for general information only. It is not intended in any way to provide or offer legal advice. To obtain legal advice, please consult with your attorney or a qualified legal representative. For previous advocacy email's, please go to the following website: http://www.lgtinc.org/authors/41/Heidi-J.-. To see how you can advocate for your child go to www.kidshealthcarega.org.