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Can people with ID go to college? Yes they can! Join us for Think College Awareness Week April 24-28 to learn more. We’ll kick it off with the NEW “Think Higher. Think College.” campaign video & website. Register today! #THTC #ThinkHigher #ThinkCollege bit.ly/TCAwarenessWee…

Join the @mydisroadmap team for the next “Our Disability Roadmap” free webinar on 3/29 at 2PM ET with @rrw1957! ASL interpretation and captioning provided. Register: bit.ly/3HbukDH

Our CSN Newsletter just dropped! Did you read? myemail.constantcontact.com/CSN-Newsletter…

.@SenSchumer Home & Community Based Services are key to ensuring ppl with disabilities are included in the community. #COVID19 exacerbated the direct care workforce crisis in NYS. Please ensure that ALL $400B proposed by Biden stay in the reconciliation package. #CareNotCuts

Despite care work being essential to our families, communities, and economy, care jobs are low-paying jobs with no benefits or job security. Join us in demanding good, union, living-wage jobs for all care workers. #CareCantWait #CareIsEssential

.@SenSchumer Home & Community Based Services are key to ensuring ppl with disabilities are included in the community. #COVID19 exacerbated the direct care workforce crisis in NYS. Please ensure that ALL $400B proposed by Biden stay in the reconciliation package. #CareNotCuts

.@SenSchumer Home & Community Based Services are key to ensuring ppl with disabilities are included in the community. #COVID19 exacerbated a crisis in recruiting/retaining direct care workers. Ensure all $400B proposed by @POTUS stay in the reconciliation package.

@SenSchumer indiv w/IDD & their DSPs need you! DSPs need to make a living wage. A majority of them are women & ppl of color. It's a social justice issue. #Equity! Ensure all $400B proposed by Biden stay in the reconciliation package. TY, ML! @NYDisabilityAdv @TheRealANCOR

Expanding home and community-based services is about ensuring seniors and people with disabilities can live where they want in safety and dignity. That’s why the Senate must ensure there’s $400 billion to expand HCBS in the reconciliation package, just as @POTUS called for.

Senator Schumer needs to hear from you. Tell him HCBS is key to ensuring ppl with disabilities are included in the community. #COVID19 exacerbated a crisis in recruiting/retaining direct care workers. Ensure all $400B proposed by Biden stay in the reconciliation package.

“We were grateful people with developmental disabilities and group home staff were included in 1A, but now they’ve been elbowed aside.” timesunion.com/news/article/D…

"Remember, disability can touch anyone at any time or a family member. Be a part of the solution and create a workplace atmosphere that champions these important ideals and increases access and opportunities for all." bit.ly/3iDCSoN

Join us at our "Live, Learn, Work & Play' virtual workshop to learn how these four areas of life fit into the planning process for transition services in school and preparing for adult life on Monday at 6:30PM! Register now! parentnetworkwny.org/event/live-lea…

Q: Do COVID-19 vaccines contain animal-based ingredients? A: No. The manufacturing process of the Moderna and Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccines are cell-free and both vaccines contain no human or animal products and utilize no ingredients of human or animal origin.

Just announced: KEYNOTE SPEAKER Jane St Jean will present her innovative “Charting the Life Course” at our January Transition Institute! Register today: wihd.org/events-2/csntr…

Researchers at the New York State Institute for Basic Research in Developmental Disabilities (IBR), OPWDD's research arm, have been awarded a $2.7 million grant from the National Institute of Health’s (NIH) National Institute on Aging. ow.ly/Ao4g50CCRZu

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Join NYSED & @NYSLibrary for our Digital Equity Webinar Series. The webinars, which continue throughout the fall, are intended for educators, librarians, & other stakeholders interested in digital equity. Learn more & register here: nysl.nysed.gov/digitalequity @NNY_LN @mnylc

We are the Community Support Network at WIHD. Let Us Help You! Inside this months newsletter: Progress Monitoring, Multiple Transition workshops and Parent Member Training! #HappyFall🍁 myemail.constantcontact.com/CSN-Newsletter…

Join us tonight at 7PM at our Down Syndrome Parent Group! The virtual group is a welcoming environment for parents, family members and other caregivers of individuals with down syndrome to meet, share experiences, ask questions and receive support. parentnetworkwny.org/event/down-syn…