COUNCIL ON LEADERSHIP IN ADVOCACY (COLA)
11/04/2021
The COVID-19 Vax: Keeping it 100
A conversation with health professionals to address the misinformation and concerns associated with the COVID-19 vaccine. Our panelist will discuss COVID-19 variant combinations, COVID-19 vaccines for children, and COVID-19 vaccine boosters.
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11/30/2021
AIR-P Presents: Utilizing a Cross-system Framework to Guide Research on Autism and Criminal Justice Intersections: Implications for Physical Health Outcomes
Research demonstrates that autistic individuals interact with the criminal justice system at high rates. These interactions consequently are risk factors to physical, behavioral, and mental health, as well as the overall wellbeing of autistic individuals. The Global Autism and Criminal Justice Consortium was developed to address this issue and respond to calls from the autism community to prioritize criminal justice concerns.
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12/14/2021
AIR-P Presents: What's Medicaid Got to Do with It? National Research and State Innovation to Improve Health Outcomes
Join us for updates on how the latest national research indicates autistic individuals are gaining, maintaining, and using Medicaid that point toward areas for policy and program change. Experiences from Pennsylvania, a state with two of the first and only Medicaid programs to serve autistic adults, will describe how practice is unfolding on the ground and where research is needed to improve health outcomes.
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01/18/2022
AIR-P Presents: Bolstering Autistic College Students' Mental Health and Wellness
Drawing on findings from his dissertation research, Nachman discusses how autistic college students make sense of and reconcile challenges related to their mental health and wellness. He describes the influence of an autism-specific college support program in enabling students to think through emergent issues and determine solutions that support their well-being. Nachman will relay study insights and practical recommendations for colleges to implement.
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01/18/2022
Preventing the Mismeasure of Young Children
This webinar will help to prepare interdisciplinary professionals to become important team members and crucial partners to parents and teachers in the early childhood intervention field (e.g., teachers, speech/language pathologists; occupational therapists, physical therapists; early behavior specialists; and social workers).
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01/26/2022
The Social Media Life Cycle: The Why, What, and How of a Post
This webinar will discuss how to intentionally use social media to boost outreach to policy members, stakeholders, advocates, and people with disabilities, how to encourage engagement with social media posts, ensuring that accessible post design is top of mind,
and how to track and use social media analytics to make communication decisions to your social media platforms.
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02/01/2022
2022 Virtual African American Conference on Disabilities
fromhttps://www.azdisabilitylaw.org/african-american-conference-on-disabilities/The African American Conference on Disabilities is the premiere comprehensive disability conference in the United States that addresses the intersection between race and disabilities. The conference examines avenues for self-advocacy to ensure the effective provision of services, resources, and enforcement of civil rights in the African American and disability communities.
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02/02/2022
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder Research Round-up
The fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD) SIG invites you to join them for a review of current research that you might use in your work building or expanding your program of services and supports for individuals with FASD. Dr. Christie L. M. Petrenko, Ph.D. (Research Associate at the University of Rochester) and Dr. Edward Riley, Ph.D. (Professor Emeritus in the Department of Psychology, College of Sciences, San Diego State University) will join the FASD SIG to discuss current research focused on the effects of prenatal alcohol exposure.
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02/08/2022
Mailman Center Hosts: Innovation and Connection Conference 2022
frombit.ly/ICC-2022The conference will bring together experts in early childhood development to discuss challenges and opportunities for the care and wellness of young children as they grow up in a pandemic. Speakers will discuss the physical and emotional impacts of COVID-19 on children 0-5 and their families and highlight ways in which early childhood personnel and allied health professionals can better support young children's well-being and development through practice and policy.
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02/15/2022
AIR-P Presents: How can we use an understanding of the neurodiversity movement to develop socially valid supports for autistic people?
After introducing common aims and controversies surrounding the neurodiversity movement, this presentation will empirically examine how support for the neurodiversity movement intersects with perspectives about socially valid "intervention" goal among autistic and non-autistic stakeholders.
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02/28/2022
37th Annual Pacific Rim International Conference on Disability & Diversity
fromhttp://www.pacrim.hawaii.edu/Join us in this unique moment to move forward together. Come reconnect and renew. Celebrate achievements, share lived experiences and lessons learned. As we explore innovative strategies for advocacy and activism, you are invited to weave in your voice. Together, we'll magnify our collective power for meaningful action. Let's mobilize!
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03/10/2022
2022 Annual Disability Statistics Collection Webinar
fromhttps://disabilitycompendium.org/event?mc_cid=7998acda4e&mc_eid=35d95f5b31Join us for the virtual release of the Annual Disability Statistics Collection on Thursday, March 10, 2022 with a repeated live broadcast on Friday, March 11, 2022. Registrants are welcome to attend either date. During the live broadcasts, experts from StatsRRTC will provide, describe, and discuss the latest disability statistics from their annual collection of disability statistic tools including, The Annual Disability Statistics Compendium, Annual Disability Statistics Supplement, State Reports for County-level Data, New and Updated Infographics.
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03/15/2022
Assessing Family Needs by Going Through Their Day... and Their Worries and Desires for Change
Family assessment is required in IDEA Part C but is important throughout childhood and youth. A unique way to determine family needs is a Routines-Based Intervention, especially if it involves asking about time for yourself, what you worry about, and what you'd like to change in your life. This intervention leads to outcomes/goals meaningful to families and functional for children.
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03/15/2022
AIR-P Presents: A to Zzzzs of Sleep and Autism
Dr. Rujuta B. Wilson provided education on sleep difficulties in autism in this webinar. The following areas were addressed: (1) prevalence and diagnosis of sleep difficulties in autism, (2) the current knowledge in the field of why sleep difficulties occur in autism, and (3) behavioral and pharmacologic treatment for sleep difficulties.
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03/24/2022
Bringing Together Disability & Race: COVID-19 Strategies and Intersectionality
The National COVID-19 Resiliency Network (NRCN) in partnership with the Association of University Centers on Disabilities (AUCD) will be leading this conversation to identify and engage disproportionately impacted communities on the topic of COVID-19 through a national virtual event.
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