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Please note: ILRU is pleased to post these announcements as a service to independent living centers, state independent living councils and other disability-related organizations. We assume no responsibility for the accuracy or content of any announcement submitted to us for posting. Please refer all questions to the respective organizations.

• WebAIM Blog 508 and Higher Ed. on the results of a recent Section 508 evaluation of 100 U.S. Higher Education web pages is available online - posted 4/29/08
• The National Multiple Sclerosis Society honorsCentral Michigan University assistant professor Debbie Silkwood-Sherer - posted 4/29/08
• New Internet Video Course: Ready, Willing, & Able: Assisting People with Disabilities During Disasters offered for independent study and for continuing education - posted 4/1/08
• Bloom's Connection:  Unraveling the Mystery at the University of Illinois at Chicago in Chicago, Illinois on May 27-28, 2008. The conference is sponsored by the Bloom's Support Network and is designed to provide information on the independent living movement to an underserved segment of the disability community. For further information on the conference, contact the coordinator, Sheryl Grossman, at (314) 863-3211 or info@bloomsconnect.org. - posted 3/31/08
• The Limb Loss Research and Statistics Program (LLR&SP), in collaboration with the staff of the Amputee Coalition of America, conducted a national survey of people with limb loss to assess quality of life and determine how well people with limb loss were functioning in their everyday lives. Learn More . - posted 3/20/08
• The U.S. Department of Education's ED Pubs (Education Publications) web site has undergone an extensive redesign. You can view the revamped site at: http://edpubs.ed.gov. - posted 3/20/08
• The American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AAIDD) announces a new publication, Social Inclusion at Work. To obtain copies and download a table of contents from the book, visit http://bookstore.aaidd.org/BookDetail.aspx?bid=68. - posted 3/20/08
  
• ILRU co-funded a new commercial that has been playing across the country: Employing People with Disabilities: National Network of DBTACs Speak Out (need windows media player) - posted 3/7/08
• The Ohio Rehabilitation Services Commission Disability Advocate and Service Award Nominations Being Accepted - posted 3/3/08
• ILRU is pleased to announce its new Spanish-language web site. It contains a comprehensive array of resources on the Americans with Disabilities Act in Spanish - Nos da mucho gusto anunciar nuestro nuevo sitio de Web en Español.  En donde encontrara una serie completa de recursos sobre la ley para estadounidenses con discapacidades. Junto con información sobre entrenamientos disponibles por medio del Web. - posted 2/25/08
• MIUSA to offer a 16-day exchange program to Costa Rica on June 27 -July 12, 2008 with a focus on youth leadership and cross-cultural perspectives on disability rights - posted 3/15/08