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:

Two New Postings in Job Announcements - posted January 2010

Upcoming Teleconferences & Web Casts:

Wednesday, February 10, 2010
NCDDR Webcast: Rehabilitation and Recovery of African-Americans Suffering from Severe Mental Illness presented by Robert E. Whitley and William B. Lawson

Archived Web Casts:

2010

Leading Statewide Strategic Planning presented by Ann McDaniel, Executive Director, West Virginia Statewide Independent Living Council and Brad Williams, Executive Director, New York State Independent Living Council on February 4, 2010

Using Social Media Part 2: Applying Social Media at my Center presented by Carol Voss and Michele Martin on January 20, 2010

Using Social Media: Part 1 - Introduction to Social Media presented by Michele Martin and Carol Voss on January 13, 2010

Implications of the Findings from a Study of Disability Employment Discrimination Charges filed with the U. S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission or with a Fair Employment Practice Agency presented by Rodney Klein, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Susanne Bruyère, and Sarah von Schrader, Cornell University, on January 7, 2010

2009

Documenting Disparities in Obesity and Disability presented by James Rimmer, PhD, Center on Health Promotion Research for Persons with Disabilities, University of Illinois at Chicago, and Margaret Campbell, PhD, National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research, US Department of Education on December 3, 2009

Update on Assistive Technology for Those with Hearing Loss presented by Rose Minette, Texas Division of Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services, on November 18, 2009

EEOC Update: ADA Employment Cases presented by Christopher J. Kuczynski, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, on November 6, 2009

EDGAR and More, Part II presented by Sean Barrett and Wendy Gagliardo, Resource Center for Independent Living in Utica, New York, on October 29, 2009

EDGAR and More, Part I presented by Sean Barrett and William Bethel, Rehabilitation Services Administration, on October 27, 2009

Employment Outcomes After Traumatic Brain Injury: Does Race/Ethnicity Matter? presented by Juan Carlos Arango-Lasprilla, PhD, Department of PM&R, Virginia Commonwealth University and Kelli Williams Gary, PhD, MPH, OTR/L, post-doctoral research fellow, Virginia Commonwealth University on October 21, 2009

Career Readiness in Young Adult Brain Tumor Survivors presented by David Strauser, Ph.D., Department of Kinesiology and Community Health at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign on October 19, 2009

Demand-Side Factors Related to Hiring and Retaining of People with Disabilities presented by Fong Chan, Ph.D., with the Department of Rehabilitation Psychology and Special Education, University of Wisconsin–Madison on October 1, 2009

Please Visit our Archives for Additional Presentations

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Last Modified: February 4, 2010