by RIDDCouncil | Nov 24, 2014 | Employment, Employment First, Uncategorized
Starting in January 2015, multiple offerings of the Sherlock Center’s “Supported Meaningful Employment Training Series” will be available in half-day and full-day sessions. The series is designed to help employment professionals (job developers,...
by RIDDCouncil | Mar 13, 2014 | Uncategorized
On Friday February 28th, Fedcap’s newly awarded Center for Excellence and Advocacy (CEA) celebrated its launch and ribbon cutting ceremony in the presence of over 140 state and local dignitaries, businesses, advocates, consumers and community partners. Among the...
by RIDDCouncil | Mar 13, 2014 | Uncategorized
I realize it was more than likely a problem of word count. Or of column width. (“Providers Agree System is Troubled,” Providence Journal. Jan. 16, 2014, A1-2) Nonetheless, when direct attribution is provided, the quote should be accurate. Although I had no...
by RIDDCouncil | Sep 18, 2013 | Uncategorized
Washington, DC — The Arc has announced it has been awarded a two-year grant for $400,000 by the U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) to develop a national center on justice and intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD). This is...
by RIDDCouncil | Jun 8, 2013 | Cross Disability Coalition, Uncategorized
Quadraplegic Warwick greeting card designer lives independently, holds down a job, and says there’s much more to her than just her disability Rebecca Beaton has something to say. This surprises people. They see the 40-year-old Warwick woman in her wheelchair,...
by RIDDCouncil | Jun 7, 2013 | Cross Disability Coalition, Uncategorized
reflections by Dennis Harvey on his personal life and how the community should treat people with disabilities My name is Dennis Harvey I am founder & president of a small business called “Bee in Motion”. It is a Movement and Music therapeutic workshop...
