Statement Regarding Make America Healthy Again, the Dismantling of the Administration on Community Living, and the Future of Protections for Disabled People at the Department of Health and Human Services
Statement Regarding Make America Healthy Again, the Dismantling of the Administration on Community Living, and the Future of Protections for Disabled People at the Department of Health and Human Services The Sibling Leadership Network stands with self-advocacy groups and mental health advocacy groups in disappointment regarding assertions and assumptions in the executive order “Establishing the…
Read MoreResource Spotlight: A Curriculum for Self Advocates
From Autism NOW, the National Autism Resource and Information Center, and the Autistic Self Advocacy Network, this week’s featured resource is the Self-Advocacy Curriculum. This curriculum is designed to help individuals with autism and other developmental disabilities learn more about the self-advocacy movement, celebrate neurodiversity, cultivate local self-advocacy groups, and ultimately, become and remain empowered…
Read MoreThank You, Amy!
Today, April 6th, the Sibling Leadership Network says goodbye to Amy Halm. Amy joined SLN in 2016 as Project Manager and then served as the Associate Director before taking over as Interim Director for the last several months. We are so grateful for Amy’s years of dedication and we wish her well in all her…
Read MoreWelcome Kaitlin McNamara as the Sibling Leadership Network’s Executive Director!
We are pleased to welcome Kaitlin McNamara as the Sibling Leadership Network’s Executive Director! I am thrilled and so honored to join the Sibling Leadership Network as the new Executive Director. As a sibling, I know the important role siblings can and do play in the lives of their siblings with disabilities as well as…
Read More2023 Spread the Word to End the Word
Founded by two youth leaders in 2009, the Spread the Word to End the Word campaign focused its first 10 years on addressing a particularly powerful form of exclusion: the word ‘retard(ed)’. Over 10 years, leaders and self-advocates collected millions of digital and physical pledges to end the R-word. The 2023 day of awareness is…
Read MoreCelebrate 15 Years with the SLN!
15 years of the SLN! Find out how it all started! Come celebrate with some founding members! Please join us for the Sibling Leadership Network’s 15th Anniversary Celebration October 25th 5pm PT/6pm MT/7pm CT/8pm ET One Hour Zoom Event This virtual celebration will feature a distinguished panel of SLN Founders! Tamar Heller, John Kramer, and…
Read MoreSibling Leadership Network’s 15th Anniversary Celebration
Please join us for the Sibling Leadership Network’s 15th Anniversary Celebration October 25th 5pm PT/6pm MT/7pm CT/8pm ET One Hour Zoom Event This virtual celebration will feature a distinguished panel of SLN Founders! Tamar Heller, John Kramer, and Tom Fish will reflect on their experiences and history with the SLN. We will toast SLN’s successes…
Read MoreJanuary 20th is International Day of Acceptance
January 20th is International Day of Acceptance by 3E Love! Mark your calendars! January 20th is the International Day of Acceptance. This day celebrates all of the things that the International Symbol of Acceptance stands for while also honoring the late founder, Annie Hopkins. What is 3E Love? “3E Love, LLC. is a social entrepreneurial…
Read MoreNewly Crowned Miss America Puts Focus On Disabilities
Check out this interesting piece on Disability Scoop. Newly Crowned Miss America Puts Focus On Disabilities “I am real. I have flaws, I have ADHD, I have dermatillomania (chronic skin-picking),” said Broyles, 20, who hails from Anchorage. “In preliminary competition, she won a $1,000 scholarship for her social impact initiative, Building Community Through Special Olympics.…
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