**SAVE THE DATE!!!!**   April 16-17, 2010 Second Annual Tennessee Adult Brothers and Sisters Conference Nashville, TN   *Save the Date is attached!   *More details to come soon!     Ashley F. Coulter   Ashley F. Coulter Sibling Project Coordinator Vanderbilt Kennedy Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities Nashville, TN 615.343.0545 ashley.coulter@vanderbilt.edu kc.vanderbilt.edu Courtesy…

Happy Halloween SLNers-   For this month’s SLN update, we’re doing a quick check in with the SLN workgroups about what they’ve been up to. The SLN has an internal meeting on November 8th and 9th in Washington DC, so expect another update in November with updates then. At this meeting, we will be ratifying…

Check out the FVSSN website to get details about exciting programs coming up, like: TEEN Sibshop – October 24 Great Country Pumpkin Party – October 29 Future is Now! – November 15 S.P.A. Sibshop – November 21 Tour of Christmas Lights – December 1 SANTA CELEBRATION – December 5 Have you heard about the new…

  AUCD Legislative News In Brief October 19, 2009 Vol. IX, Issue 44   Congressional Schedule The Senate will take up a bill affecting Medicare physician pay.  Later in the week the Senate is expected to take up a defense authorization bill that includes the Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act.  The Senate will…

AUCD Legislative News In Brief October 12, 2009 Vol. IX, Issue 43   Congressional Schedule The House and Senate are on recess today, Columbus Day.  Normally, the Congress takes the whole week off; however, House and Senate leaders kept lawmakers in D.C. to continue working on health care reform.  The House will continue consideration of…

Dear friends, I am thrilled to learn that I will be seeing friends from the adult sibling and Sibshop communities at the upcoming sibling workshops and Sibshop training!  I am sending information about these events in the hopes you can join us as well!   Saturday and Sunday October 31/November 1, 2009 Two-day Sibshop Training…

——Original Message—— From: Mark Quigley Sender: National Council on Disability News List To: NCD-NEWS-L@LISTSERV.ACCESS.GPO.GOV ReplyTo: NCD-NEWS-L Subject: NCD National Summit on Disability Policy 2010 Delegate Application Deadline Sent: Sep 30, 2009 7:31 AM NCD National Summit on Disability Policy 2010: Delegate Application Form Due by October 15, 2009 The deadline for submitting an application form…

AUCD Legislative News In Brief September 28, 2009 Vol. IX, Issue 41   Fiscal Year The new fiscal year begins this Thursday, October 1.  The House passed a one month continuing resolution (CR) to keep most federal programs operating at current FY 2009 levels through October 31.   The CR was necessary because only four…

Dear Sibling Leadership Network,   As you may already know, the Sibling Leadership Network (SLN) is growing and developing as an organization. We continue to be committed to our mission of providing siblings of individuals with disabilities the information, support, and tools to advocate with their brothers and sisters and to promote the issues important…

  Support Long Term Services and Supports in Health Care Reform Information and Action Steps   The five Congressional Committees have all released their plans for health care reform.  Take action to make sure the Community First Choice Option and CLASS Plan are part of the final health care reform package. What is the Community…