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Reason #9 to Attend the 2015 SLN Conference

There are 9 more weeks until the National SLN Conference on May 30–31 in Louisville, KY.  We are excited that Kentucky’s own Tori McClure is a featured speaker at the conference.  Tori McClure has a brother with intellectual disabilities.  She is the president of Spalding University, in Louisville, Kentucky. She will share her experience as…
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Virginia is for Siblings!

Virginia is for Siblings! is a newly formed Virginia sibling chapter of the national Sibling Leadership Network (SLN).  It is the 19th sibling chapter of the SLN and began officially meeting in August 2014. Virginia is for Siblings! is a collaborative between the Center for Family Involvement, The Arc of Virginia, Central Virginia Autism Society,…
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SLN’s Sibling Advocacy Toolkit!

The Sibling Leadership Network has developed a Sibling Advocacy Toolkit to help siblings of individuals with disabilities get involved in policy advocacy. This toolkit is designed to demonstrate how advocacy consists of multiple layers, steps and levels. “Advocacy layers” can work together for the ultimate goal of better lives for people with disabilities and their families.…
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Understanding the new Home and Community-Based Services Rules

  This new Issue Brief from the Collaboration to Promote Self-Determination and the Ruderman Family Foundation places the new rule in historical context of the evolution of home and community-based services (HCBS) and offers a vision for how the new rules can improve HCBS. For more information on the rule and to learn where your…
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Tuesdays with Liz: Disability Policy For All

From AUCD’s Liz Weintraub: Have you ever felt like you didn’t understand what’s going on with disability policy, but wanted to understand so you could advocate for yourself and others? Well, I felt that way all the time.  I wanted to understand so I could advocate for myself and my friends on issues that matter…
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Top 10 Reasons to Attend the 2015 SLN Conference

There are 10 more weeks until the National SLN Conference being held in Louisville, KY May 30-31, 2015. We are counting down the Top 10 Reasons to attend the conference. We hope to see you there! Registration for the conference is now open until May 22nd, so register today here! Reason #10 to attend the…
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Participate in the National Sibling Survey

SLN Board members Angela Martin and Nora Handler The Sibling Leadership Network is studying the support needs of siblings of individuals with disabilities. We invite you to complete this survey and to encourage other individuals you know to participate in the National Survey about Siblings of Individuals with Disabilities, their Support Needs, and their Families. We are looking for…
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Get Ready for the Disability Policy Seminar

This year’s Disability Policy Seminar is coinciding with some remarkable anniversaries. In 2015 we are set to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act and the 50th anniversary of Medicaid and Medicare.  The passage of this transformative legislature would not have been possible without the hard work of congressional leaders and…
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Sibling Survival Guide: Hear from the Editors and Authors

The editors and authors are sharing their insights about the “hot off the presses” new book, The Sibling Survival Guide: Indispensable Information for Brothers and Sisters of Adults with Disabilities. Emily Holl, SLN member and Co-Editor of The Sibling Survival Guide, was interviewed on Broken & Woken, a blog by Eliza Factor, founder of http://www.extremekidsandcrew.org/.   Check out…
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Tell Us What We Need to Know about Family Support!

This March, the Family Support Research & Training Center at the University of Illinois at Chicago and Easter Seals are joining together to support a national research initiative Family Support: Tell Us What We Need to Know. From March 9 to March 30, 2015, a national dialogue will be available for family caregivers, individuals with…
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