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SLN Fall 2012 E-Newsletter

  Promote the Vote! Katie Arnold, SLN Executive Director, with her sister, Patrice Keiling Executive Director’s column Dear Siblings and Sibling Supporters, My sister, Patrice, just registered to vote at the age of 30 and the upcoming Presidential election will be her very first time casting a ballot.  As the middle of five children, she…
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For Sisters on International Women’s Day

Dear Sibling Leadership Network Members, As you may already know, today is International Women’s Day, a day that celebrates the achievements and accomplishments of women around the world.   Today means many things. For example, “in different regions [of the world] the focus of the celebrations ranges from general celebration of respect, appreciation and love…
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Katie Keiling Arnold Receives Chicago Young Nonprofit Professional of the Year Award

This award recognizes a young nonprofit professional who has made an outstanding contribution to the Chicago nonprofit sector through exemplary leadership and dedication. Read it here… Please join me in congratulating Katie. A honor well deserved due to her tremendous dedication and hard work. We are certainly fortunate to have had the pleasure to work…
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R-Word – Spread the Word to End the Word

FYI- this is an issue near and dear to many of our siblings with disabilities. Take a minute and check it out! -John “Everyone has a gift and the world would be better off if we recognized it.” – Timothy Shriver, Chairman and CEO of Special Olympics. The effects of the R-word on people with…
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Immediate Action Needed!!

TO: AUCD Network FROM: Kim Musheno As you know the Administration on Developmental Disabilities (ADD) is collecting information from people with disabilities, families and professionals about how the Administration should support people with intellectual and other developmental disabilities. Besides holding in-person forums across the country (Envisioning the Future Forums), ADD has been collecting recommendations online.…
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HHS NEWS: Affordable Care Act Supports States in Strengthening Community Living

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Tuesday, February 22, 2011 Contact: HHS Press Office: (202) 690-6343 Nationally, $4.3 Billion in New Funds Announced to Help Establish and Expand Community-based Alternatives to Institutional Long Term Care States will see significant new federal support in their efforts to help move Medicaid beneficiaries out of institutions and into their own homes or…
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Sibling Leadership Network Testimony for Administration on Developmental Disabilities

On behalf of the national Sibling Leadership Network (SLN), I wish to share with ADD some information about the growing importance of siblings of people with disabilities. Siblings often play a key role in providing natural supports for people with disabilities throughout their life. Yet, navigating the disability service system and getting support for themselves…
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Establishing in-person groups for adult sibs

From Don Meyer, Sibling Support Project and SLN extraordinaire… Dear friends, I often get emails from adult siblings who are searching for groups where they might meet other adult sibs and share information, war stories, and maybe a few laughs. As there are very few of these programs to be found anywhere it would be…
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