SLN News
Within the these pages you will find information about events, resources, news, advocacy, safety, caregiving, and other related information.
Call for Proposals: Next Chapter Book Club and Beyond Conference
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Next Chapter Book Club seeks proposals! We are looking for presentations that share ideas, techniques, and experiences related to increasing literacy and lifelong learning for adults with intellectual and developmental…
Participate in a Research Study on the Impact of Disabilities and Illnesses on Sibling
This researcher contacted the SLN to share her study and the SLN Research Committee agreed to post it after ensuring it has been approved by her university Institutional Review Board:…
Register Now for Upcoming SLN State Chapter Conferences!
Two great SLN State Chapter Conferences are coming up fast, and we want to make sure you know about them! MI SIBS: Facing the Future together – 2014 Statewide Conference…
Learn More about Bullying
Back-to-School season is a good time to think about bullying. Children with disabilities are too often bullied. Their siblings may try to protect them from bullies, or may be the…
Financial Planning Workshop Held by Tennessee Adult Brothers and Sisters (TABS)
Through the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center, Tennessee Adult Brothers and Sisters (TABS), Â the TN chapter of the Sibling Leadership Network, is offering a futures planning session focusing on both the legal…
SLN Signs on to a Solidarity Statement in Observing Suicide Prevention Month
September is suicide prevention month, and the disability, aging, and veterans communities are among the most likely populations to end their lives and feel pressure to do so. In an…
Recruiting for Research Project – Longitudinal Health and Intellectual and Developmental Disability Study (LHIDDS)
This project, which is led by Drs. Kelly Hsieh and Sandra Magaña, at the University of Illinois at Chicago, aims to engage adults (aged 18 and older) with intellectual and…
The Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. Foundation’s Public Policy Fellowship Program
The Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. Foundation is seeking exemplary professionals, and/or persons experiencing disability and/or family members of persons with intellectual or developmental disabilities who are currently working or volunteering…
Get Involved in the SLN!
The SLN accomplishes its mission through the work of dedicated volunteers. Committees, each one devoted to its own area of leadership, are open to all members of the SLN.  We’d…
Michigan Sibs Conference Coming up!
Facing the Future together – 2014 Statewide Conference Siblings have the longest of any human relationship. Next to our parents, who often know us from birth to adulthood, our siblings…