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Calculate Your Caregiver Salary
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“Calculate your caregiver salary and create an invoice that you can send to your representatives to let them know how much you should be earning for your care work! In…
Center for Inclusive Design and Innovation COVID-19 ASL Video Series Now Available
Georgia Tech’s Center for Inclusive Design and Innovation‘s COVID-19 ASL video series is now available! Check out and share all of these informative videos HERE. Find this and more on…
2021 SLN Conference Update
Special Announcement! The 2021 8th National Sibling Leadership Network Conference will be held virtually! We look forward to having you join us for this fully online event and we will be sharing…
2021 Spread the Word to End the Word on March 3rd
2021 Spread the Word to End the Word is on March 3rd! Have you taken the pledge yet? “We think the world would be better if everyone were included. Around…
March 1st is Disability Day of Mourning
March 1st is Disability Day of Mourning. “Every year on March 1st, the disability community comes together to remember the victims of filicide – people with disabilities killed by their…
People With Intellectual Disabilities Are Often Overlooked In Pandemic Response
From NPR, the story of one family’s struggles through the pandemic and how similar situations have become the problematic norm in many facilities around the country. Read People With Intellectual…
Useful Tips for Adult Siblings Keeping in Touch from a Distance on Video Calls
Check out these fun and creative videos full of great ideas for sibs communicating from a distance from Sibs (the only UK charity dedicated to representing the needs of siblings…
Research Participants Needed: What Do Physicians Think About Intellectual Disability?
What do physicians think about intellectual disability? Are you a sibling of children or adults with intellectual disability, living in the USA, and you know about the medical experiences of…
Unfair and Unequal: Covid-19 and People with Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities Webinar
Webinar alert! Unfair and Unequal: Covid-19 and People with Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities The Lurie Institute for Disability Policy at Brandeis University Unfair and Unequal: Covid-19 and People with Intellectual…
The Joy of Watching My Son With Down Syndrome and His Brother Reconnect
Read The Joy of Watching My Son With Down Syndrome and His Brother Reconnect. A touching reflection on brotherly love through the pandemic from the Mighty. “Organizing the art studio,…