Letter Writing Campaign for Additional CUNY Disability Funding!!!

CUNY’s 2006-7 funding request for disability services has begun to come into focus. After evaluating the viability of the four different funding proposals, CUNY has decided to shelve the NY State Ed. Funding legislation and the “College Access Now” Proposal in favor of the $250,000 increase in the University’s budget request and the $1.3 million aggregated in the “CUNY Compact”. If successful, these requests will bring an $1.55 million for CUNY Disability Services in '06-07!

CUNY has made significant progress in moving these proposals forward.

At this point, the best way to move these proposals forward is to enlist the support of members of the University community in a letter writing campaign. Towards this end, the University has placed a disability funding focused sample letter on www.support.cuny.org.

Members of the University community can help by:
1) logging on to this website
2) registering with supportCUNY.org
3) sending letters in support of CUNY’s disability services funding requests to their legislative representatives and the Assembly & Senate leadership.

supportCUNY.org has proven to be a powerful tool in impressing upon legislators the importance of issues of concern to the University. Please disseminate this blog!

2006 Abilities Expo in Edison

2006 Abilities Expo in Edison, New Jersey
April 21-23, Friday through Sunday
A good place to network, learn, try out, see what is NEW, ask questions, and meet people!

The Abilities Expo is one of the Nation's oldest and most established consumer-focused expositions for people with disabilities, their families/caregivers, and the professionals who serve them. What makes the show so unique is that it is the one place where attendees can gather information on products, resources and services to enhance their personal or professional lives. One of the hallmarks of the Expos, are the educational workshops that are provided for consumers, their families; and rehabilitation and education professionals.





Abilities Expo/ NY Metro Show Hours:
April 21-23, 2006 Friday: April 21, 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
New Jersey Convention and Expo Center Saturday: April 22, 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
Edison, NJ Sunday: April 23, 11:00 am - 5:00 pm

Saturday, April 22
The Brookhaven Wheelchair Athletic Program is the only recreational program run by a township in New York that is specifically designed for wheelchair users. The program offers participants the opportunity to play several sports, including basketball, softball, and handcycling.The Brookhaven Wheelchair atheltes will be on hand to provide a demonstration of wheelchair basketball. Come to see these great athletes play, and perhaps try it yourself! Stop by booth #232 located in the back of the hall, near the demonstration area, to learn more about how this innovative program can work in your community.

Workplace Discrimination and Disability

Workplace Discrimination and Disability
The Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation has published a Special Issue focused on Workplace Discrimination and Disability. Volume 23, Number 3 / 2005
Articles in the Journal include:

1. Workplace discrimination and mental retardation: The national EEOC ADA research project  Authors: Darlene D. Unger, Leanne R. Campbell, Brian T. McMahon 


2. Workplace discrimination and spinal cord injury: The national EEOC ADA research project  Authors:  Brian T. McMahon, Linda R. Shaw, Steve West, Kay Waid-Ebbs


3. Speech impairment and workplace discrimination: The national EEOC ADA research project  Authors:  Pamela R. Mitchell, Brian T. McMahon, Dawn McKee


4. Workplace discrimination and Americans with cerebral palsy: The national EEOC ADA research project  Authors: Dianne Koontz Lowman, Steven L. West, Brian T. McMahon


5. Multiple sclerosis and workplace discrimination: The national EEOC ADA research project  Authors:  Phillip D. Rumrill, Richard T. Roessler, Brian T. McMahon, Shawn M.Fitzgerald


6. Workplace discrimination and asthma: The national EEOC ADA research project Authors: Allen N. Lewis, Brian T. McMahon, Steven L. West, Amy J. Armstrong, Lisa Belongia


7. Perspectives on Scientific Inquiry Recent innovations in small-N designs for rehabilitation research: An extension of Cowan, Hennessey, Vierstra, and Rumrill   Authors:  Dennis McDougall, Garnett Smith, Rhonda Black, Phillip Rumrill

Information on this special issue can viewed at:  http://iospress.metapress.com/link.asp?id=dq8d4mbdh8hw