[Nfbmo] {Disarmed} FW: What You Missed: The White House Disability Blogs

Thu Oct 6 19:11:08 UTC 2011

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From: Dave Hutchins [mailto:dhutchins at kc.rr.com] 
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From: Kareem Dale, The White House <mailto:info at messages.whitehouse.gov>  
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Sent: Thursday, October 06, 2011 12:59 PM
Subject: What You Missed: The White House Disability Blogs

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Thursday, October 6, 2011	

We encourage you to follow our various disability-related blog posts at
WhiteHouse.gov/blog/issues/disabilities
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http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/issues/Disabilities> , where you can keep up
with what the Administration is doing for Americans with disabilities.

Some recent posts are below and include blogs from:

*	Kareem Dale (Special Assistant to the President for Disability
Policy) 

*	Michael Strautmanis (Deputy Assistant to the President and Counselor
for Strategic Engagement to the Senior Advisor) 

*	Richard Devylder (Senior Advisor for Accessible Transportation at
the U.S. Department of Transportation) 

*	Marcie Roth (Director, Office of Disability Integration and
Coordination at the Federal Emergency Management Agency) 

*	Kathy Martinez (Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Department of
Labor's Office of Disability Employment Policy) 

*	Sue Swenson (Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Office on Special
Education and Rehabilitative Services in the Department of Education) 

*	Alexa Posny (Assistant Secretary for Special Education and
Rehabilitative Services at the U.S. Department of Education). 

Please circulate so others can follow as well.

If you a friend forwarded you this email and you'd like to be added to the
White House disability distribution list, email us at
disability at who.eop.gov.

Blog Highlights

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Kareem Dale, Special Assistant to the President for Disability Policy
(center) tours the satellite testing facility at NASA Goddard Space Flight
Center.

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http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2011/09/26/nasa-goddard-space-flight-center-d
isability-employment-done-right> NASA Goddard Space Flight Center:
Disability Employment Done Right
By Kareem Dale, Special Assistant to the President for Disability Policy
The NASA Goddard Space Flight Center sets the bar for cutting edge
technology and space exploration, but they also are setting the bar right
here on Earth for disability hiring and inclusion. Kareem Dale recently had
the opportunity to visit one of the most interesting agencies in the Federal
Government and wanted to share some of the innovative things happening
there.

A
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http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2011/09/30/father-celebrates-todays-reauthori
zation-combating-autism-act> Father Celebrates Today's Reauthorization of
the Combating Autism Act
By Michael Strautmanis, Deputy Assistant to the President and Counselor for
Strategic Engagement to the Senior Advisor
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Michael Strautmanis, his wife, and their three children.

Every single day, I am proud and awed to be working for our President. But,
some days simply take the cake. Just a few short months ago, I had a couple
of those days. On April 1st, President Obama issued the first ever
Presidential Proclamation to mark World Autism Awareness Day. Later that
month, I had another special moment when Valerie Jarrett and Health and
Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced that the President and
his administration fully supported reauthorization of the Combating Autism
Act (CAA). As a father of a child on the autism spectrum, these were
extraordinarily meaningful moments to me.

Planning
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http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2011/09/29/planning-whole-community-during-an
d-after-emergencies> for the Whole Community Before, During and After
Emergencies
By Marcie Roth, Director of the Office of Disability Integration and
Coordination at the Federal Emergency Management Agency
When communities integrate the needs of children and adults with
disabilities and others with access and functional needs into their
community-wide emergency planning initiatives, they optimize resources, meet
their obligations and strengthen their ability to prepare for, protect
against, respond to, recover from and mitigate all hazards.

Department
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d-after-emergencies> of Transportation Continues the Fight for Accessibility
By Richard Devylder, Senior Advisor for Accessible Transportation at the
U.S. Department of Transportation
One of Secretary Ray LaHood's top priorities at the Department of
Transportation (DOT) is to make transportation more accessible for people
with disabilities.  Since arriving at DOT, I've worked closely with staff
across the agency to help raise awareness and develop policies and
regulations to help Secretary LaHood achieve this goal.

Renewing
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http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2011/09/20/renewing-american-dream-our-prospe
ritypor-nuestra-prosperidad> the American Dream - For Our Prosperity/Por
Nuestra Prosperidad
By Kathleen Martinez
National Hispanic Heritage Month is a time when America recognizes and
celebrates the important pieces that Hispanic Americans contribute to the
mosaic of our nation. The month also celebrates the personal freedom and
self-determination most Hispanic Americans or their ancestors sought when
they first came to the U.S. My parents, who are fifth-generation Hispanic
Americans, taught me to appreciate these freedoms and other core American
values - among them, the promise of equal opportunity and the right to
pursue gainful employment.

The
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http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2011/08/30/national-institute-disability-and-
rehabilitation-research-has-new-director> National Institute for Disability
and Rehabilitation Research has a New Director
By Sue Swenson
The flagship of the US government disability research agenda is the National
Institute for Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR) located in the
Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) in the US
Department of Education. The truth is that government research programs on
disability such as NIDRR don't often make news.

Improving
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http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2011/09/09/improving-lives-infants-and-toddle
rs-disabilities-and-their-families> the Lives of Infants and Toddlers with
Disabilities and their Families
By Alexa Posny
On Tuesday, I had the great opportunity to be on a call with Secretary
Duncan and Kareem Dale, Special Assistant to the president for Disability
Policy, a call in which we announced the release of final regulations for
the early intervention program otherwise known as Part C. The intent of the
regulations is to improve the lives of infants and toddlers with
disabilities and their families.

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