[NFBNJ] Fwd: Keynotes Announced for 2021 AT & Community Living Summit: Sept. 23 & 24!

Wed Aug 18 21:02:02 UTC 2021

From: Disability Rights New Jersey <advocate at disabilityrightsnj.org>
Date: Wed, Aug 18, 2021 at 4:11 PM
Subject: Keynotes Announced for 2021 AT & Community Living Summit: Sept. 23
& 24!

Plus, Your Chance to Share Input on Our Priorities!
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New Event: 2021 Assistive Technology and

Community Living Summit

Disability Rights New Jersey invites you to our 2021 Assistive Technology
and Community Living Summit on September 23-24. This year we will be
hosting workshops for consumers and professions that will cover a wide
variety of topics about assistive technology and community living.

Last year's virtual event was attended by over 350 individuals and featured
more than 25 concurrent sessions focused on all areas of Assistive
Technology. This year's virtual event will be even bigger and better - with
speakers and participants from all across the country!

Day 1: Thursday, September 23, 2021

8:30am - 3:00pm Eastern Time

Day 2: Friday, September 24, 2021

8:30am - 1:00pm Eastern Time

Visit our Event Website for updates - including accepted sessions and the
schedule at a glance.
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What you will learn...

   - AT Supports for the Classroom
   - Workplace Accommodations
   - Youth and Transition Services
   - Augmentative and Alternative Communications
   - Medicaid Eligibility Basics
   - Workability and Appealing MCO Denials
   - SSA Overpayments
   - Nursing Home transition and diversion

...and much more!

On the pages of the website you will find information about keynote
speakers and preview all the outstanding sessions.

We want to continue to build and nurture our network, so we are pleased to
continue to provide FREE admission to this event. Please share this
information with people in your network.
Announcing Our Keynote Speakers
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Denise Ghizzone

Author and Inspiration

Thursday, September 23, 9am

Denise is an AAC user and utilizes an eye gaze based system to convey her
words. She has authored two autobiographies: "Determination: What I'm All
About
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" (2016) and "Knowledge, Acceptance, Compassion: A journey of learning
about, understanding, and responding to people as individuals
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(2018) both about her life with Cerebral Palsy and her determination to
make the best of her life, while dedicating herself to inspire and enable
others with disabilities to push through their own obstacles.
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Jennifer Langer Jacobs

Assistant Commissioner, Division of Medical Assistance and Health Services

Friday, September 24, 9am

As Assistant Commissioner for the Division of Medical Assistance and Health
Services in New Jersey’s Department of Human Services, Jennifer Langer
Jacobs leads New Jersey’s Medicaid program and the Children’s Health
Insurance Program, which together are known as NJ FamilyCare.

Jenn is passionate about making government programs work the best way
possible for the people they serve.
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A Special Note of Gratitude

We'd like to acknowledge the New Jersey Council on Developmental
Disabilities for their dedication and support as we work towards expanding
the development of self-advocate and family expertise and skills through
education and training materials found in our Self-Advocacy Resource
Center.
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SURVEY: We Want to Hear From You
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Each year, Disability Rights New Jersey is required to conduct a public
input survey to gather information to assist in setting our priorities,
goals and objectives for the next fiscal year.

Beyond being merely a required activity, this survey seeks to get direct
feedback and input from a wide range of respondents involved in our state’s
disability discussion. This valuable input helps Disability Rights NJ make
decisions about the work we will do, including the cases we will accept.

Who do we want to hear from?

   - People with disabilities
   - Family and friends of individuals with disabilities
   - Stakeholders and advocates
   - State agency representatives
   - Disability service providers, caregivers, and support personnel
   - Other individuals and agencies involved in disability advocacy and
   service provision

On average, the survey will take about 10 minutes to complete and is
available now through August 30th. If you know of someone who would prefer
to respond using a paper form, send us their name and address and we will
send them a form along with a stamped return envelope so they can
participate.
Click here to begin the survey
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Disability Rights NJ is supported by the Department of Health and Human
Services:Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services - Center for Mental
Health Services; Administration for Community Living - Administration on
Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities; Center for Integrated
Programs, through the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce
Development, U.S. Department of Education: Rehabilitation Services
Administration, and the Social Security Administration

Disability Rights NJ, a nonprofit organization, is dedicated to advancing
and protecting the human, civil, and legal rights of people with
disabilities.

   - We investigate reports of abuse and neglect wherever a person with a
   disability may be receiving services.

   - We monitor facilities and community-based programs to ensure that
   people living in those facilities and using those services are free from
   abuse and neglect, and that their rights are not violated.

   - We provide legal representation, without charge, to people with
   disabilities in cases that fall within our priority setting process.

   - We provide education, training, and technical assistance to people
   with disabilities, their families and advocates, the agencies that service
   them, and policy makers among others.

   - We provide access to information and advice about assistive technology.

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