[NFBNJ] 📣COVID-19 One Year Later: DD Town Hall, Plus Caregivers Sessions & Ali Stroker This Saturday!

Thu Feb 25 20:23:25 UTC 2021

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COVID-19 One Year Later: DD Network Partners Town Hall listening session
The DD Partners Network resume our virtual town halls with a special
listening session on Tuesday, March 23, 2021 from 7pm-8pm.

Disability Rights NJ, The Council on Developmental Disabilities, and The
Boggs Center on Developmental Disabilities invites you to join us for an
open discussion on the one-year mark of COVID-19 and its impact on
individuals with Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities and their
families.

Participants will share thoughts on what progress has been made and offer
suggestions for continued areas of advocacy. This is YOUR forum and we look
forward to hearing your thoughts and comments.

Questions or comments may be sent in advance to questions at drnj.org
We look forward to seeing you!
Register for Town Hall
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March is Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month
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Each March, the National Association of Councils on Developmental
Disabilities (NACDD
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and its partners work together to create a social media campaign that
highlights the many ways in which people with and without disabilities come
together to form strong, diverse communities.

The campaign seeks to raise awareness about the inclusion of people with
developmental disabilities in all facets of community life, as well as
awareness of the barriers that people with disabilities still face in
connecting to the communities in which they live.
More Upcoming Events
Family Caregivers: Make Your Voices Heard
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Caregivers are invaluable to the people they support, which can include
older adults and individuals with disabilities, chronic health conditions
or mental health issues. Governor Murphy and the New Jersey State
Legislature created the New Jersey Caregiver Task Force
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to
determine the current availability of caregiver support services and
provide recommendations for improving and expanding caregiver support
services in New Jersey.

The Task Force has announced that it will be conducting virtual Caregiver
Listening Sessions
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on
March 6, March 10, and March 18, for which caregivers may register to
speak, listen or share written testimony. Caregivers may register
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at
the button below to attend or speak at one of these listening sessions.
Register for Caregiver Listening Sessions
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An Evening with Tony Winning Actress and Disability Advocate, Ali Stroker
at Enlow Recital Hall - Feb. 27th
This Saturday, February 27 at 7:30pm EST, Kean Stage, in its continuing
efforts to be more accessible and inclusive, is presenting a live stream
concert featuring
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Stroker
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, a New Jersey native and the first wheelchair user to win a Tony Award for
her role as Ado Annie in the 2019 revival of Oklahoma!

The concert will also include live captioning and ASL interpretation. Kean
Stage has extended to our clients and families the use of discount code
Access227 for the concert. The code will give you $10 off the $25
ticket. Ticket
holders only need to purchase one ticket per screen.

For More Information
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Assistive Technology Webinars
Daily Living Supports for Older Adults
Wednesday, March 3rd
In this webinar participants will learn about a wide range of gadgets and
technologies designed to make your everyday life easier, including supports
for communicating, eating, bathroom safety, mobility, cooking, and dressing.

Register for Webinars
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EdCampAccess NJ
Virtual Event
Saturday, March 6th
EdCampAccess NJ is a conference devoted to K-12 special education issues
and ideas with a focus on reaching all struggling learners. It is not
limited to special educators. ATAC, in collaboration with NJCART and NJCEC,
invite you to the 2021 Virtual EdCamp Access event.
Calling on advocates and family members to share their wealth of knowledge
and experience with others.
Both advocates and family members are invited to share their wisdom in the
next issue of People & Families magazine.

   - Interested advocates are encourage to give their thoughts by sharing
   advice I’d give myself as a younger advocate.
   - Interested family members can give their thoughts by sharing advice
   I’d give myself as a younger family member.

One to two short sentences are fine. Please include your full name and
identify yourself as either an advocate or family member. Send your
responses to gary.brown at njcdd.org
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