A Credo for Support is powerful 4 minute video set to music which offers a series of suggestions for people who care about and support someone with a disability. It prompts viewers to question the common perceptions of disability, professionalism, and support. Designed for use in presentations, in-service, staff training, and orientation programs, this video can be a provocative catalyst for a dialogue on these issues.

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The Administration on Developmental Disabilities (ADD) is collecting information from people with disabilities, families and professionals about how the Administration should support people with intellectual and other developmental disabilities.  Besides holding in-person forums across the country (Envisioning the Future Forums), ADD has been collecting recommendations online.

Unfortunately, ADD is hearing much more from those who support institutional care over full participation in the community.  Please take a moment to add your voice as to how you would like our nation to invest money and effort. If you it makes it easier, you can simply cut and paste this message:

"I believe ADD should support full participation for people with disabilities in the community.  People with disabilities want to live, work, and recreate in the community.  Please put resources into community supports and services, NOT into institutions."

You can add a personal story if you want.The website for submitting testimony is: http://www.envision2010.net/comment_submit.php.

To see testimonies that have already been posted, please refer to: http://www.envision2010.net/comment_submit.php

It’s critical that ADD hear from many people with intellectual and developmental disabilities or their family members.  Please submit your comments before March 4.

Sunday April 17th, 2011 at the UNR Mackay Stadium.

5k Run/Walk: Pre-registration $25; Day of Event $30
1 Mile Fun Run: Pre-registration/Day of Event $15

• 5k timed run at 9:00am
• 1 mile Fun Run at 9:45am
• 5k Walk at 10:30am

All proceeds benefit the Lili Claire Foundation and the University Center for Autism and Neurodevelopment (UCAN) Team.

For more information, to register, or to be a sponsor or vendor, visit: http://www.medicine.nevada.edu/ucan/events.asp
or contact Megan Kornbluth, Program Coordinator
UCAN TEAM Lili Claire Foundation
Phone: 775-682-7025
E-mail: mkornbluth@liliclairefoundation.org

The UCAN team is a diverse group of professionals from different disciplines and agencies throughout Northern Nevada who are concerned with Autism Spectrum Disorders and other neurodevelopmental disorders in children.

The Lili Claire Foundation was established to enhance the lives of children living with neurogenetic conditions, while providing hope and resources for the families who love them

It's no longer unusual to find a nursing home resident who is decades younger than his neighbor: About one in seven people now living in such facilities in the U.S. is under 65.

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"An infamous 1998 study that ignited a worldwide scare over vaccines and autism -- and led millions of parents to delay or decline potentially lifesaving shots for their children -- was 'an elaborate fraud,' according to a scathing three-part investigation in the British medical journal BMJ." In 2009, "British medical authorities...found the study's lead author, Andrew Wakefield, guilty of serious professional misconduct, stripping him of his ability to practice medicine in England.

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President Obama signed into law S.1481, the Frank Melville Supportive Housing Investment Act of 2010. The law makes improvements in the Section 811 program and promotes integrated housing opportunities for people with disabilities. It will create thousands of new affordable and accessible units every year. 

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Gov. Brian Sandoval said Wednesday his budget restores some items the previous administration planned to eliminate, including funding for personal care attendants.

Sandoval made the statement during a press briefing less than a week before he presents his budget to the Legislature and public at Monday's State of the State address.

He said some cuts proposed by the Gibbons administration were unacceptable — including the money for personal care attendants. PCAs enable the severely disabled to remain in their homes by providing services such as bathing and cooking.

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