This message is from the Kansas Council on Developmental Disabilities (KCDD)

Hello all,

Are you a young person with a disability or family member? Has someone said you or your family member needs guardianship, but you aren’t sure that is right for you or your loved one? You have a CHOICE. Join us to learn more about alternatives to guardianship, Supported Decision Making, and tools that help individuals and families plan for a good life.

Learn from people with lived experience navigating moving from high school to "adulting." Hear from, and share with, an internationally recognized expert in alternatives to guardianship from the American Bar Association with lived experience as a family member of a person with disability. Talk with a Kansas Guardianship representative and advocates from Families Together to learn more about your options to preserve CHOICE across the lifespan

Join us on: Saturday, September 10, 10 a.m. - 3 p.m.

In person (50 participants)
YouTube Live or Facebook Live

Schedule
10 a.m. | Welcome and keynote speaker
11 a.m. | KUCDD Team SDM
11:30 a.m. | Lunch
1 p.m. | Life Course Presentation
2 p.m. | Panel Questionnaire
3 p.m. | Wrap-up and closing
Register: https://wichitastate.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_blS4F3X0nD3Xjf0
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Liz Long, MPA
Policy Analyst
Kansas Council on Developmental Disabilities
Landon State Office Building
900 SW Jackson St., Rm 569
Topeka, KS 66612-1570
Office: 785-554-8411
Toll Free: 877-431-4604
Fax: 785-296-2861
Web: https://kcdd.org

Kansas Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and related Disabilities (LEND) needs YOUR help to better understand the family perspective on finding and sustaining quality childcare for children with developmental disabilities.

Kansas LEND is working on developing a Developmental Disability (DD) certificate for Childcare Providers in the state of Kansas. As we develop, we are reaching out to many stakeholders for input on what should be included in the trainings.

Families know their children best and what they look for in a childcare provider. With that said we are asking you to participate in this very short survey. If your child is older now and no longer in daycare, please complete the survey while keeping in mind when they were in childcare (or of childcare age) and what you would have needed in a childcare provider.

To get started please click on link below.

Survey Link
If you are not a parent to a child with DD please pass along to your network to help us collect this data. Thank you.

To thank you for your time, you will be entered into a raffle for 1 of 10 $10 gift cards. To enter you will enter your email address and complete survey by September 1st. NOTE: this information is for raffle purposes only.

PLEASE NOTE: When reviewing and summarizing your survey responses, we will not use your name or any other identifying information to ensure your privacy/ anonymity.

102nd KABVI ANNUAL MEETING AND CONVENTION
Presenter Invitation

WHEN: Friday, September 23—Saturday, September 24 , 2022

TIME: Friday, 1:45-3:45: PM

WHERE: Attend virtually using your computer, iPhone device or regular phone.

The KS Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired (KABVI) is inviting you to its annual meeting, scheduled via Zoom. ACB MEDIA is hosting this convention again this year, which means it will be broadcast all over the world!

This year’s convention will focus less on vendors and more on agencies which serve blind/visually impaired Kansans exclusively and other state agencies which have a broader focus.

This panel includes: Assistive Technology for Kansas, KS Commission on Disability Concerns, Vocational Rehabilitation Services, and KS Youth Empowerment Academy. Each of you will have 30 minutes to present with a 10-minute time for questions. (Hopefully, this year’s audience won’t be so bashful.)

Cecily Nipper, ACBMEDIA.org (email: '[email protected]') will be sending out Zoom links the week of the convention. If rehearsals are scheduled and you are comfortable with Zoom, these are negotiable. I will need to provide the following information to her: Presenter name, email and phone number he/she may be reached the day of the presentation.

Other sessions include: “Meet ACB Special-Interest Affiliates gaining new insights into the early history of braille, “It’s Not Your Mother’s Library” and more!

CONTACT INFORMATION:

Ann Byington
(h) (785)-233-3839
Cell (785)-224-9769
Affiliate Office: (785)-235-8990

Email: [email protected]

Office email: [email protected]

Greetings from Kansas Housing Resources Corporation!

Thank you for your interest in our 17th annual Kansas Housing Conference. When we began planning this event last year, we were facing a number of uncertainties with the public health situation. We chose to offer our first-ever hybrid conference to address this uncertainty, allowing a safe option for those who prefer not to attend in-person events, as well as a backup plan in the event that community spread made an in-person conference unfeasible.

With the conference just a few weeks away, most industry and community events have transitioned back to an in-person format with few, if any, restrictions. We’re pleased that the availability of vaccines and precautions such as masking have allowed us to resume our business largely as usual, and that we can once again connect with our stakeholders face to face instead of through screens. We’ve missed these opportunities over the last two years and are eager to be with our partners and colleagues again.

At the same time, we’re also weighing the logistics involved in offering a virtual agenda, including a complex technical setup, significant additional expense, and extra staffing responsibilities. When we opened registration for our first in-person conference in three years, we were unsure what kind of response to expect. We are heartened to discover that the vast majority of our registrants are just as eager to return to an in-person event as we are. The number of in-person registrants has far exceeded our virtual registrants, rendering the significant expense and effort required in offering a virtual agenda unfeasible.

Ultimately, we have made the difficult decision to cancel the virtual portion of our agenda, as it is not cost-effective to go to so much additional expense and effort for such a limited number of virtual attendees. While we regret the inconvenience this causes, our commitment to be responsible stewards of KHRC funds has necessitated this shift.

We understand that this change brings interruption to your plans, and we sincerely apologize for that. In return, we are offering our virtual registrants two options:

• Cancel your conference registration and receive a full refund;

• Transfer your virtual registration to an in-person registration at no charge. In the event that you are unavailable to attend in person, you may designate a colleague or representative to attend on your behalf, free of charge. Please provide us the substitute registrant's email address and mobile number to transfer registrations.

Please contact our team at [email protected] to notify us of your decision, and we will coordinate next steps accordingly.

Thank you for your patience and flexibility as we navigate these continued uncertain and shifting times. We appreciate your support as we work together to unlock home for the Kansans we serve.

Questions? Contact [email protected]  
Kansas Housing Resources Corporation
611 S Kansas Ave., Suite 300 | Topeka, KS 66603
[email protected]

APSE Online Learning

Supporting inclusive workplaces is rewarding and challenging work.

With more than 30 years of experience with businesses and organizations like yours, APSE has prepared and saved some of our best advice to share with you online. Click on the link in the title above to learn more. 

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Cast Your Vote & Help Us Get to SXSW

Our Co-director, Bill Curtis-Davidson, will join a panel of experts for the proposed SXSW session, “Watercooler to Headset? The Future of Workplaces.” Panelists will discuss the path toward a future of work where everyone can thrive using inclusively designed extended reality (XR) technologies.

Learn More & Cast Your Vote by August 21st

Discover PEAT Resources Related to Your Job
Our new jobs page makes it simple for site visitors to find PEAT resources related to their role. We currently have 3 role categories on the portal and plan to create even more in the near future.

Visit Our Job Resources Landing Page

Get Creative with Employee Training Using XR
In this blog post, we share how employers can use extended reality (XR) technologies in the workplace. XR includes virtual, augmented and mixed realities. When used in the workplace, employees have reported increased knowledge retention, higher satisfaction and many more benefits.

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Learn How the ADA Applies to Digital Accessibility

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) recently published updated guidance affirming that the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) applies to websites. This new article points to PEAT resources that provide insight into the acceptable methods that DOJ has specified in the past to implement digital accessibility.

Visit Our "DOJ Affirms the ADA Applies to Digital Accessibility" Article

We are excited to introduce a new column, where our Emerging Technology Accessibility Consultant, Ashley Coffey, will answer your questions. Have you ever wondered how interior design impacts virtual reality? Are you unsure how to get started with immersive workplace tools? Ask Ashley by emailing her at [email protected] – your question just might get answered in our next newsletter.

FUTURE OR WORK OF PODCAST

in A Personal Story of Long COVID & Disability Disclosure, Pam Bingham, Senior Program Manager for the Diversity, Equity & Inclusion in Tech team at Intuit, shares her personal story of navigating long COVID symptoms at work. She also gives thoughtful tips on how HR leaders can support employees with disabilities from underrepresented groups and shares advice for anyone experiencing long COVID in the workplace.

UPCOMING EVENTS

2022 EXCEL Training (Virtual) Conference
• Date: August 24, 2022 (online with paid registration)
• Session Title: Equitable Artificial Intelligence in the Workplace
• Workshop Leaders: Corinne Weible (PEAT) & Bill Curtis-Davidson (PEAT)
• Learn more about the EXCEL Training Conference

Our mailing address is:
Partnership on Employment & Accessible Technology
200 Constitution Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20210

Job Vacancy Announcements

The Intrust Bank job vacancy listing is attached below. Please feel free to share with others. 

Blue Cross/Blue Shield posted the following positions open to external candidates:

*Temporary Personal Trainer, R2022453

Interested applicants can apply online at www.bcbsks.com/careers

Job Openings for INTRUST Bank.pdf