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Take advantage of Free Workshops that focus on everything from tips for traveling with a disability and home modifications to the steps to getting the best accessible vehicle. Learn about the many new ways to exercise with a disability and improve your health and find out how standing is benefitting people with spinal cord injuries.
Workshops are FREE and there’s no need to register. Just arrive early to get your seat!
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Professionals: Certificates of participation are available. Please see registration following each workshop.
* Please note dates and times of workshops are subject to change without notice.
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Friday, August 27, 2010
12:00pm - 1:00pm
How to Select the Right Vehicle for You
1:15pm - 2:15pm
Wheelchair Standers: Stand for Function
2:30pm - 3:30pm
Emergency Preparedness
Saturday, August 28, 2010
11:00am - 12:00pm
Do You Know How to Request a Reasonable Accommodation in your Home?
12:15pm - 1:15pm
Travel Made Easy: Tips for People with Disabilities
12:15pm - 1:15pm
Improving Communication between Care Givers and Care Receivers
1:30pm - 2:30pm
The New Health Care Bill
1:30pm - 2:30pm
Understanding Upper Limb Spasticity
2:45pm - 3:45pm
Adaptive Recreation - No Limits
2:45pm - 3:45pm
Accommodations for Kids at School: Understanding the Law
FRIDAY, AUGUST 27, 2010
12:00pm - 1:00pm
How to Select the Right Vehicle for You
National Mobility Equipment Dealers Association (NMEDA) Representative
If you are seeking vehicle mobility solutions, come to learn the unique process involved with evaluating your capabilities, and selecting and purchasing an automotive transportation solution. This workshop is ideal for first-time buyers and will help you identify the key players in the process and gain valuable resources for available options. The workshop will also review the solution categories of wheelchair accessible vehicles, seating systems, wheelchair and scooter lift options and steering controls.
1:15pm - 2:15pm
Wheelchair Standers: Stand for Function
Amy Meyer, PT, ATP, Pediatric & Standing Specialist, Permobil Inc.
The RESNA Position Paper on the Application of Wheelchair Standing Devices has heightened awareness of the medical benefits and research supporting wheelchair standers. However, some providers continue to believe that wheelchair standers are not reimbursed. This workshop will analyze this perception and provide encouragement and evidence to fight for the end user’s right to stand up and function! Through the use of case studies and research, attendees will gain practical strategies to assist in the assessment, documentation and appeal process for appropriate standing wheelchairs. Attendees will be able to identify the benefits to integrating a standing feature into a client’s wheelchair base and will understand the purpose of using evidence in justifying the need for wheelchair standing devices. Hands-on learning time with manual and power standing wheelchairs will be provided to demonstrate the innovative advances in this technology.
CONTINUING EDUCATION CREDITS
The University of Pittsburgh is certifying the educational contact hours of this program and by doing so is in no way endorsing any specific content, company, or product. The information presented in this program may represent only a sample of appropriate interventions. (One CEU is equivalent to 10 hours of participation in an organized continuing education activity). Each person should claim only those hours of credit that he or she actually spent in the educational activity. These CEUs are accepted by both RESNA and NRRTS for credentialing purposes.
2:30pm - 3:30pm
Emergency Preparedness
Michelle Colvard
People who have disabilities and special medical needs often need to plan ahead for how they will respond in a time of crisis. Most of us have a tendency to avoid thinking about how they will prepare for an emergency or disaster situation. During Hurricanes Rita and Ike, the presenter was forced to admit that having a disability sometimes meant that she needed to plan a little differently from others. She worked alongside Mayor White's team, Lex Frieden, and others to assist Houstonians with disabilities with emergency preparation and response efforts following Hurricane Ike’s aftermath. Her presentation will describe some of her personal experiences, and how those of us with disabilities can prepare for the worst by focusing on the things that we can control.
SATURDAY, AUGUST 28, 2010
11:00am - 12:00pm
Do You Know How to Request a Reasonable Accommodation in your Home?
Diego Demaya, Technical Assistance Specialist, Southwest Disability and Business Technical Assistance Center; Lex Frieden, Director, ILRU Program at TIRR Memorial Hermann; Wendy Wilkinson, Director, Southwest Disability and Business Technical Assistance Center
Learn more about the Fair Housing Act, and its interaction with elderly and disabled tenants in a large city environment that encompasses a large population residing in apartments and/or rental homes. Some of the topics will include: Reasonable Accommodations, Structural Modifications to Private and Common use areas, Accessible Parking and Signage, and Service and Companion Animals. We will interactively engage the audience by reviewing real-life scenarios and how to resolve issues. We will review how to request accommodations, dealing with hostile landlords and apartment managers, and creating documentation. We will hand out the official US DOJ and US HUD Joint Statement on Reasonable Accommodations under the FHA, a DBTAC prepared piece on how to request accommodations, and a handout with fact scenarios for audience participation. Ideally, the workshop should run for at least 90 minutes.
The Southwest ADA Center, a Disability and Business Technical Assistance Center (DBTAC), is a program of ILRU at Memorial Hermann TIRR in Houston, Texas. The Center is funded by a grant (#H133D60012) from the U.S. Department of Education, National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR), to provide training, technical assistance and materials on the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and other disability-related laws.
12:15pm - 1:15pm
Travel Made Easy: Tips for People with Disabilities
Jani Nayar, Society for Accessible Travel (SATH)
Discover how to expand your life with travel to new places! This workshop will provide you with specific details and how-to’s to make travelling more successful and enjoyable. Attendees will receive detailed recommendations for accessible travel by air, sea and car. Learn what to expect from hotels, rental car companies, cruise lines and the airlines. We will examine the challenges of traveling, methods for addressing them and the current provisions required by the law. The presentation also includes recommendations for disability-friendly destinations!
12:15pm - 1:15pm
Improving Communication between Care Givers and Care Receivers
Roberta M. Diddel, PhD
Founder and Executive Director, Disability 101
Whether you’re providing care or receiving help from someone else, it puts a strain on the relationship. This workshop explores how care giving affects the relationship between care providers (even professional ones!) and those who depend on others for care. The speaker will discuss how to improve communication between care giver and care receiver and consider questions about specific problems and concerns.
CEUs will be available for this workshop.
1:30pm - 2:30pm
The New Health Care Bill
Disability 101
What the Health Care Bill Means for You (CEUs Available, See Below) Betty Sufian, JD Attorney, Sufian and Passamano After over a year of heated debate, the congress has passed the healthcare reform bill. What does that mean for you? No matter who you are, a patient with medical challenges, a family member or a professional who advises clients, you need to know what will change and what won't. You’ll learn basic changes covered in the act and have time for your questions.
CEUs will be available for this workshop.
1:30pm - 2:30pm
Understanding Upper Limb Spasticity
Sponsored by Allergan, Inc.
Often described as uncomfortable muscle stiffness or tightness in the elbow, wrist or
fingers, upper limb spasticity is a debilitating condition that impacts a person’s life and
their ability to perform even simple, daily activities. Upper limb spasticity is severely
under-recognized and under-treated, because it can occur weeks, months or even years
after the person’s original injury – after discharge from the hospital or when patients are
no longer seeing specialists familiar with and specifically trained to treat the condition.
It’s crucial to have access to resources that can help you or your loved one recognize the
symptoms of upper limb spasticity, understand why the condition occurs, and,
importantly, how it’s diagnosed and managed.
To address the low awareness and under-diagnosis of upper limb spasticity, Allergan,
Inc., has joined forces with Henry Winkler and a coalition of five national patient
advocacy organizations, including National Stroke Association, Brain Injury Association
of America, National Spinal Cord Injury Association, United Cerebral Palsy and United
Spinal Association, to launch the “Open Arms: Raising Awareness of Upper Limb
Spasticity” educational campaign.
If you or someone you love may be affected by upper limb spasticity, we encourage you
to attend the Understanding Upper Limb Spasticity workshop, sponsored by the “Open
Arms: Raising Awareness of Upper Limb Spasticity” educational campaign. The
workshop will feature a leading expert physician, as well as special guest famed actor and
best-selling author Henry Winkler, who will share his personal story about his mother’s
struggle with upper limb spasticity.
2:45pm - 3:45pm
Adaptive Recreation - No Limits
Genny Gomez, Adaptive Sports Coordinator, TIRR Memorial Hermann
This session will introduce you to the opportunities for adaptive sports and recreation in the Houston and surrounding communities.
2:45pm - 3:45pm
Accommodations for Kids at School: Understanding the Law
(CEUs available, see below)
Wendy Wilkinson, JD
Attorney and Project Director, DBTAC-Southwest ADA Center
For children with disabilities, medical obstacles are tough, but equally challenging is the quest to access a good education. Get practical advice for successfully getting your school to make accommodations for your child's special needs. Well cover Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act and education law in the IDEA that govern the rights of children with disabilities, and make time to answer questions.
CEU Information:
Counselors (LPCs): 1 hour (0.1 CEUs). Disability 101 is approved by the Texas State Board of LPC's, Provider #6102.
Psychologists: 1 hour. Disability 101 is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for Psychologists (sponsor #1229.) Disability 101 maintains responsibility for this program and its contents.
Social Workers: 1 contact hour (0.15 CEUs). Disability 101 is approved by the Texas State Board of Social Work, provider # 5120.
Marriage & Family Therapists: Disability 101 is approved by the Texas State Board of Marriage & Family Therapy, provider # 6203.
Fee: $15 (for processing CE certificate). Fee is collected at the workshop. Payment by cash or check payable to Disability 101 is accepted.
CE Certificates. Certificates will be available on-site after the seminar. To receive CE credit, you must attend the entire program, so please arrange your schedule accordingly.
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