7 Dec 2010
NCED participates in Public Awareness Collaboration Events. The Nevada Governor’s Council on Developmental Disabilities (NGCDD), in collaboration with the Medicaid Infrastructure Grant (MIG) program and the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Program in Nevada hosted public awareness events in Elko, Pahrump, Las Vegas and Sparks. The mission of these events is to “bring together public and private services and support …
6 Dec 2010
View an online video looking back at what conditions were like before IDEA.
1 Nov 2010
The Nevada NCED presented a session on the Nevada Employment Summit, with participation of John Butterworth (Institute for Community Inclusion) Rosemary Melarkey (Nevada Developmental Services) as well as Santa Perez from People First Nevada. The AUCD conference was in Washington, DC Nov 1-3.
30 Jun 2010
For about 35 students with disabilities in Las Vegas, last week was extremely busy. The teenagers attended the 5-day intensive CRAVE camp designed to help them tackle the future of their choosing.
28 Jun 2010
“One of the things that scared me to death was how am I going to make a living?” he said. “You know, as sighted people, we always hear about a blind person who does something, but not many.”
25 Jun 2010
“I have a disability myself and I like to advocate the People First members,” Mills said. “If we do self-advocacy and self-determination on each guest speaker, we could get the word out.”
24 Jun 2010
“A common concern was that people didn’t have access to reliable diagnoses for parents who were concerned about kids on the autism spectrum,” said Kate Green, a developmental specialist.
18 Jun 2010
Each chapter of People First meets once a month.
Nevada chapters and meeting times:
Reno/Sparks:
Second Thursday (June 10, July 8, August 12, September 9, October 14, November 11, December 9)
5 to 7 p.m. at Kietzke Plaza
4600 Kietzke Lane Suite B111
Las Vegas:
First Friday (June 4, July 2, August 6, September 3, October 1, November 5, December 3)
6 to 7:30 p.m. at West Las …
17 Jun 2010
The closing of the two-day Elko Employment Summit marked the end of the statewide 2010 Employment Summit.
“Streamlining the books, bags, weather and that kind of thing is one of my goals in getting from point A to point B.”
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