Video Celebrating 35 Years of IDEA
6 Dec 2010
View an online video looking back at what conditions were like before IDEA.
NCED Presents at the AUCD Conference
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.
Vegas CRAVE camp encourages college and career goals
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.
Blending abilities into new job opportunities
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.”
Capturing stories of self-advocacy
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.”
UCAN paves way to ASD diagnoses
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.
Monthly People First meetings
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 …
Elko wraps up 2010 Employment Summit
17 Jun 2010
The closing of the two-day Elko Employment Summit marked the end of the statewide 2010 Employment Summit.
Exploring options at the NATRC
“Streamlining the books, bags, weather and that kind of thing is one of my goals in getting from point A to point B.”
Elko Summit tackles unique issue
16 Jun 2010
Elko was the only Summit out of Las Vegas, Elko and Reno to identify transportation as a major focus for discussion.
Recent Comments on NCED