Michigan's Assistive Technology Program
Assistive Technology Connections
Vol. 6, No. 6, June 2005
In This Issue:
- Calendar
- Accessible Meeting Resources
- Medicaid Coverage of Mobility Devices
- Cookie Gant Leadership Development Fund
- GREEN Update
- Subscription Information
Calendar:
- JUNE 8-10 Accessible Playground Conference Lansing Center
Contact 517-373-2062 for more information - JUNE 9 Long Term Care Rally at the Capitol Program from 10:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
Contact Carolyn LeJuste at 517-333-2477 x. 21 - JUNE 8 - 12 National Sports Festival for Athletes with Disabilities.
Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, MI. Champion events in boccia, cycling, powerlifting, and track and field.
For more information, contact Michigan Disability Sports Alliance: visit www.MiDSA.org or email j.lewis@MiDSA.org. - JUNE 10 - 11 Camp McYack sponsored by Michigan Assistive Technology Resource Center at Camp McGregor in Jackson, MI. This unique camp is free of charge for parents and children who use a Dynovox/Dynamyte augmentative device to communicate.
For more information, contact Kary Swiontek at (517) 768-5205 or email kary.swiontek@jacisd.org. - June 12-16 Michigan Youth Leadership Forum. Michigan State University in East Lansing Michigan Commission on Disability Concerns: (877) 499-6232.
Accessible Training Resource
A new page on Communities of Power Tools lists various resources to help make your training sessions accessible to people with a variety of Disability characteristics. The page is located at: http://www.copower.org/tools/youraccessiblemeeting.htm .
Medicare Coverage of Mobility Devices
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released new Medicare coverage criteria for wheelchairs and other mobility devices. Unfortunately, these new criteria fail to modify or repeal the In-the-home restriction. For more information see the press release at: http://www.rightwheelchair.org/news/archive.php?id=4838 .
Cookie Gant Leadership Development Fund Application Online:
Cookie Gant was a disability activist, a performance artist, a powerful raiser of consciousness, a relentless supporter of diversity in every part of life, and a loyal and perceptive friend. Her passing was an irreplaceable loss in all of our lives. One of Cookie's goals was to help other disability activists experience conferences and other leadership development opportunities that would make them more effective in the movement.
Michigan Disability Rights Coalition has created a scholarship fund in memory of Cookie to achieve her goal. For more information including the application, see http://www.copower.org/mdrc/cookiesfund.htm .
GREEN Update:
The Grass Roots Education and Empowerment Network (GREEN) provides funding, mentoring training and other support available to local groups of people with disabilities and advocates to increase access to Assistive Technology (AT). GREEN is supporting grassroots projects all over Michigan! For project ideas, go to http://www.copower.org/At/green/updates.htm.
List Information:
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