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>Subject: Wanted: Future Disability Leaders
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>Date: Fri, 6 Mar 1998 22:06:23 -0700 (MST)
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> Wanted: Future Disability Leaders
>
>Today's youth are tomorrow's leaders. If you know young persons
>with disabilities (ages 17-24) who might have leadership potential
>please share the following with them!
>
>--
>
>REQUEST FOR APPLICATIONS
>NATIONAL COUNCIL ON DISABILITY
>YOUTH LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCE
>JUNE 22-24, 1998, WASHINGTON, D.C.
>
>Dear Sirs/Madams:
>
>Attached please find an application form for the National Council on
>Disability's (NCD's) Second Annual Youth Leadership Development
>Conference in Washington, D.C. NCD is pleased to host this event from
>June 22-24 at the Washington Renaissance Hotel in Washington, D.C.
>NCD's goals for the conference are to:
>
>(1) create a model conference that empowers youth with disabilities
>and their families by establishing a base of knowledge and contacts to
>facilitate on-going education and training which includes federal
>disability policy and disability civil rights laws, self-advocacy and
>ability to access enforcement, technical assistance resources, and
>other government supports and services, for youth participants and
>their families;
>
>(2) involve youth with disabilities who reflect geographic,
>racial/ethnic, and disability diversity;
>
>(3) build alliances within and external to the existing disability
>community through a mentoring process;
>
>(4) demonstrate assistive technology as a tool to enhance access to
>education, employment and independent living with methods focused on
>specific problem resolutions; and
>
>(5) obtain information and recommendations from youth participants and
>any accompanying family members in public policy areas of school to
>work transition, transition from income supports (e.g., SSI/SSDI) to
>employment, rehabilitation, higher (post-secondary) education,
>secondary education, employment, income supports, health care and
>long-term services and supports, technology, and independent living.
>
>If you know of youth with disabilities who were between the ages of
>17 and 24 on March 1, 1998, please encourage them to fill out the
>attached application and submit it, along with one letter of
>reference, by March 27, 1998, to Brenda Bratton, National Council on
>Disability, 1331 F Street, N.W., Ste. 1050, Washington, D.C. 20004.
>Any youth who requires help with their application form may enlist
>the help of another person to complete the form. In addition, the
>application may be submitted in alternative formats if the applicant
>so desires. Applications will be reviewed and youth selected to
>participate will be notified by April 30, 1998.
>
>
>This conference is being cosponsored by the Social Security
>Administration, Maternal and Child Health Bureau, Substance Abuse and
>Mental Health Service Administration, and Centers for Disease Control
>and Prevention at the Department of Health and Human Services, and
>Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services at the
>Department of Education. Stipends are available to reimburse travel,
>food and accommodation expenses for selected participants and an
>accompanying attendant or family member, if one is necessary. Also,
>if organizations wish to sponsor youth to attend, NCD welcomes such
>sponsorships but requires that sponsored applicants submit a
>completed application form by the deadline. Thank you for your
>assistance in identifying qualified applicants. Any questions may be
>directed to Brenda Bratton at NCD at 202 272-2004(v) or 202
>272-2074(TTY).
>
>Sincerely,
>
>
>Marca Bristo
>Chairperson
>National Council on Disability
>
>Attachment
>
>
>Dear Future Leader with a Disability:
>
>Are you between the ages of 17 and 24?
>
>Are you interested in learning about the disability rights movement
>and federal programs that serve people with disabilities?
>
>Would you like to participate in a national discussion about public
>policy affecting youth with disabilities?
>
>Would you like to hone your leadership skills?
>
>If so, apply to participate in the National Council on Disability's
>Second Annual Youth Leadership Forum in Washington, D.C. on June
>22-24, 1998. The form is attached, and must be received along with a
>letter of reference by March 27.
>
>APPLICATION FORM
>NATIONAL COUNCIL ON DISABILITY
>SECOND ANNUAL YOUTH LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCE
>JUNE 22-24, 1998
>WASHINGTON, D.C.
>
>NAME________________________ ADDRESS____________________________
>_____________________________________
>DATE OF BIRTH_____________ _____________________________________
>
>PHONE _____________________ EMAIL ADDRESS _________________________
>
>SCHOOL (HIGH SCHOOL/POST-SECONDARY) _________________________
>
>GRADE LEVEL __________________________
>
>RACE/ETHNICITY __________________________
>
>DO YOU LIVE NOW OR DID YOU GROW UP IN A RURAL AREA? YES NO
>
>ARE YOU A PERSON WITH A DISABILITY? YES NO
>
>IF YOU ARE A PERSON WITH A DISABILITY, WHAT TYPE OF DISABILITY OR
>DISABILITIES DO YOU HAVE?
>_____________________________________________________________________
>_____________________________________________________________________
>
>HAVE YOU HAD ANY EXPERIENCE WITH THE FOLLOWING PROGRAMS (PLEASE CIRCLE
>THE ONES THAT YOU HAVE HAD EXPERIENCE WITH)?
>
>SPECIAL EDUCATION SOCIAL SECURITY DISABILITY BENEFITS (SSI OR SSDI)
>
>REHABILITATION MEDICAID NON-DISABILITY-RELATED CASH
>ASSISTANCE (AFDC/TANF/OTHER)
>
>
>Second Annual Youth Leadership Development Forum Application Form
>(page two)
>
>WHAT DO YOU HOPE TO GET OUT OF THE CONFERENCE, AND WHY DO YOU THINK
>YOU SHOULD BE SELECTED TO PARTICIPATE?
>
>(please try to limit your response to no more than 250 words)
>
>COMPLETED APPLICATIONS, ALONG WITH A LETTER OF REFERENCE FROM A
>PERSON NOT RELATED TO THE APPLICANT (E.G. TEACHER, MENTOR, PEER,
>COUNSELOR, ETC.) MUST BE RECEIVED BY NCD BY MARCH 27, 1998.
>
>Applicants should feel free to enlist the help of another person in
>completing the application if necessary, and should feel free to
>submit the application in an alternative format (e.g. audio tape,
>video, etc.) if they prefer another format.
>
>COMPLETED FORMS SHOULD BE SENT TO: BRENDA BRATTON, NATIONAL COUNCIL
>ON DISABILITY, 1331 F STREET, N.W., STE. 1050, WASHINGTON, DC 20004,
>202 272-2022 (FAX), EMAIL ADDRESS: aimparato(AT)ncd.gov
>
>Andrew J. Imparato
>General Counsel and Director of Policy
>National Council on Disability
>1331 F Street, N.W., Ste. 1050
>Washington, D.C. 20004
>202 272-2112(direct-voice)
>202 272-2074(TTY)
>202 272-2022(fax)
>email address: aimparato(AT)ncd.gov
>
>
>--
>Fred Fay
>Justice For All Moderator
>jfa(AT)mailbot.com
>
>
>
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