Last year, NIDILRR initiated the development of its new 2024-2028 LRP and obtained comments and input from the field. Based on the feedback received, NIDILRR finalized the direction for the new LRP and will host a webinar to present the key themes and priorities. 

Self Advocates Becoming Empowered and ACL's Administration on Disabilities are pleased to announce the 2023-2024 Self Advocacy Resource and Technical Assistance Center (SAR-TAC) Award Fellows. Six Fellows were chosen based on the policy or leadership project they wanted to do to help the self advocacy movement. Fellows are listed below with their hometown, host organization, and project summary.

Transit Planning 4 All, funded by ACL and operated by the Community Transportation Association of America (CTAA), is hosting a Transportation Accessibility Institute in Oklahoma City, OK on May 22, 2023. Participants will discuss inclusive mobility planning, barriers that older adults and individuals with disabilities encounter in accessing public transportation services and facilities, and solutions to overcome those barriers. 

As part of their Lunch & Learn webinar series, the Interagency Committee on Disability Research (ICDR) is hosting "Disability Cultural Competence in Health Care." During this webinar, attendees will hear about research projects and findings related to disability cultural competence, access, and inclusion. 

Join NACIDD members to discuss, finalize, and vote on an initial set of recommendations to the HHS Secretary and the Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response (ASPR) regarding challenges, opportunities, and priorities for national public health and medical preparedness, response, and recovery, specific to the needs people with disabilities in disasters.

This webinar will feature people with lived experience and the professionals who support them sharing their stories and highlighting challenges and the importance of collaboration. Panelists hope to spark ongoing discussion and shared learning about the shift from provider owned and managed housing.

SAR-TAC, the self-advocacy resource and technical assistance center funded by ACL and managed by Self-Advocates Becoming Empowered (SABE) is announcing a new webinar series on accessibility and writing in plain language. Presenters from the Autistic Self Advocacy Network will share information about how to write policy in easy to understand language.

On March 1, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) issued a proposed rule, “Telemedicine Prescribing of Controlled Substances When the Practitioner and the Patient Have Not Had a Prior In-Person Medical Evaluation.” This proposal liberalizes prescribing of controlled substances compared to before the COVID-19 pandemic while restricting some flexibilities currently in place.

Join the Disability Employment Technical Assistance Center (DETAC) for a webinar showcasing a collaboration between the Texas Workforce Commission Division of Vocational Rehabilitation Services, Valley Association for Independent Living, and Disability Chamber of Commerce Rio Grande Valley (RGV) to increase competitive, integrated employment opportunities for individuals with disabilities.

Join the National Alzheimer’s and Dementia Resource Center (NADRC) for their webinar, “It’s More than Just Money- Strategies for Sustaining Dementia Programs.” During this webinar, participants will learn about the efforts of two ACL Alzheimer’s Disease Programs Initiative grantees to create sustainable dementia programs.