Crab Feast for Brain Injury Ass’n of DE on 8/6 in Dover, DE

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 4th Annual Crab Feast Fundraiser to Support Brain Injury Programs Dover, Delaware – The Brain Injury Association of Delaware (BIAD) is hosting its highly anticipated annual Crab Feast Fundraiser. The fourth year of this fundraising event represents a new start! The event is all-new this year from the venue to the menu! [...]

6/7/11: CDS Lunch and Learn Series: Improving Health Care Transitions from Pediatric to Adult Care

http://www.picofdel.org/users_images/pdfs/_CDS_Flyer_Lunch-and-Learn_6-7-11.pdf

USA Today Reports 1 in 6 Children Have a Developmental Disability.

The number of children with developmental disabilities has increased by 17% in 12 years, driven largely by big jumps in diagnoses for autism and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, research shows.  See article here: http://yourlife.usatoday.com/health/story/2011/05/One-in-six-children-have-a-developmental-disability/47467520/1?sms_ss=facebook&at_xt=4de3fd953f999616%2C0

Delaware Ranks 7th in UCP’s Annual “Case for Inclusion” Report

(Maryland ranks 31, New Jersey 40,  Pennsylvania 15.) See the full report of an Analysis of Medicaid for Americans with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities:  medicaid.ucp.org/pdf/Case_For_Inclusion_Report_2011.pdf

Free/Discounted Cell Phone Service for People with Disabilities

www.lifeline.gov/lifeline_Consumers.html   www.AssuranceWireless.com   www.safelinkwireless.com

Autism Expo – April 30th

Hope to see you there!  I’ll be facilitating a workshop from 10:30 til noon. http://www.pathfindersforautism.org/newsItem.aspx?id=244

Senator Coons to Host FREE Job Fair on April 11th at Chase Riverfront (DE)

MEDIA ADVISORY Senator Coons to host job fair WILMINGTON, Del. – U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.) will host a free job fair next Monday – April 11th – to help connect those looking for work with more than 40 employers ready to hire.  A similar job fair hosted last year by Senator Kaufman drew 1,100 [...]

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