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  1. New Funding Opportunity for Projects on Assistive Technology to Promote Independence and Community Living, RRTC on Employment of People Who Are Blind or Have Low Vision, and RRTC on Home & Community Based Services (HCBS) Outcomes Research & Measurement

    … economic and social self-sufficiency of individuals with disabilities. DRRP on Assistive Technology to Promote … DRRP priority, NIDILRR aims to sponsor research and development activities toward technologies that support … Act through well-designed research, training, technical assistance, and dissemination activities in important topic …

  2. Assistive Technology

    … the provision of assistive technology to individuals with disabilities of all ages through comprehensive, statewide … services more available and accessible to individuals with disabilities and their families. The program provides one … Activities Program  provides information and technical assistance through grants, contracts, or cooperative …

  3. Department of Education Releases Guidance To Increase Understanding of IDEA’s Assistive Technology Requirements

    … designed to increase understanding of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act’s (IDEA’s) assistive technology … of the use of AT devices and services for children with disabilities, as well as to highlight the different AT … Secretary of the Office of Planning, Evaluation, and Policy Development, announcing the release of the guidance package. …

  4. ACL Funds Statewide Independent Living Council Training and Technical Assistance Center

    … Statewide Independent Living Council Training and Technical Assistance Center Fri, 10/16/2015 - 12:00 Recently, ACL … independent living outcomes for persons with significant disabilities statewide. The purpose of independent living … empowerment, and leadership of individuals with significant disabilities and to integrate these individuals into the …

  5. ACL Awards Two Research Grants on Parenting with a Disability

    … Parents: National Research Center for Parents with Disabilities” (PEP Center). The Center is directed by a … is to conduct research and provide training and technical assistance to improve the lives of parents with disabilities … on their previous NIDILRR-funded foundational research and development work to increase support for parents and …

  6. First-Ever National Resource Center for Self-Advocacy to Empower People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

    … for Self-Advocacy to Empower People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Thu, 09/15/2016 - 12:00 ACL is excited to … services, individualized supports, and other forms of assistance that promote self-determination, independence, …

  7. Community of Practice for Supporting Competitive Integrated Employment for Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities 

    … Integrated Employment for Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities  Abstract The Institute for Community Inclusion … in the local employment systems change Providing technical assistance to the states to facilitate peer-to-peer …

  8. Why the Developmental Disabilities Act Matters

    … Why the Developmental Disabilities Act Matters History In 1963, individuals with … signed the law now known as the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act (DD Act) . Since the DD …

  9. National Self-Advocacy Resource and Technical Assistance Center Rolls Out New Resource Website

    … National Self-Advocacy Resource and Technical Assistance Center Rolls Out New Resource Website Thu, … its mission to strengthen self-advocacy for people with disabilities by supporting self-advocacy organizations to … Significance by the Administration on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AIDD) under the Administration …

  10. Announcement of a New Acting ACL Administrator and Acting Assistant Secretary for Aging

    … and facilities services; personnel and human capital development; and internal control activities. Before ACL’s … mission of ACL and to serving older Americans, people with disabilities, and their families and caregivers remains the … and research that enable older individuals and people with disabilities to live independently and be engaged fully in …

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