Please take a moment to complete the conference survey! This ensures that we can continue to provide these events to the community! Survey Link Empowering Advocacy in Policy Making and Legislative Change This conference is to provide Legislative Advocacy training to stakeholders and Community partners through a Deaf and Hard of Hearing Lens (i.e., presentations […]
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Partners in Policymaking
Para la traducción al español, busque el botón Translate abajo en la página. Oprima la flecha para desplazar los lenguages. The application period for the 2025 Partners in Policymaking Class is now open for submission! It will remain open from August 29 to November 15, 2024. Applications will be accepted until 5:00 PM on November […]
Consumer Leadership Development Fund
Consumer Leadership Development Fund (CLDF) *Consumer Leadership Development Funds (CLDF) can also be used for fee’s associated with virtual events! All policy rules still apply. The CLDF was established to make funds available to help offset the costs for individuals with intellectual/developmental disabilities and/or parents/family/guardians of children/adult children with developmental disabilities to participate in conferences, workshops, […]
Supported Decision Making
Supported Decision Making is a way to get help making choices and have those choices recognized. Helpful Terms Agreement = something that you say you are going to do Guardianship = a legal proceeding that can remove some or all of your rights and assign control to someone else. Provider = someone who is paid […]
Self-Advocacy
Self Advocacy Coordinator Identified as a need in Nevada, Self-Advocacy is defined as the act of speaking on the behalf of or in support of another person, place or thing. This can mean people speaking or acting on their own behalf to improve their quality of life, or correct something that is wrong. Our Self-Advocacy […]