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Announcing Easter Seals Community OneSource pilot program in Chicago!
Easter Seals Community OneSource helps veterans, veterans with disabilities, and families of veterans to successfully integrate back into their home communities. We’ll help navigate the public and private resources available and make recommendations to fill your individual needs.
Contact Brett Nila 866.423.4981 or learn more on our Web site.

Learn about Autism Services in Your State
Easter Seals and the Autism Society of America (ASA) have partnered to assemble a state-of-the-state report on autism services in the 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. Learn about the number of children with autism who have received special education services, insurance coverage for autism, educational programs and more. Find your state at: http://www.easterseals.com/site/PageServer?pagename=ntlc8_autism_state_profiles

Living with Autism Study Released
Find out what over 2,500 parents of children with autism and typically-developing children had to say about daily life, relationships, finances, healthcare and more. Download this groundbreaking study now.

Celebrate a Restored Americans with Disabilities Act!
On September 25th, President Bush signed the ADA Amendments Act into law. This important legislation broadens protections for people with disabilities and restores the intent of the original Americans With Disabilities Act. This success is the result of cooperation between business groups, disability organizations and bipartisan leadership in Congress ... and dedicated Easter Seals supporters who contacted their elected officials. Join Easter Seals' Legislative Action Network to stay on top of important legislative issues that impact people with disabilities and their families.

 
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Easter Seals Myth 9: The lives of people with disabilities are totally different than the lives of people without disabilities.

Fact: People with disabilities go to school, get married, work, have families, do laundry, grocery shop, laugh, cry, pay taxes, get angry, have prejudices, vote, plan and dream like everyone else.

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Help debunk disability myths...learn the facts!
Lori Teague Smith
Lori Teague Smith
thankful they are working with my daughter sure am lucky to have easter seals.
about an hour ago
Sally Coslett
Sally Coslett
We even walk in Style Shows. I love doing them!!
29 minutes ago
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Easter Seals Disability Etiquette: Treat an adult like an adult! Call a person by his or her first name only when you extend this familiarity to everyone present. Don't patronize people who use wheelchairs by patting them on the head...reserve this sign of affection for children.

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Jean Petersen Zuelke
November 5 at 8:04am
Mary
Mary
Good point about touching children with disabilities. If you want to touch, ask the parent first. Some children with disabilities also may have more compromised immune systems. Our son has CP and if he even gets a cold, it takes him a long time to get over it because he is nonmobile. Also, please don't stare at a disabled person or child. Not cool.
November 5 at 11:39am
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Easter Seals Passed in 1984, the Voting Accessibility for the Elderly and Handicapped Act requires that registration and polling places for federal elections be accessible to persons with disabilities. Learn more about legislative landmarks:

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Katie Brewster
Katie Brewster
This is how I vote!!!
November 4 at 5:52am
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Transportation: a link to a quality life
On Wednesday I was fortunate enough to attend a roundtable on Transportation for Students with Disabilities. The roundtable was sponsored by Easter Seals Project Action, which promotes cooperation between the transportation industry and the disability community. The goal of Wednesday’s event w...

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Easter Seals We have 6 beautiful winners! Thanks to all who voted...check out the 2010 Lily Seals:

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Our 6 winners will be featured on our 2010 Lily Seals! Congrats to the winners!
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Maurice celebrates autism services in Wisconsin
I am writing to give a huge thanks and “shout out” to our good friend Maurice Snell. Before I left for Capitol Hill Day and the Easter Seals National Convention last week, Maurice came to Milwaukee to share his story with nearly 100 Easter Seals friends and donors. This was a speci...

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Diane Tarabar Troeller

Diane Tarabar Troeller does anyone know how to contact michelle emmert who wrote i'm the big sister now?

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Easter Seals Thanks to our Adult Rep Jessica Segal for speaking at a press conference on Capitol Hill last week! Learn more about Jessica and Easter Seals:

Corissa
Corissa
Happy Wedding Day, Jessica!
October 29 at 10:10am
Alane
Alane
Congrats Jessica!
October 29 at 5:30pm
Marie
Marie
Did you walk down the isle Jessica? I hope you did.
November 2 at 8:52am
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A special interest in weaving
This month Patricia Wright, Easter Seals National Director of Autism Services, wrote two posts about careers for adults who have autism. The first one was about an IT firm that goes out of its way to hire individuals with autism who have a special interest in internet technology. The second post...

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Myth 8: Children should never ask people about their disabilities.
Fact: Many children have a natural, uninhibited curiosity and may ask questions that some adults consider embarrassing. But scolding curious children may make them think having a disability is "wrong" or "bad." Most people with disabilities won't mind a...nswering a child's question. Respectful questions help children learn about disabilities.Read More

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Easter Seals provides exceptional services, education, outreach, and advocacy so that people living with autism and other disabilities can live, learn, work and play in our communities.
Christine Jennifer
Christine Jennifer
what a wonderful world it truly would be - if we all simply acknowledged and accepted that we all had "disabilities" aka weaknesses and strengths - some of us just have more obvious ones. No need to hide and pretend then. Children really do help keep us honest, don't they?
October 27 at 10:59pm
Marie
Marie
Do you know why people are so curious? No one EVER has
taught the population about a disability. It's not that we
have a disability, we have a great ability to see the light.
This is because we got sick or born w/ something that was
passed on from a former family member. No one knows????... Read More

It is a long a winding road, but we have the common courtesy
to keep quiet, and not be so nosey! Once the cat is out of the
bag about what happened, you see your relationship w/ people change real quick. Why, are you afraid you might
catch something? You really find out who your friends are.

My sound advice is, stay off Motorcycles, Wear a helmet,
and buckle your Seatbelt. All laws, I help put into effect...
when I suffered my head injury....just by an anuerism.
You don't know what will happen next!

Stay safe, Marie
October 30 at 9:31am
Meghan Nelson

Meghan Nelson I have started developing and will direct the Community Placement Program with Western Pennsylvania Easter Seals. Since February 2009 I have had 7 people get the job they wanted and they are all still working. I have a bunch of others I am currently assisting in their job search.

October 26 at 12:21pm · Report
Sara

Sara I just found out Friday that I need to have a tendon transfer and a heelcord release for cerebral palsy. I have had the heel cord release twice on my right ankle (once as a child and once again at age 22). But I'm now 34 and I have never had a tendon transfer. I do not even have a date for surgery, just the knowledge it must be done NOW! (next 28 days...) Help...

October 25 at 12:28pm · Report
Michelle Henson
Michelle Henson
Hello Sara! My name is michelle I am 25 and have mild cp. I had releases done in my heel cords a few times. I believe I had a transfer of a tendon or muscle in my upper leg at the age of 10. Not sure if it is the same thing or not. Good luck!
October 25 at 4:48pm
Sara
Sara
Hi Michelle! Thank you for writing with your experience. My cp is mild and the tendon transfer and heel cord release are all to be done on my left foot. The right foot is the one I had surgery done on twice before. My understanding is that one tendon has "overpowered" the other which is why I need to have the tendon transfer. The tendons to be ... Read Moretransferred are located on either side of my left foot. The left heel cord is in need of repair because it has never been operated on.

The recovery is what I'm most worried about as I've never had a tendon transfer, just a heel cord release (on the right side, but at least I know what that's like). I appreciate your kind words and thoughts. Thanks again!
October 25 at 5:16pm
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Easter Seals We’re working with prominent aging organizations to promote the value of healthcare legislation for seniors. Check out the campaign principles and promotional videos:

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Easter Seals worked with AARP, AFSCME Retirees, the Alliance for Retired Americans, American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging, the National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare, and the Service Employees International Union to create these principles and videos.
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A terrific Capitol Hill Day!
What a terrific Capitol Hill Day we had in Washington D.C.! We started the day off with a tour of the White House. About 200 Easter Seals staff and volunteers got to take advantage of this rare opportunity! Then we met with members of Congress for our home state of Wisconsin — Senato...

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Courtesy of Easter Seals: Disability Etiquette: When greeting a person with a severe loss of vision, always identify yourself and others who may be with you. Say, for example, "On my right is John Doe". When talking in a group, remember to use vocal cues, like saying the name of the person to you're speaking to. Speak... in a normal tone of voice, indicate when you move from one place to another, and let it be known when the conversation ends.Read More

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Easter Seals provides exceptional services, education, outreach, and advocacy so that people living with autism and other disabilities can live, learn, work and play in our communities.
October 22 at 8:06am