MAR Bylaws -Please vote

Please go to the MAR Bylaws page and vote yes or no to the proposed Bylaws by October 1. Also please read the message from Carl Marshall regarding MAR Elections.

NRA Mid-Atlantic Region Awards 2012

MID-ATLANTIC REGION ADMINISTRATION AWARD

This award honors an individual who has shown unusual initiative or creativeness in the development and administration of a program of demonstrated value for people with disabilities. The person eligible for this award should be: (1) an administrator of a rehabilitation program; (2) a director of a rehabilitation service provider; (3) a person who has helped to develop outstanding rehabilitation programs in untried areas, although not personally involved in direct service to individuals. This recipient of this award can be nominated for the NRA Bell Greve Memorial Award. NRA membership is required.

MID-ATLANTIC REGION REHABILITATION PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AWARD

This award is to be presented to an individual NRA Mid-Atlantic Region member for significant contributions in the professional preparation and upgrading of rehabilitation personnel. The recipient may have initiated curriculum innovations, planned and implemented programs for a variety of rehabilitation personnel, inspired training in legislative and appropriations forums. The award signifies dedication and leadership in the pursuit of quality services to individuals with disabilities. The recipient of this award can be nominated for the NRA W. F. Faulkes Award. NRA membership is required.



INSTRUCTIONS

Award nominations described above should be submitted by January 31, 2012 on the attached nomination form. All material should be electronically submitted, WORD and/or PDF documents preferred.

In narrative form, state in full detail why this individual should receive the award. Your statement may be as long as you wish, but judging will rely more on content as to award criteria than on length. Explanatory or corroborating statements from others may be added. Statements should be specific as to the nature, scope and importance of the contributions made by the nominee to the rehabilitation of people with disabilities, their well being, or to professionals who provide relevant services. Do not use the nominee’s name in the narrative. All statements must be signed.

The awards will be presented to the selected nominees at a NRA Mid-Atlantic Region or Chapter event to be announced.



9/29/11

NATIONAL REHABILITATION ASSOCIATION

MID-ATLANTIC REGION AWARD NOMINATION FORM


I. ______________________________________________________________________
(Name of Nominee)
________________________________________________________________________
(Address of Nominee)
________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________ (Telephone of Nominee) (Email of Nominee)


II. The person named above is being nominated for the ___________________________

_________________________________________________________________ Award.

Please include a resume or curriculum vitae, if available. The nominee MUST be a Mid-Atlantic Region NRA member.

III. Composed as an electronic document (WORD and/or PDF preferred). In narrative form, state in full detail why this individual should receive the award. Your statement may be as long as you wish, but judging will rely more on content as to award criteria than on length. Explanatory or corroborating statements from others may be added. Statements should be specific as to the nature, scope and importance of the contributions made by the nominee to the rehabilitation of people with disabilities, their well being, or to professionals that provide relevant services. Do not use the nominee’s name in the narrative. All statements must be signed.


IV. ____________________________________________________________________
(Name of Nominator)

________________________________________________________________________
(Address of Nominator)
________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________ (Telephone of Nominator) (Email of Nominator)

________________________________ ________________________
(Signature of Nominator) (Date of Nomination)

Winners can be nominated for appropriate National Awards.

Award nominations should be submitted by January 31, 2012 to:

Carl L. Marshall
MAR Award Committee Chair
2304 Bellevue Road
Harrisburg, PA 17104
cmarshall2304@verizon.net
717-238-3414

9/29/11

A Woman's Journey at Johns Hopkins

The 17th annual Johns Hopkins Medicine premiere annual women’s health conference, A Woman’s Journey will take place on Saturday, November 12, 2011 at the Baltimore Hilton Hotel.

More than 17 years ago two remarkable Baltimoreans approached Johns Hopkins Medicine with an idea that would impact the lives of thousands of women. Both survivors of cancers Mollye Block and Harriet Legum, wanted to empower women to make effective health care decisions for themselves and those they love. Johns Hopkins Medicine accepted their challenge. Since then, A Woman’s Journey has attracted around 1,000 attendees each year from over 19 states. A Woman’s Journey is unique. All speakers are Johns Hopkins faculty who present the latest medical advances in women’s health. This is a chance to hear from pioneers in their fields.

There are many seminars that will be of interest to you and the employees of HomeCare Maryland. From Unique Immune Responses in Women and A Hearty Discussion about Women and Heart DiseasetoStaying Healthy in a Toxic Environmentand What You Eat Can Save Your Life, A Woman’s Journey features 32 Johns Hopkins faculty and physicians presenting a wide range of women’s health issues.

Attendees can also earn continuing education credits from nine other professional organizations.

More information about the amount of credits awarded by each professional organization can be found by going to: http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/awomansjourney/baltimore/2011_conference.html/2011_Continuing_Education.html
General registration is $110, which includes two keynote speakers, breakfast and lunch and the choice of 4 out of 32 seminars. More information about the conference and online registration can be found by going to our website: http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/awomansjourney/baltimore.

Professional Academic Certificate Program

Program in Career Planning and Placement for Youth with Disabilities available.

The University of Maryland, in collaboration with TransCen, Inc is offering an on-line, 12 credit academic certificate program in Career Planning and placement for Youth in Transition. Scholarships from the U.S. Department of Education are available for eligible students. For more information, and to apply for the next cohort (Fall, 2011), please click on the link below:

http://www.education.umd.edu/EDCP/page.cfm?page_ID=163754136100220091

If you have any questions, please email Ellen Fabian at efabian@umd.edu.

Professional Academic Certificate Program in Career Justice Department’s New ADA Rules Go into Effect on March 15, 2011

WASHINGTON – Revised regulations implementing the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) will take effect March 15, 2011, the Department of Justice announced. The revised rules are the department’s first major revision of its guidance on accessibility in 20 years.

The regulations apply to the activities of more than 80,000 units of state and local government and more than seven million places of public accommodation, including stores, restaurants, shopping malls, libraries, museums, sporting arenas, movie theaters, doctors’ and dentists’ offices, hotels, jails and prisons, polling places, and emergency preparedness shelters. The rules were signed by Attorney General Eric Holder on July 23, 2010, and the official text was published in the Federal Register on September 15, 2010.

The department is also releasing a new document, “ADA Update: A Primer for Small Business,” to help small businesses understand the new and updated accessibility requirements. In addition, the department is announcing the release of a new publication explaining when the various provisions of its amended regulations will take effect. Both documents will be available tomorrow on the department’s ADA website, http://www.ada.gov.

“The new rules usher in a new day for the more than 50 million individuals with disabilities in this country,” said Thomas E. Perez, Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights. “The rules will expand accessibility in a number of areas and, for the first time, provide detailed guidance on how to make recreation facilities, including parks and swimming pools, accessible.”

The new ADA rules adopt the 2010 ADA Standards for Accessible Design, which have been retooled to be more user-friendly for building code officials, builders, and architects, and have been harmonized with state and local accessibility codes. The 2010 standards also include, for the first time, standards on making swimming pools, parks, golf courses, boating facilities, exercise clubs, and other recreation facilities accessible for individuals with disabilities. Entities covered by the ADA have until March 15, 2012 to comply with the 2010 Standards. In addition to adopting the new ADA 2010 Standards, the amended regulations contain many new or expanded provisions on general nondiscrimination policies, including the use of service animals, the use of wheelchairs and other power-driven mobility devices, selling tickets for wheelchair-accessible seating at sports and performance venues, reserving and guaranteeing accessible rooms at hotels, providing interpreter services through video conferencing, and the effect of the new regulations on existing facilities. The compliance date for the all the new nondiscrimination provisions, except for those on hotel reservations, is March 15, 2011. Compliance with the hotel reservation provisions is not required until March 15, 2012.

“ADA Update” and “ADA 2010 Revised Requirements: Effective Date/Compliance Date” are the first of several planned publications aimed at helping businesses, not-for-profit organizations, and state and local governments understand their obligations under the amended Title II and Title III regulations. Individual print copies of the Effective Date/Compliance Date publication can be ordered from the ADA Information Line (800-514-0301 voice or 800-514-0383 TTY).

For more information about the ADA, call the Justice Department’s toll-free ADA Information Line at 800-514-0301 or 800-514-0383 (TTY), or access the department’s ADA website at http://www.ada.gov.