Hurricane Matthew Survivors with Disabilities Are you a survivor of Hurricane Matthew with a disability living in North or South Carolina?   If so, The University of South Carolina needs your input regarding your experiences during Hurricane Matthew and the subsequent flooding. The information collected will not be identifiable and will be used to enhance the Carolina’s emergency response services for persons with disabilities during and after a crisis. If you have any questions or if you would like assistance (ie. have the survey read to you, alternative format, etc.) completing the survey, please contact Dr. Robert Dawson at 803-386-1711 or email at crisisawareness@gmail.com. Please Click Here to Complete the Survey

Able SC Transition Conference



Empowering a Future is Able SC’s annual transition conference for professionals working with young adults with disabilities.  Mapping Your Future is the free companion event for young adults with disabilities in transition and up to two family members. Both conferences are intended to raise expectations, foster awareness of best practices, and build critical skills.

Both conferences will be held at Furman University. Empowering a Future will run for a full day on Friday, March 10, 2017. Mapping Your Future will run for a full day on Saturday, March 11, 2017. If you’d like more information about registering, participating as a vendor, or sharing your transition knowledge as a presenter, you have come to the right place!

Important Event Information

This is an open call to share your expertise with professionals! To promote access to more material and better engage attendees, this year’s Empowering a Future will feature short presentations and a much greater variety of presenters. Each presenter will be sharing an innovative practice or practical tool that conference attendees can take with them when they leave. Young adult self-advocates, parents, graduate and undergraduate students, teachers, rehabilitation counselors, professors, and anyone else who has something innovative to share are all encouraged to submit a proposal! All selected presenters will receive a free conference registration to Empowering a Future as our way of thanking you for sharing your expertise. The proposal form is very short and can be found by following this link. The deadline for submitting a proposal to present is January 18, 2017.

 

      Vendor registration is currently open. Vendor registration is $50.00 and covers a six-foot table and lunch at both conferences (Friday and Saturday). Click here for a vendor registration form and more details. The deadline to register as a vendor is January 18, 2017.

 

Mapping Your Future and Empowering a Future 2017 are made possible through support from Able South Carolina, Transition Alliance of South Carolina, SC Department of Education, Family Connection of SC, Protection & Advocacy for People with Disabilities, Inc.

For more information, visit http://www.able-sc.org/mapping-your-future-empowering-a-future-2017/

11th Annual Nurturing Developing Minds Conference

Theme: Addressing the Challenges of Adversity

Friday, February 24, 2017
Kroc Conference Center • 424 Westfield Street, Greenville, SC 29601

Keynote Speaker
Jeffrey Brosco, MD, PhD
Professor of Clinical Pediatrics, University of Miami
Associate Director, Mailman Center for Child Development
Regional Medical Director, CMS, South Region

Nurturing Developing Minds is a regional conference providing an innovative learning opportunity for a broad interprofessional workforce. Plenary sessions will feature national experts on brain development and function, the impact of adversity, and interventions to support healthy child development. A selection of breakout sessions will give participants the opportunity to learn practical applications to use in their daily work with children and families.

For detailed program/registration information, go to ghs.org/CME-Conferences.

 

Free UDL Webinar

From CAST:

                          UDL Now! Revised with Katie Novak

Date: Friday, January 27, 2017
Time: 1:00 - 2:00 p.m. EST
Cost: Free
Presenter: Katie Novak

Registration

Are you interested in bringing the excitement back to the classroom, engaging your students, and empowering them to personalize their journey? Learn about the importance of involving students in the design and delivery of their instruction, supported by practical tools and strategies to help you begin applying these concepts immediately.

In the revised and expanded edition of her bestseller UDL Now! Katie Novak, a leading UDL expert and author, provides new insights and strategies for helping all learners meet high standards using the Universal Design for Learning framework.

Free Accessibility Trainings

Free Webinars

FittingAccessible Educational Materials in Your Teacher Education Program from NCAEM
1/11/2017 at 11am Pacific, 2pm Eastern

2017Digital Accessibility Trends from SSB BART Group
1/17/2017 at tbd

Teaching Accessible eRecruiting as a Business Strategy from PEAT
1/19/2017  at 11am Pacific, 2PM Eastern

Implementing Accessible Workplace Tech: Videos & Accessibility from ODEP/PEAT
1/26/2017 at 11am Pacific, 2PM Eastern
 

Accessibilityfor Google Drive: A closer look at Add-ons as AT from Ablenet
1/26/2017 at 12pm Pacific, 3pm Eastern

Recently Recorded Webinar

CreatingAccessible Tables for the Web from PEAT

2017 Hopes and Dreams Conference Registration Now Open!

We are extremely excited to offer a full day pre-conference Wrightslaw Training on Thursday. Thursday, January 26 & Friday, January 27, 2017
First Baptist Church of Lexington

Followed by a full day of breakout sessions on Friday, including (but not limited to) workshops centered around:

• Student Directed IEPs
• Supported Decision Making
• ADHD and school assistance
• Resources
• Medicaid / TEFRA
• Assisted Technology in Schools
• Financial Planning
• Pediatric Feeding Issues
• Advocacy
• Autism and school assistance
• Behavior and Preschool / School Inclusion

CEUs are available.
 
                                   SPACES ARE LIMITED! RESERVE YOUR SEAT ASAP!
  
                                         For information on Registration: click here 

SC Assistive Technology Exchange

Help us spread the word about the Exchange!

The South Carolina Assistive Technology Exchange is an online recycling database that helps people with disabilities find affordable assistive technology devices and equipment. The Exchange is designed to facilitate transactions between South Carolinians. The South Carolina Assistive Technology Program (SCATP), does not profit from the sale of listed devices.

To register for the SC Assistive Technology Exchange, go to http://www.scatpexchange.net/register.php, complete the page, and sign the disclaimer form. You can register even if you don't have items to immediately sell, give, or find. A password will be generated and you'll be in the system. If you don't have email, you can call SCATP at 803-935-5273 to have your account information entered for you. Items can be viewed without registering, but you need to register to list or get equipment.

Those with equipment no longer needed can list all available devices for use in education, employment, and community living environments, and connect with people interested in finding these resources. If your agency has equipment that no one is using, feel free to list that equipment on the SC AT Exchange.

Click here for more information.

6th Annual Shuck-A-Rama

You’re Invited!

Click here for more information.

2017 SC Assistive Technology Expo

FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
NO PRE-REGISTRATION NECESSARY

Mark your calendars! 

The South Carolina Assistive Technology Program Expo is returning for another exciting year! Come see what's new in assistive technology and listen to free presentations by great speakers.

When and Where?

Wednesday, March 22, 2017 8:30 am - 3:30 pm
Columbia Metropolitan Convention Ctr.
1101 Lincoln St., Columbia, SC 29201

 Download the 2017 AT Expo Flyer (PDF).

Download the Large Print 2017 AT Expo Flyer (PDF). 

For more information, click here.