Disability News You Can Use
Join Deanne Gagne and Andrew McQuaide as they discuss topics impacting Rhode Island’s Disability Community and share practical ways you can use information from each episode in your life. Disability News You Can Use is sponsored by Advocates in Action Rhode Island - Rhode Island’s statewide self-advocacy organization.
Episodes
Join us as we talk with Amy Stone about the RI Sibs. Rhode Island's Sibling Chapter is part of the national Sibling Leadership Network.
RI Sibs' mission is to empower siblings of individuals with disabilities with the support, tools, and opportunities to advocate, collaborate, and engage with their brothers and sisters. They aim to promote the issues that matter most to families.
Sibling chapters provide the state and local connec...
July is Fragile X Awareness Month, and July 22nd is National Fragile X Awareness Day as designated by the 106th US Congress. Join us as we speak with Barbara and Charles as they raise awareness about Fragile X, build community, and share how you can support someone living with Fragile X.
Join us as we have a candid conversation with Joanne Malise, Director of Living Innovations, Judy Niedbala, the recently retired Chief Executive Officer of Perspectives Corporation, and David Reiss, the Chief Executive Officer of The Fogarty Center. We discuss their days at the Ladd School, the impact they have had on the Developmental Disability (DD) system since then, how to build a good life,...
Join us for our interview with Anne LeClerc, Associate Director of Program Performance at the Division of Developmental Disabilities (DDD), and learn more about individual budgets, service changes, and more.
You can contact the division with questions by emailing (BHDDH.AskDD@bhddh.ri.gov). You can check out their website for more about these changes and updates. To get the latest updates, consider joining to receive the DD (Devel...
Listen to our co-produced episode of Disability News You Can Use with RIPIN's Susan Donovan and Sharon Kochan and learn more about their new Self-Directed Supports Program (SDSP). You can contact RIPIN about this program by calling the main number at 401-270-0101 or email (info@ripin.org) mentioning the Self-Directed Program. You can check out their website at https://ripin.org/selfdirectedsupport/.
Enjoy this exclusive interview with the RI Director of Medicaid, Kristin Sousa. Director Sousa provides listeners with information, tips, and techniques for navigating RI's Medicaid renewal process. Links to resources referenced in the episode: Healthy Rhode RI website (https://healthyrhode.ri.gov/HIXWebI3/DisplayHomePage), Healthy Rhode RI iOS and Android apps (https://healthsourceri.com/healthyrhode-mobile-app/), Health Source RI...
Join us as we interview RI General Assembly members Representative Tina Spears and Senator Louis DiPalma, take a glimpse into their tireless disability inclusion work, and learn how you can get involved in their efforts. Links to resources referenced in the episode: RI Legislature (https://www.rilegislature.gov/Pages/Default.aspx), Secretary of State (https://www.sos.ri.gov/), Open States (https://openstates.org/)
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