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Renowned Authors Join Forces to Produce The Social Times Volume 4












Overland Park, Kansas (PRWEB) April 18, 2012

AAPC Publishing is proud of it’s decade-long tradition of publishing award-winning books and other resources that meet the highest standards in the field of education today. Continuing this tradition, we are pleased to announce the release of the fourth year of our award-winning magazine, The Social Times. New to Volume 4 this year is the joint collaboration of best-selling authors Kari Dunn Buron and Brenda Smith Myles PhD.

The only publication of its kind, The Social Times is a great resource for teachers and professionals working with students grades 3-9. Each issue offers critical information on social skills and social competence while making lessons entertaining and applicable to the lives and concerns of today’s students. Topics for the 2012-2013 school year include …


Introducing Yourself
Joining In
Making and Using a ‘To Do’ List
Sarcasm
Cyber Bullying
Hidden Curriculum
When to Tell on Another Person
Telling Jokes
It is OK to Say I Don’t Know

A 2012-2013 subscription includes:

9 issues for the entire school year (available as single sets or a set of 10 copies of each issue)
Online teacher support materials, including handouts, PowerPoints, answer keys, and much more
Opportunities to submit ideas and receive feedback from the editors, Kari Dunn Buron and Brenda Smith Myles, PhD.

The Social Times has been recognized as a Winner of the National Parenting Publications Gold Award (NAPPA) for 2010 and 2011 and received a 2011 gold medal from the Moonbeam Children’s Book Awards. This unique teaching tool is written directly to students in their “voice” and offers critical information on social skills presented in articles that are both entertaining and applicable to students’ lives.    

What People Are Saying About The Social Times:

“The school district that I work for purchased The Social Times for use with our Asperger students. I am enjoying every issue . . .”

Julie-Social Cognition Specialist

“If you’re searching for a way to teach social skills to students with ASD, look no further! The Social Times addresses timely, relevant social issues, using visuals that appeal to the students. A user-friendly format, on-line resources, and easy-to-implement lessons make The Social Times an excellent resource for any classroom.”

Margaret Murray-Autism consultant, Dept. of Defense Educational Activity-Pacific

“I have purchased The Social Times for every elementary and middle school site in our district. The feedback has been very positive. The staff in our district use it as a supplement to the Garcia Winner curriculum and with video modeling. We plan on purchasing it next year.”

Lynn Peal-Autism Resource Specialist

For more information about The Social Times, visit http://www.aapcpublishing.net/SocialTimes4. A sample copy of The Social Times can be downloaded at http://www.aapcpublishing.net

If you have any questions, or would like to order a sample of The Social Times, please contact AAPC Marketing at marketing@aapcpublishing.net.

About the Authors:

Kari Dunn Buron, M.S., is the coordinator of an ASD certificate program for educators at Hamline University in St. Paul. MN. She received her Master of Science degree in behavior disorders and learning disorders from Illinois State University in 1980. She recently retired from K-12 special education after more than 30 years. Kari is one of the founding members of the MN Autism Network, a statewide group of Autism Resource Specialists, and a past president of the Autism Society of Minnesota. She has spent 17 years working with the Autistic Society of Trinidad and Tobago, where she travels annually to volunteer in homes and schools. In 1995, Kari developed Camp Discovery, a summer camp for youth with Asperger Syndrome. In 2003, she received a fellowship that allowed her to study social cognition and ASD from an international perspective.

Brenda Smith Myles Ph.D., a consultant with the Ziggurat Group and the Education and Treatment Services Project for Military Dependent Children with Autism, is the recipient of the Autism Society of America’s Outstanding Professional Award, the Princeton Fellowship Award, and the Council for Exceptional Children, Division on Developmental Disabilities Burton Blatt Humanitarian Award. Brenda has made over 500 presentations all over the world and written more than 150 articles and books on ASD including Asperger Syndrome and Difficult Moments: Practical Solutions for Tantrums, Rage, and Meltdowns (with Southwick) and The Hidden Curriculum: Practical Solutions for Understanding Unstated rules in Social Situations. In addition, she served as the co-chair of the National ASD Teacher Standards Committee and was on the National Institute of Mental Health’s Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee’s Strategic Planning Consortium. Myles is also on the executive boards of several organizations, including the Organization for Autism Research and ASTEP – Asperger Syndrome Training and Education Program. In addition, in the latest survey conducted by the University of Texas, she was acknowledged as the second most productive applied researcher in ASD in the world.

About AAPC Publishing:

Established in 1999, the mission AAPC Publishing is to be the first source for practical solutions related to autism spectrum and related disorders. We are an independent publisher, targeting professionals and parents alike. We strive to offer publications at affordable prices so that important resources will not be off limits to anyone with an interest in the autism spectrum.





















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Disability Rights

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Michael Berube, co-director of the Disabilities Program at Penn State, discusses the law, meaning and accommodation of disability, as well as his experiences and insights as the parent of a child with Down Syndrome.

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Super Troopers Actor Erik Stolhanske Speaks About Life with a Prosthetic Leg

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Super Troopers Actor Erik Stolhanske Speaks About Life with a Prosthetic Leg











Super Troopers Actor Erik Stolahnske AKA “Rabbit”


Minneapolis, MN (PRWEB) March 01, 2012

Erik Stolhanske breaks his silence about being an amputee. He speaks about the needs and rights of people with disabilities, as well as celebrates their various contributions to communities and society as a whole.

Stolhanske, or Rabbit, from the well known comedy classic Super Troopers, has lived a remarkable life in spite of having a disability, an artificial leg. Currently, Stolhanske is booking talks around the country to inspire those who have a “handicap” themselves or have a family member or friend with a problem –physically or mentally. According to Stolhanske, everyone has a wooden leg.

Through his inspiring presentations, Stolhanske has been helping people realize they are capable of achieving their goals despite perceived limitations. In his talks, he refers to “foolish perseverance”– telling a passionate and often hilarious story of overcoming obstacles even if it seems as if “the odds are stacked against you.”

The key messages audiences hear through Erik’s personal story include the following:

Identifying obstacles

Accepting and overcoming adversity

Setting realistic goals

Persevering with determination

For More information:

Jennifer Hull

310-779-1923

information(at)erikstolhanske(dot)com

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Foundation Financial Group Volunteers for Harvesters

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (PRWEB) February 21, 2012

Foundation Financial Group’s employees at its Kansas City retail branch, located at 7607 NW Roanridge Road, volunteered at Harvesters’ Volunteer Outreach Center. Foundation Financial Group employees volunteered their time by sorting and repackaging donated products and made a monetary donation to the Harvesters cause.

“I am extremely proud of my fellow employees and our company because we know that giving back to your community matters,” said Christopher J. Kemmy, Foundation Financial Group’s Kansas City branch manager. “There are many children, families and individuals who don’t know where their next meal is coming from. We are glad we could help support this great organization that helps provide food to people.”

About Harvesters: The Community Food Network

Harvesters is the regional food bank serving a 26-county area of northwestern Missouri and northeastern Kansas and is the winner of the 2011 Food Bank of the Year award from Feeding America. Harvesters provides food and related household products to more than 620 not-for-profit agencies including emergency food pantries, soup kitchens, homeless shelters, children’s homes, homes for the mentally disabled and shelters for battered persons. Agencies in Harvesters’ network provide food assistance to as many as 66,000 different people each week. Harvesters, which was founded in 1979, is a certified member of Feeding America, a nationwide network of more than 200 food banks serving all 50 states.

About Foundation Financial Group

Foundation Financial Group, one of the nation’s fastest-growing financial services companies, specializes in mortgage lending, property and casualty insurance, life insurance, retirement services, personal taxes and corporate tax services. Foundation Financial Group operates seven regional centers in Atlanta; Charlotte, N.C.; Dallas; Jacksonville, Fla.; Raleigh, N.C.; Rochester, N.Y.; and Savannah, Ga., as well as a branch network of retail storefronts in Dayton, Ohio; Indianapolis; Kansas City, Mo.; Toledo, Ohio; and St. Paul, Minn. Foundation Financial Group offers mortgage refinancing and first-time buyer lending through traditional financing, as well as Federal Housing Administration and other government-backed home loan programs. Foundation Financial Group enjoys an A+ rating from the Better Business Bureau, the highest accreditation the BBB gives and an industry-leading Federal Housing Administration compare ratio. For more information, call 866-334-1001.

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Disability Law Lowdown 8 – Ticket to Work

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Have you heard about the Ticket to Work program, but aren’t sure what it is? Do you receive SSI or SSDI? Do you want to work? Then learn more about how the Ticket to Work Program can help.

This presentation has been designed to provide information that is applicable to most institutions that students with disabilities may be applying to, as well as providing basic information that is applicable to Empire State College. All students are encouraged to view this presentation; those who will be attending Empire State College are strongly encouraged to review the information, articles and presentations posted for Current Students on the Office of Collegewide DIsability Services website..
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A Post-transplant Patient Speaks Out: ?We Have an Organ-Donor Crisis and Need an Additional Policy!?

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A Post-transplant Patient Speaks Out: “We Have an Organ-Donor Crisis and Need an Additional Policy!”












Palm Desert, CA (PRWEB) December 01, 2011

According to post-transplant patient David Courtney, America’s present system of organ donation that relies primarily on “altruism” is failing miserably in meeting the demand for organs because the waiting list keeps increasing rapidly, now nearing 113,000 according to the United Network for Organ Sharing the Federally contracted operator of the US Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network. According to the Los Angeles Times, on average, one person that has been listed for transplant dies every 52 minutes.    

He is the President of the Presumed Consent Foundation, Inc, and a member of the FAIR Foundation’s Board of Directors whose 27 transplant surgeons, medical directors and patient advocates support of the implementation of Presumed Consent policy.

Courtney has intimate knowledge regarding the long wait for transplant. His life was close to ending after many years waiting for a double lung transplant.

“Although my life has been saved,” Courtney states, I continue to fight for change from our present policies because so many others are needlessly dying; indeed, thousands of those lives can be saved.”

Courtney recommends a new organ-donor policy called “Presumed Consent” which would mandate that all citizens are organ-donors; however each citizen retains the right of free choice—they can opt out of the system at any time.

“Making a choice,” Courtney clarifies, “remains the most important part of this policy as everyone is entitled to have their choice honored. This policy is presently in effect in 27 countries. It is the fastest and least expensive way to lessen the shortage of organs for transplantation.”

Courtney states, “Studies by the Association of Organ Procurement Organizations and its members have shown that when faced with a decision at the time of a tragic event, many people do not consent to donation of their loved one’s organs or tissue, simply because they don’t know their loved one’s choice. As a result our current ‘opt-in’ system based on altruism is not meeting the demand for organs.

“Even with our state and federal governments having spent billions of dollars on educating our public on the need for donation, we still have the crisis of a death every 52 minutes,” adds Courtney.

Courtney has clarified in presentations throughout the USA to Patient and Civic Groups, the United Network for Organ Sharing’s Ethics Committee and the US Department of Health and Human Service’s Advisory Committee on Organ Transplantation, as well as many state and federal legislators and committees that Presumed Consent Policy in the US should be implemented with integral capabilities as championed by the Spanish Model of Presumed Consent: Notification, education, awareness, a central registry, program management, and legal protection for providers and oversight.

Courtney summarizes his position, “Yes, my life was saved by our present policy but thousands of others are dying and we must fight to help them with the implementation of Presumed Consent policy which will provide many more organs for life-saving transplant.”

Courtney urges you to communicate with your Congresspersons to share your support for Presumed Consent at this link.

About David Courtney:

David Courtney was diagnosed with the Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease “Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency” at the age of 40. David has served on the Board of Directors of the Alpha-1 Advocacy Alliance (A1AA) and currently serves on the advisory committee for the Save Lives Now New York Foundation, Inc. He co-founded the West Texas Alpha-1 Self Support Group, is past Chapter President of the Texas Panhandle Chapter of the Transplant Recipients International Organization (TRIO) and is an active member of LifeGift Organ Donation Center’s Vital Volunteer Group. David has served as a member of the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organization (JCAHO, now known as The Joint Commission) Public Policy Roundtable on Organ Donation. He has presented Presumed Consent policy to meetings of the US Department of Health and Human Services, Advisory Committee on Organ Transplantation, the UNOS Ethics Committee, as well as many state and federal legislative committees and staff. He serves as a Deacon and leads the Men’s Ministry at Western Heritage Fellowship, a non-denominational church. He is a disabled veteran and received bi-lateral lung transplant September 8th, 2008.

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Judge Disability Attorney from Initial Consultation

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The role of disability attorneys is to stand in support of disabled people for their rights against the authority. It is often seen that disabled people face problems and are also denied jobs due to their disability. The disability lawyers are well-versed with disability benefits law that helps them to seek financial compensation for their clients.

In a situation, when a person becomes disabled due to certain factors, they have to go through a certain procedure to prove their disability to claim the benefits. For such type of cases, there is a need to appoint disability lawyer who can stand by your side to present your case in an appropriate manner. Inability to hire a professional lawyer for disability claims can result you great losses which you will not be able to incur in future.

Therefore, it is essential for you to hire an experienced attorney for disability cases. If you are struggling to claim against your disability, then you must begin your search for a right attorney for your disability case. When you begin your search, you should not restrict your search by finding a single lawyer but you must gather two or more options so that you can evaluate their past experience, proficiency in disability law and their willingness to help you get relief on early basis.

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After making a selection, you can ask for their initial lawyer consultation from each of the lawyer to determine the chances of your winning as per their experience and knowledge. The initial consultation will help you to know more about the competency and credibility of the lawyer and their expertise in disability law. During your initial consultation, you will explain your situation thoroughly and will also explain your expectations from the case.

Before you make the final decision, you must ensure about the cost to employ their services to secure disability claim from the authority. If you will find the competency and budget apt for your case, you can take you discussion further. However, a little research about their reputation in the market can help you to take a better decision. Sometimes, a cost-effective disability law firm can put you in a bigger trouble. So, reputation and reliability check is a must for everyone before signing a deal with them.

Once a lawyer fits in all the places, you are ready to take your talk further and multiply your chances of wining your disability case.

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Disability Law Lowdown 24 – 911 Access – DOJ Regulation Changes

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Right now, most 911 call centers are not equipped to accept emergency calls from text or video calls that many people with disabilities use to communicate. A new system called Next Generation 911 (NG911) will allow people to contact 911 through text or video calls. As a result, the Department of Justice is looking at revising the ADA regulations to ensure call centers are accessible. They’re asking for comments from the public on this issue.
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Some Constitutive Federal Laws for the Disabled

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The United States Federal Government has provided enough laws that ensure equal opportunity for people with disabilities. These provisions are waged in order to strike the imbalance growing out from the difference in physical and psychological attributes among people.

These laws are all aimed at approximating equality for all regardless of their personal circumstances and physical defects. This is not only mandated by law but also developed as an obligation.

The Federal Law has provided constitutive rules addressing this concern. In fact, there are many federally mandated laws for the disabled. To name a few of these pertinent laws would be illuminating, thus:

Federal Disability Laws

•    The Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) disability program

It is the largest of several Federal programs managed by the Social Security Administration that assists people with disabilities. SSDI pays benefits to people who are unable to work because of a disability. On the other hand, SSI pays benefits to individuals who have both limited income and resources.  It is a provision that is primarily based on financial need.

•    Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 42 U.S.C. §§ 12101 et seq.

It is a federal law that provides civil rights protection to persons with disabilities in the area of employment, public accommodations, and services made available by state and local governments, transportation and telecommunications. 

The ADA prohibits discrimination based on disability by calling for the removal of communication and architectural barriers. 

•    Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1988 42 U.S.C. §§ 3601 et seq.

A federal law that prohibits housing discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, disability, familial status, and national origin. It covers private housing, housing that receives Federal financial assistance, and State and local government housing. 

In brief, its mandate against unlawful discrimination covered the following activities: any aspect of selling or renting housing, including financing, zoning practices, new construction design, and advertising.

•    The Rehabilitation Act of 1973 ,as amended (Section 501 29 U.S.C. § 791, Section 503 29 U.S.C. § 793, Section 504 29 U.S.C. § 794 and Section 508 29 U.S.C. § 794d)

It is a law that prohibits discrimination based on disability in programs conducted by Federal agencies; in programs, which received Federal financial assistance; in Federal employment; and in the employment practices of Federal contractors. 

It focuses on requiring non-discriminatory actuations in federal employment and guaranteeing affirmative actions for the disabled.

•    Individuals with Disabilities Education Act 20 U.S.C. §§ 1400 et seq.

It is a federal law that requires public schools to make available to all eligible and disabled children (age three – twenty one) a special education and related services including a free appropriate public education in the least restrictive environment appropriate to their individual needs.

•    Telecommunications Act of 1996 47 U.S.C. §§ 255, 251(a)(2)

It is the law that ensures people with disabilities easy access to a broad range of telecommunication products and services. Manufacturers of telecommunication equipment and providers of telecommunication services are required to provide accessibility of equipment and services for use of persons with disabilities.

•    Voting Accessibility for the Elderly and Handicapped Act of 1984
42 U.S.C. §§ 1973ee et seq.

Physical accessibility of polling places across the US (for federal Elections), availability of registration and voting aids for disabled and elderly voters are partly mandated by these federal laws all for the benefit of the disabled and elderly sector.

The pertinent federal disability laws given above are just some of the laws provided for the disabled sector waged by the US government. With all of these guarantees, the public can glean that equality has been approximated, in a way.

Our skilled Los Angeles lawyers can shed light to your questions or concerns regarding disability laws. Visit our official website to get the best legal assistance.