November 2009 Edition of Alliance Alert
November 30, 2009 by ellen
Filed under Environmental Issues
The November 2009 edition of Alliance Alert is available online.
Powerful Resource for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Community With Substance Abuse
November 25, 2009 by rosie
Filed under Did You Know?, Resources, State Resources
The Recovery Network for the Deaf, Hard of Hearing and Hearing Loss provides substance abuse assessment, treatment, case management, mobile substance abuse assessment and treatment, advocacy, communication access service, 12 step meetings in American Sign Language, Aftercare Service and education for the deaf, hard of hearing and hearing loss community about the influence of addiction at the following locations in New Jersey (and mobile access is available as well):
- Catholic Charities at 321 Central Avenue in Newark NJ 07103
- Center for Family Services at 108 Somerdale Road in Voorhees, NJ 08043
Registered interpreters are available to provide: American Sign Language, oral or Tactile Interpreting, Signed English and Spanish Sign Language as are Assistive Listening Devices and Communication Access Realtime Translation (CART).
For additional information and services, contact Julie Doerrmann, Program Coordinator, 856-874-8230, text: 856-924-1777, TTY: 856-428-8373, Fax: 856-428-0949 and e-mail: communicationaccess@centerffs.orgThis is a vital resource regarding services for the Deaf and Hard of hearing community with substance use issues.
Also visit The Center for Family Services
This is vital resource regarding services for the Deaf and Hard of hearing community with substance use issues.
Latest SAMHSA FASD Center for Excellence Update
November 20, 2009 by rosie
Filed under Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD)
Read the latest SAMHSA FASD Center for Excellence Update. Please share with others
Premature Birth Report Card is Now Available-Where Does America and Your State Stand?
November 20, 2009 by rosie
Filed under Prenatal Issues
According to the Premature Birth Report Card released by the March of Dimes, America receives a D.
What about your State? What grade did it receive for premature births?
There is still a lot of work to do!
Is The Term Mental Retardation Derogatory?
November 18, 2009 by rosie
Filed under Did You Know?
Is the term mental retardation derogatory? Read this special report done by ABC News.
ABC News, November 18, 2009 — By Susan Donaldson James
On any given day at the mall, the sports field or the movies, 8-year-old Rosa Marcellino hears people say, “That’s so retarded,” or “You’re such a retard.”
“Even good kids use the word, not realizing that they’re talking about people like my sister,” said Rosa’s brother Nick, a Maryland 14-year-old.
“We’re not allowed to use the words at my house, it would be just like saying a curse word,” said Nick in testimony to Maryland legislators. “We’re also not allowed to use other words that are hurtful to minorities or people who are different.”
Rosa — who Nick calls the “smartest person I know” — has Down syndrome and is now at the center of a bill in Congress to strike the term “mentally retarded” from the federal lexicon.
Your Unborn Child Takes Part in Everything You Do!
November 18, 2009 by rosie
Filed under Prenatal Issues, Videos
Your unborn child is part of you. Every thing you do, they do. View and share this powerful short video clip in emails, websites, blogs, Facebook, Myspace, etc. You just might prevent a child from having Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders(FASD)
Your Unborn Child Takes Part in Everything You Do!(Spanish Version)
November 18, 2009 by rosie
Filed under Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD), Prenatal Issues, Videos
Your unborn child is part of you. Every thing you do, they do. View and share this powerful short video clip! Help in the prevention of brain damage.
