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Information/Announcements
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Resolution in Memory of Dink Shackleford

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Board for Protection and Advocacy Executive Committee Meeting - August 18, 2008

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Invitation for Bid Solicitation Cancellation

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Proposed State Special Education Regulations are Troubling

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DD Act Under Attack

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VOPA Speakers Bureau

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Members Needed for the PAIMI Advisory Council

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Members Needed for the Disabilities Advisory Council

VOPA in the News
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Press Release on State Special Education Regulations - May 22, 2008

Other Items of Interest
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The Arc of Virginia Condemns Negative Depiction of People with Intellectual Disabilities in Film “Tropic Thunder"

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Voting System User Study

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ADA Training Resource Center on the Americans with Disabilities Act

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2008 Special Education Parent Involvement Survey

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Study Seeks Participants with Sensory and/or Mobility Impairments (If you have a sensory impairment and/or mobility impairment, you may be eligible to participate in a new research project.  This research aims to understand what people with sensory and/or mobility impairments do in their daily lives, how their environments affect their community participation and what, if any, help they need to complete activities.)

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DBVI 2008 Workshop on Blindness and Visual Impairment - December 3 - 5, 2008

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Victory for Social Security Beneficiaries

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HRSA Announcement - Digital TV Countdown Has Started (Television serves as a focal point for many people it is a link to the outside world, a daily companion, and a source of local information during emergencies.  Many of the vulnerable, elderly and disabled are confused about the upcoming transition to digital television.  They have heard the news about the switch to digital television programming and think they must buy a new, expensive DTV or HDTV or be without TV after February 17, 2009.)  For more information, click on the link above or call 1-888-CALL-FCC (1-888-225-5322) (voice) or 1-888-TELL-FCC (1-888-835-5322) (TTY).

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WWRC Brain Injury Services Brochure

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Help Seniors Live Better, Longer:  Prevent Brain Injury

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Living with a Traumatic Brain Injury

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Medicaid Waivers Guide

 

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Last modified:  08/13/2008