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Post:7/23/2008 Epilepsy Association of OklahomaThe Epilepsy Association of Oklahoma will sponsor a musical fundraiser on August 22, 2008 from 6 to 9 p.m. at the Country/Western Hall of Fame, 3925 S.E. 29th Street in Del City, Oklahoma. Admission is $10 at the door with children under age 10 for free. For more information contact Beverly Young at 405-271-3232.
Post:7/14/2008 Summer Cooling AssistanceA limited amount of summer cooling assistance will be made available across the state July 14 until funds are depleted. The Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) provides funding. Contact your local Department of Human Services for more information on eligibility. Bring your latest home electric bill and verification of income.
Post:7/1/2008 Cataract Awareness MonthAugust is Cataract Awareness Month. Cataracts are the leading cause of blindness in the world. There are close to 20.5 million Americans age 40 and older with cataracts. By age 80 more than half of all Americans will have cataracts. Prevent Blindness America offers tips about prevention and information about surgery. For more information from Prevent Blindness America, call 800-331-2020 or email shecker@preventblindness.org.
Post:7/1/2008 CelebrationThe Oklahoma City Downtown Lions Club invites teens and young adults with any disability and their friends for dancing and celebration Saturday, July 12, 2008 from 7-10 p.m. at the Hoover Middle School in Oklahoma City. Hoover Middle School is located at 2401 N.W. 115th Street. For more information contact Robert Goldman at 405-524-3403.
Post:7/1/2008 Americans With Disabilities ActThe Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is the civil rights law to give Americans with disabilities equal rights. For several years advocates have worked to gain passage of legislation to correct a series of U.S. Supreme Court decisions that have narrowed the coverage and anti-discrimination protection under this law. HR 3195 has passed the U.S. House of Representatives as of June 25, 2008. Action now shifts to the U.S. Senate where the ADA Restoration Bill is known as S. 1881. The landmark ADA was signed into law by the first President George Bush on July 26, 1990. Happy birthday ADA.
Post:7/1/2008 Health Insurance StatisticsThe Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has conducted a national, in-person household survey of more than 106,000 families in 2004 through 2006. According to their survey, the Southwest has the lowest health insurance coverage in the country. The Oklahoma statistics show that we have one in three adults under the age of 65 with no health insurance. This is the highest rate in the nation.
Post:7/1/2008 Deaf Awareness Day at the Oklahoma State FairDeaf Awareness Day at the State Fair of Oklahoma will be celebrated September 18, 2008 from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Visit the Coach House Building to join in.
Post:7/1/2008 Oklahoma Arthritis NetworkThe OAN will hold a membership meeting on Thursday, August 7, 2008 at 2 p.m. The meeting will take place at Shepherd Mall in Oklahoma City, suite 40-B (activity room). They will address future plans for the organization. Contact marisan@health.ok.gov or adriennec@health.ok.gov for more information. Twenty-nine percent of Oklahoma's adult population report they have doctor-diagnosed arthritis.
Post:7/1/2008 Legislative Studies Include Focus on AutismThree legislative studies will be conducted by the Oklahoma Legislature to study autism. Studies will look at services already provided in Oklahoma as well as solutions the state can consider in the treatment of autism. Another study will look into the possibility of creating a school especially for children with autism on a model of the Oklahoma School for the Blind in Muskogee and the Oklahoma School for the Deaf in Sulphur.
Post:7/1/2008 OKDHS Office in Tulsa Closes TemporarilyThe OKDHS office at 444 S. Houston Avenue will relocate temporarily to the OKDHS offices at 3666 N. Peoria Avenue and 6128 E. 38th Street. This temporary inconvenience occurs after asbestos was discovered by workers doing routine maintenance of the building. OKDHS will post updates of the situation on its website at http://www.okdhs.org.
Post:6/12/2008 Day Care for Young Children with AutismEasterseals at 701 N.E. 13th Street in Oklahoma City is opening a daycare for intensive treatment of young children with autism. Contact Wayne Rohde at 405-239-2525 for more information.
Post:6/12/2008 Oklahoma Mental Health Consumer Council 17th Annual Statewide ConferenceOMHCC is sponsoring their conference October 1-3, 2008 at the Bricktown Hotel & Convention Center, 2001 E. Reno in Oklahoma City. For more information call 405-604-6976 or consumercouncil@okmhcc.org.
Post:6/12/2008 Zarrow Mental Health SymposiumThe Zarrow is an annual event in Tulsa. It will take place September 18&19, 2008. For more information on cost and hotel call 918-585-1213 or contact the website for the Mental Health Association of Tulsa www.mhat.org.
Post:6/12/2008 Free Program TrainingsThe Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse
sponsors trainings about certain programs which impact the lives
of people with disabilities frequently. SOAR training will be in
Oklahoma City July 17&18, 2008, September 18&19, 2008, and
November 6&7, 2008. SOAR will be in Tulsa June 26&27, 2008. The
Oklahoma City SOAR trainings will take place at 9801 N. Kelly.
The Tulsa SOAR training will be at the Tulsa Technology
Center-Riverside Campus, 801 East 91st Street. SOAR provides a
great deal of information on Social Security disability and,
although it is designed for case managers, the general public
can benefit. For more information contact Stephanie Pacebush
(405-522-3849) or Marqus Butler (405-522-5920).
Post:6/12/2008 Legislative Bills Touching the Disability Community
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