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Notice Inviting Applications for New Awards: Steppingstones of Technology Innovation for Children with Disabilities

The Technology and Media Services for Individuals with Disabilities program is designed to improve results for children with disabilities by promoting the development, demonstration and use of technology; supporting classroom educational media services activities that are of educational value to children with disabilities; and providing support for captioning and video description that are appropriate for classroom settings. Eligible applicants include state educational agencies (SEAs); local educational agencies (LEAs); public charter schools that are LEAs under state law; private nonprofit organizations; Indian tribes or tribal organizations; and for-profit organizations. Application deadline is March 19, 2010.

Discover How to Use Adobe InDesign to Create Accessible PDFs

Archived recording of October 28, 2009 Discovery Series. Learn how to create tagged PDF files directly from InDesign and speed up your digital publication process while meeting accessibility guidelines. Find out about elements of design that will make your professional print layout more effective to all readers.

U.S. Department of Education Celebrates National Disability Employment Awareness Month 2009
President Obama and Secretary Duncan both recognize the critical role that education plays in empowering the next generation of Americans with disabilities with a strong foundation and expectation of academic achievement, employment and the ability to give back to others and their communities. American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funding represents an unprecedented investment in students with disabilities and the administration's commitment to helping young people with disabilities achieve success in school and work.
Release of Education Recovery Act Funds Accelerated

The U.S. Department of Education has made available ahead of schedule $11.37 billion in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funding. To assist states and districts with effective use of this unprecedented increase in funding, the Department has released additional guidance on using Recovery Act funds under Title I, IDEA Part B and Part C.

H1N1 Guidance for Colleges, Universities & Institutions of Higher Education

The Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) and the Department of Education (ED) have announced new guidance for institutions of higher education to plan for and respond to the upcoming flu season. A Preparing for the Flu toolkit is available for these institutions, in addition to a recently released toolkit for businesses and employers to help them prepare for the 2009-2010 flu season.

Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) Convention & Expo 2010

The CEC Convention and Expo will take place April 21-24, 2009 in Nashville, TN. Educators from around the world will discuss topics that include administration and supervision, Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD), instructional strategies for math, reading and science, and response to intervention. Registration opens October 15, 2009.

AHEAD 2010--The 33nd Conference of the Association on Higher Education & Disability

AHEAD is a professional membership organization for individuals involved in the development of policy and in the provision of quality services to meet the needs of persons with disabilities involved in all areas of higher education. This conference will take place from July 12-17, 2010 in Denver, CO.

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