September 12, 2016 Presentation
Presentation:
Handouts/Announcements:
Let's Go! Toolkit for Children with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
At Let’s Go!, we believe that children with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD) deserve the same opportunities to lead healthy lives as those offered to typically developing children. While children with I/DD face many of the same challenges to being healthy as their peers, they also experience unique risk factors and additional challenges that increase their risk for obesity. In response to these challenges, Let’s Go! has developed this toolkit for professionals like you who work with children with I/DD. Inside you’ll find strategies, tools, and resources that address the healthy eating and physical activity needs of children with I/DD. These materials complement our core 5-2-1-0 message and evidence-based strategies for success, and are designed to ensure that the Let’s Go! program can work for each and every child. Our hope is that this toolkit will not only raise your awareness of the needs of children with I/DD, but also the expectation that, given more support, they can indeed lead healthy, active lives.
Click here for the toolkit!
DRM voter registration event:
DRM is hosting two voter registration events on Tuesday, September 27th, in Portland and Bangor. Flyers are attached – please help us spread the word!
People with disabilities represent 15% of the voting-age population. Yet, during the 2012 elections:
This year, help us make sure that people with disabilities are heard at the polls. Join us on 9/27 to register, test out Maine’s new Accessible Voting System, and pick up info and resources on voting options, voting rights, and ballot questions.
For those closer to Augusta, feel free to stop by DRM’s office to fill out a voter registration card there.
What: REV UP Voter Registration Event
When: September 27, 2016
12pm-2pm
Where:
Portland REV UP Voter Registration Event:
DRM Voting Fairs:
Disability Rights Maine, in partnership with local providers, is hosting voting fairs in Saco, Brunswick, and Belfast. Free events of food, fun, information, and action to promote the involvement of people with disabilities in the election process. For more information or to RSVP for this exciting event, call or email Rick Langley: 1.800.452.1948, Ext. 208 or rlangley@drme.org. Flyers are attached!
What: Brunswick Voting Fairs 2016
When: Thursday, September 29, 2016
Two Sessions: 10am – 12pm & 1pm-3pm
Where: Independence Association
2 Columbus Drive
Brunswick, ME 04011
What: Belfast Voting Fair 2016
When: Friday, October 7, 2016
10am – 2pm
Where: Living Innovations
248 Northport Avenue
Belfast, ME 04915
What: Saco Voting Fair 2016
When: Friday, October 21, 2016
10am – 2pm
Where: Living Innovations
238 North Street
Saco, ME 04072
Handouts/Announcements:
Let's Go! Toolkit for Children with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
At Let’s Go!, we believe that children with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD) deserve the same opportunities to lead healthy lives as those offered to typically developing children. While children with I/DD face many of the same challenges to being healthy as their peers, they also experience unique risk factors and additional challenges that increase their risk for obesity. In response to these challenges, Let’s Go! has developed this toolkit for professionals like you who work with children with I/DD. Inside you’ll find strategies, tools, and resources that address the healthy eating and physical activity needs of children with I/DD. These materials complement our core 5-2-1-0 message and evidence-based strategies for success, and are designed to ensure that the Let’s Go! program can work for each and every child. Our hope is that this toolkit will not only raise your awareness of the needs of children with I/DD, but also the expectation that, given more support, they can indeed lead healthy, active lives.
Click here for the toolkit!
DRM voter registration event:
DRM is hosting two voter registration events on Tuesday, September 27th, in Portland and Bangor. Flyers are attached – please help us spread the word!
People with disabilities represent 15% of the voting-age population. Yet, during the 2012 elections:
- 30% of people with disabilities said they wanted to vote but were unable to;
- 72% of polling places were not accessible; and
- 57.2% of people with disabilities did not vote.
This year, help us make sure that people with disabilities are heard at the polls. Join us on 9/27 to register, test out Maine’s new Accessible Voting System, and pick up info and resources on voting options, voting rights, and ballot questions.
For those closer to Augusta, feel free to stop by DRM’s office to fill out a voter registration card there.
What: REV UP Voter Registration Event
When: September 27, 2016
12pm-2pm
Where:
Portland REV UP Voter Registration Event:
- Portland City Hall, State of Maine Room, 389 Congress Street, Portland, ME
- Bangor Public Library, Crofutt Community Room, 45 Harlow St, Bangor, ME 04401
DRM Voting Fairs:
Disability Rights Maine, in partnership with local providers, is hosting voting fairs in Saco, Brunswick, and Belfast. Free events of food, fun, information, and action to promote the involvement of people with disabilities in the election process. For more information or to RSVP for this exciting event, call or email Rick Langley: 1.800.452.1948, Ext. 208 or rlangley@drme.org. Flyers are attached!
What: Brunswick Voting Fairs 2016
When: Thursday, September 29, 2016
Two Sessions: 10am – 12pm & 1pm-3pm
Where: Independence Association
2 Columbus Drive
Brunswick, ME 04011
What: Belfast Voting Fair 2016
When: Friday, October 7, 2016
10am – 2pm
Where: Living Innovations
248 Northport Avenue
Belfast, ME 04915
What: Saco Voting Fair 2016
When: Friday, October 21, 2016
10am – 2pm
Where: Living Innovations
238 North Street
Saco, ME 04072