Maggie Roffee provides information on national organizations and information that is helpful to states and territories in expanding employment for people with disabilities.  She provides the information bi-monthly and we appreciate her continuing to update it even though she has retired.  Maggie, thank you.

July/August 2010

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Each month NAGC holds a conference call with a national speaker on topics of interest. Some are recorded and placed here for member use.  

The August 12 conference call speakers were Nanette Relave and Marie Heidkamp with the National Technical Assistance and Research Center to Promote Leadership for Increasing Employment and Economic Independence of Adults with Disabilities (NTAR Leadership Center). They will be talking about the State Leaders Innovation Institute (SLII)  and the State Peer Leaders Network (SPLN). 
To here this recording 
1. Click on the link below or paste the entire URL into your browser: http://www2.eintercall.com/moderator/presentation/Playback?id=2071a881-890b-4540-9f0c-6dbc9acce57f.rpm  
2. At the prompt, enter your name and email address.
3. Click "Submit". The playback will begin.
Click on "here" and then enter your e-mail address and name, then click on "Submit". The recording will then start.  

The September NAGC call will be September 9 at 3:00 p.m. Eastern, 2:00 p.m. Central, 1:00 p.m. Mountain and Noon Pacific times.  No speaker has been confirmed at this time. (8/16/2010)

E-mail Martha Gabehart at for the call-in information. 


Recording of the June 11, 2009 Kareem Dale call

The 2010 Southwest Conference on Disability will have two tracks with one being a special two day training by the Access Board on October 7 and 8, 2010.  The conference will be at the Albuquerque Convention Center.  To see the flyer, click here. The agenda is available here.  The registration form for the Access Board training is here. The website address for the conference is http://cdd.unm.edu/swconf.   For more information please contact Hope Reed at 505-476-0415 or .  Jim Parker (NM) and Angela English (TX) are working together on this conference.  Our thanks for sharing information on this conference.