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Empowering individuals with disabilities to live, work, & thrive in their communities! Find resources, training opportunities, & events below. 

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Location: 2810 E Discovery Parkway, Bloomington, Indiana

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Join us this week!

• Nov 12: Transition IEP and Transition Portfolio Intersections – Annual Goal Statements
• Nov 19: Quality Transition Portfolio Format, Uses, and Examples
• Dec 3: Transition IEP and Transition Portfolio Work Session Breakout Rooms

Cost: $35
Register: go.iu.edu/8tkx
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November 10, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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Twice-Exceptional students (2e) are both gifted and have a disability. Effective support requires special educators to recognize both attributes. Their IEP must provide interventions while actively nurturing the student's strengths.

To learn more, read Tuesday's Transition Tips: go.iu.edu/8w5D
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November 6, 2025 at 9:19 PM
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Indiana Employment Professionals! Are you helping individuals maximize their earnings? Our Shared Solutions blog post simplifies IRWEs & BWEs (Impairment & Blind Work Expenses) with clear examples and calculations. Get the knowledge to confidently use work incentives! Read it here: go.iu.edu/8w4u
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November 5, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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November is National Family Caregivers Month, and we'd like to honor the incredible dedication of family caregivers. To those supporting loved ones with developmental disabilities: your commitment is tremendously important. You provide essential love and support daily. We see you and we thank you.
Joyful moment between a family caregiver and his loved one with developmental disabilities, sharing a celebratory fist bump. The image promotes awareness for National Family Caregivers Month. On the top left is the logo for the Indiana Institute on Disability and Community, Center on Community Living and Careers.
November 4, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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We’re excited to offer a new and improved Transition Miniseries. This free 7-course online training teaches transition professionals, teachers, and interagency teams the cyclical planning process for creating quality Transition IEPs and Portfolios.

Register today: go.iu.edu/8vQ7
Promotional graphic for the Indiana Secondary Transition Resource Center (INSTRC). Text reads: "NEW AND IMPROVED TRANSITION MINISERIES. The INSTRC is excited to offer a free 7-course online miniseries that teaches the cyclical planning process for creating quality Transition IEPs and Portfolios." The image also features a diverse group of four young adults smiling.
October 21, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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The Early Childhood Center invites you to submit a proposal for the 2026 Indiana Early Intervention Conference that will be held in-person from June 11-12 in Bloomington, IN. Submit your proposal at go.iu.edu/8uxe by November 1st. For more information about the conference, go to earlyint.iu.edu.
A vibrant graphic with a blue and yellow background showing three blue chairs and one yellow chair under a hanging light fixture. Text reads: "We are looking for you! Submit a Proposal to Present at the Indiana Early Intervention Conference on June 11-12, 2026. Deadline to submit is Nov 1, 2025. go.iu.edu/8uxe. APPLY NOW!"
October 21, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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Final Opportunity: Let's Talk Benefits! (Last Training of the Year)

If you are a parent, caregiver, or individual with a disability, register now to get the expert insights you need to navigate work and life.

Register now at go.iu.edu/8rg0.
A graphic announcing a 'Let’s Talk Benefits' information training. The design features a piggy bank, shield, and calendar icons. The text provides details: 'Join this free, two-hour benefits information training on Wednesday, October 29, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. ET. Register today at go.iu.edu/8rg0. Logo: Indiana Institute on Disability and Community. Center on Community Living and Careers.
October 20, 2025 at 9:25 PM
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Effective communication transforms transition planning! INSTRC’s Seamless Transition Pilot revealed that clear, consistent, and collaborative communication builds trust and empowers families, students, and teams. In this week’s transition tip, explore strategies and various tools at go.iu.edu/8vQ3
Landscape graphic featuring the text: 'Tuesday’s Transition Tips – Communication is Key! 🔗 Read Tuesday’s Transition Tips Today: go.iu.edu/8vQ3'. The background shows a warm-toned classroom scene with a parent and student engaged in conversation, symbolizing collaboration and support in a learning environment.
October 16, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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✨ More than just "what's next?" Define your "what's best." ✨

In this month's issue of What's Next?, we're diving deep on how to:
• Identify your true strengths and interests.
• Set meaningful, long-term wellness goals.

Read What's Next?: go.iu.edu/8vO6
Lea ¿Qué sigue? en Español: go.iu.edu/8vO8
A colorful circular diagram titled "8 Dimensions of Wellness." The wheel is divided into eight segments, each representing a dimension with an icon: Emotional (heart), Intellectual (lightbulb), Occupational (hands), Social (people), Financial (dollar sign), Physical (runner), Spiritual (sun/star), and Environmental (earth). A white figure in a meditative pose sits in the center.
October 15, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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Join an IU study on spinal cord injury, travel, and loneliness. We want your input! Participation involves a brief questionnaire and an interview (30-60 min). Get a $10 gift card and guidance on enriching future travel. Learn more at go.iu.edu/8vGu
Indiana University Bloomington School of Public Health, Department of Health & Wellness Design Flyer with text saying, “Do You Have a Spinal Cord Injury (SCI)? We’d love to hear from you! Join our research study today. Join a research study exploring whether and how leisure travel may influence loneliness among people with SCI. You May Qualify If You: • Have a spinal cord injury. • Have engaged in leisure travel within the past three months. Participation Involves: • Complete a brief questionnaire (approximately 15 minutes) prior to the interview. • Participate in a semi-structured interview lasting about 30–60 minutes. Participation Benefits: • $10 electronic gift card • Get guidance to reduce loneliness and enrich your future travel experiences.”
October 7, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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Are you a parent, family member, or teacher of a young adult with a disability? Join this week’s virtual FEAT to learn about local, state, and federal resources that support meaningful employment. Sessions run from 6:00–8:00 PM ET.

All sessions are free. Register today at go.iu.edu/8tCv.
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October 6, 2025 at 1:28 PM
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Join an IU study on leisure travel and loneliness! If you're 65 or older and have traveled in the last 3 months, we want your input. Participation involves a brief questionnaire and an interview (30-60 min). Get a $10 gift card and guidance on enriching future travel. Learn more at go.iu.edu/8vCQ
Indiana University Bloomington School of Public Health, Department of Health & Wellness Design Flyer with text saying “Are you 65 or older? We’d love to hear from you! Join a research study exploring whether and how leisure travel may influence loneliness among older adults. You May Qualify If You • Adults aged 65 years or older • Have engaged in leisure travel within the past three months. Participation Involves • Complete a brief questionnaire (approximately 15 minutes) prior to the interview. • Participate in a semi-structured interview lasting about 30–60 minutes. Participation Benefits • $10 electronic gift card • Get guidance to reduce loneliness and enrich your future travel experiences.”
October 3, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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October 2025 is the 80th Anniversary of National Disability Employment Awareness Month (#NDEAM)!

The theme is "Celebrating Value and Talent," honoring the vital contributions that people with disabilities bring to the American workforce and economy.

#DisabilityEmployment #NDEAM2025
The poster is rectangular in shape with a dark blue background and an array of red, white and blue graphical fireworks of different sizes. Five of these fireworks frame photos of people with different disabilities working in various environments. Below the images, the words “Celebrating Value and Talent, National Disability Employment Awareness Month” appear. Across the bottom are a logo that says, “America 250,” the DOL seal followed by the words “Office of Disability Employment Policy, United States Department of Labor,” and the hashtag #NDEAM on top of the words “80th Anniversary” and the website address dol.gov/odep.
October 2, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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💙✨ Last chance to register! ✨💙

The Heart to Heart Conference is happening virtually this Thursday, September 25! Don’t miss this opportunity to learn more about supporting successful transitions to adulthood at 3 p.m.

👉 Register now before it’s too late: www.inf2f.org/heart-to-hea...
Indiana Family to Family and Heart to Heart Conference promotion. The text says, "Resources to support educators & families. A team from the Center on Community Living and Careers will explore specific resources available that will lead to better employment, education, and independent living outcomes for individuals with disabilities."
September 23, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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Our Director, Judith Gross, Ph.D., will be presenting a webinar titled "Utilizing Family Engagement Strategies to Support Competitive Integrated Employment” on Tuesday, September 30, 2025, from 9:00 to 10:30 a.m.

Join us next week and register today at tinyurl.com/4n2x26bh
Black and red flyer for a webinar titled "Utilizing Family Engagement Strategies to Support Competitive Integrated Employment." The title is in white text at the top, along with the date and time: "September 30, 2025, 9 a.m. - 10:30 a.m." Below the title is a picture of Judith Gross, PhD, who is presenting. A paragraph of text below her photo describes her 20 years of experience as a special education teacher, advocate, researcher, and technical assistance provider. The flyer provides a registration link: "https://events.yangtaninstitute.org/e/11176/register." A small section at the bottom left mentions "CRC Continuing Education credits" and that "Accommodation requests must be indicated on the registration form by 9/1/25." The bottom right features the logos for the K. Lisa Yang and Hock E. Tan Institute on Employment and Disability, Cornell University, and the New York State Education Department.
September 22, 2025 at 8:19 PM
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Book club, multimodal coffee meetup, happy hour panel discussion, and a Week Without Driving bingo challenge. Let's network about non-car transport in Indy.
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#WeekWithoutDriving #TransitEquity #ActiveTransportation #BikeEverywhere #Accessibility #PublicHealth
Image of book cover - When Driving Is Not An Option, by Anna Letitia Zivarts. This is the book club reading for Week Without Driving being promoted by several groups hosting events in Indianapolis.
September 19, 2025 at 1:10 PM
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Thank you, Indiana ACTE! We had an amazing time at the All CTE State Conference! Our team was thrilled to share our insights on using microcredential pilots to empower students with disabilities and foster a more inclusive educational landscape.

We can't wait to be back next year!
Two CCLC staff members smiling and posing in front of a sign with big text saying “Indiana ACTE.” A CCLC staff member smiling and standing behind a podium. To the left is a PowerPoint presentation titled “Microcredential Pilots for Students with Disabilities, an innovative project by the Center on Community Living and Careers, Indiana University, Bloomington.”
September 18, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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🛡️ Protect Your SNAP Benefits with the EBT Card Lock Feature 🛡️

🔒 The card lock helps prevent unauthorized use caused by card skimming, card cloning, and other similar methods. Stolen SNAP benefits cannot be replaced.

✅ Take action now to protect your benefits and your family at on.in.gov/snapfraud
A public service announcement graphic with a blue and yellow theme. The top reads "KEEP YOUR EBT CARD SAFE!" in bold letters. A blue bar below says "LOCK AND UNLOCK YOUR EBT CARD" with a lock icon. A QR code on the left is labeled "SCAN ME." The main message explains that SNAP benefit members can now lock and unlock their EBT cards to protect against theft from card skimming, cloning, and similar methods. အပြာနှင့်အဝါအရောင်အခြေခံထားသော ပြည်သူ့ဝန်ဆောင်မှုကြော်ငြာပုံရိပ်။ ထိပ်တွင် "သင့် EBT ကတ်ကို လုံခြုံစေပါ!" ဟု အကြီးစားစာလုံးများဖြင့်ရေးသားထားသည်။ အောက်တွင် "သင့် EBT ကတ်ကို ပိတ်/ဖွင့်နိုင်ပါသည်" ဟု အပြာရောင်ဘားတစ်ခုတွင် ကဒ်နာပုံအမှတ်အသားနှင့်အတူဖော်ပြထားသည်။ ဘယ်ဘက်တွင် "SCAN ME" ဟုရေးထားသော QR ကုဒ်တစ်ခုရှိသည်။ အဓိကစာသားတွင် SNAP အဖွဲ့ဝင်များသည် ကတ်ကိုပိတ်/ဖွင့်နိုင်ပြီး ကတ်ခိုးယူခြင်း၊ ကတ်ကူးယူခြင်းနှင့်အခြားနည်းလမ်းများဖြင့် အခွင့်အရေးများခိုးယူခြင်းမှ ကာကွယ်နိုင်ကြောင်းဖော်ပြထားသည်။ Imagen de anuncio de servicio público con temática azul y amarilla. En la parte superior se lee "¡MANTÉN TU TARJETA EBT SEGURA!" en letras grandes y en negrita. Debajo, una barra azul dice "BLOQUEA Y DESBLOQUEA TU TARJETA EBT" junto a un ícono de candado. A la izquierda hay un código QR con la etiqueta "ESCANÉAME". El mensaje principal explica que los miembros del programa SNAP ahora pueden bloquear y desbloquear sus tarjetas EBT para protegerse contra el robo de beneficios mediante técnicas como clonación o duplicación de tarjetas. Imaj anons sèvis piblik ak koulè ble ak jòn. Nan tèt la, li di "KENBE KAT EBT OU AN SEKIRITE!" ak lèt gwo ak fonse. Anba li, gen yon ba ble ki di "BLOKE AK DEBLOKE KAT EBT OU" ak yon ikon kadna. Sou bò gòch la gen yon kòd QR ak etikèt "SCAN ME." Mesaj prensipal la eksplike ke manm SNAP yo kapab kounye a bloke oswa deboke kat EBT yo pou pwoteje kont vòl avantaj atravè teknik tankou kopye oswa klonaj kat.
September 17, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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To empower students with disabilities, educators should teach vital independent living skills. From daily self-care, household tasks, financial literacy, and community navigation, these lessons ensure a smoother transition out of high school.

Read this week's Tuesday Transition Tips: go.iu.edu/8uTm
An educator stands in front of three students, teaching independent living skills in a classroom setting. One student is ironing, another is chopping vegetables, and the third student is practicing how to write a check. Bold text reads: “Teaching Independent Living Skills. Read Tuesday’s Transition Tips: go.iu.edu/8uTm.”
September 16, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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Ready to connect with a supportive community and find resources to help your family thrive?

📆Join us this Saturday, Sept 20!
🕰️12:00 PM – 2:00 PM
📍The Arc of Evansville, 615 W. Virginia Street, Evansville, IN 47710

Fill out our interest form to receive future communications: go.iu.edu/8tnk
Flyer for the Southwest Community Family Network’s first meeting. The flyer text says, “The Southwest Community Family Network helps families in Vanderburgh, Posey, Warrick, and Gibson counties navigate disability by promoting social inclusion and building supportive communities. This initiative is funded by the Indiana Governor's Council for People with Disabilities and partners with Indiana Family to Family, IN*SOURCE, and The Arc of Evansville. Want to learn more? Fill out the interest form at go.iu.edu/8tnk” Save the date for the meeting on Saturday, September 20, 2025 from 12-2 pm ET at The Arc of Evansville at 615 W. Virginia Street, Evansville, Indiana, 47710. The footer includes a logo for the Indiana Institute on Disability and Community, Center on Community Living and Careers and the QR code for the interest form.
September 15, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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Whether it’s an argument with a friend, a tough moment at work, or even an internal struggle, conflict is part of life. Learning how to manage it can help you navigate challenges calmly and confidently.

Read What's Next? in English: go.iu.edu/8uPp
Lea ¿Qué sigue? en Español: go.iu.edu/8uPq
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September 10, 2025 at 8:32 PM
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Voting is a vital civic duty in the U.S., with elections held yearly for local and national positions. Voters with disabilities have rights and accommodations, including accessible polling booths and absentee ballots.

For our resources & additional info, visit our website at go.iu.edu/8uMW
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September 8, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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Are you a parent, family member, or teacher of a young adult with a disability? Join us for Family Employment Awareness Training (FEAT)—a free, virtual series designed to connect families with local, state, and federal resources that support meaningful employment.

Learn more at go.iu.edu/8tCv
Flyer for the Virtual Family Employment Awareness Training. Presented by the Indiana Institute on Disability and Community, Center on Community Living and Careers. With funding from the Indiana Vocational Rehabilitation, Empowering People and Changing Lives. Join six virtual Family Employment Awareness Training (FEAT) sessions in May. Learn more about local, state, and federal employment resources for young adults with disabilities. Families, students, and professionals are welcome. Register at https://go.iu.edu/8t7o
September 4, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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Enroll in the September Courses for Educators and Employment Professionals!

Our courses give you the practical strategies and deeper understanding you need to help individuals with disabilities succeed.

Explore the CCLC Learning Academy and register for our online courses today: go.iu.edu/8sQQ
August 29, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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🎯 Thinking about Competitive Integrated Employment (CIE)?

💼 Meet Brandon: After 14 years in a sheltered workshop, he dreamed of working in the community. With support from his case manager, VR, an employment specialist, and a job coach— he made it happen.

📖 Read Brandon’s story: go.iu.edu/8sYR
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August 25, 2025 at 8:46 PM