Sharina Jones, a 35-year-old expecting her first child, was worried how she’d manage a stroller while in a wheelchair. By happenstance, Jones was paired with 16-year-old Alden Kain, a Detroit high-school student enrolled in a special design class, who was tasked with inventing a wheelchair stroller. Kain’s aim was to design something that would let Jones take her baby outside using her wheelchair. The video below shows Kain demonstrating and explaining his prototype after 6-months of work. ​

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To: Case Managers and Service Providers
From: Cathy Robinson, Director, Bureau of Developmental Disabilities Services
Re: Supported Employment Follow Along /Extended services comparison
Date: September 29, 2015

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) have approved the Family Supports waiver (FSW) renewal and Community Integration & Habilitation waiver (CIH) amendment. Effective July 1, 2015, supported employment follow-along (SEFA) was replaced with extended services (ES).

​The Indiana Governor's Council for People with Disabilities (IGCPD) is seeking input about its Five-Year Strategic Plan. To get this feedback, the IGCPD is offering the opportunity to participate in one of six Town Hall sessions hosted in Evansville, Fort Wayne, and Fishers. Each location will have two different meetings times. Feedback from the Town Halls will be utilized in the development of the final plan which will guide the work of the Council, including its training and dissemination activities, the events it sponsors, and the projects it funds.

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To: Waiver participants, families and stakeholders
From: Nicole Norvell, Director, Division of Disability and Rehabilitative Services
Re: Survey from the CIH Transform Town Hall Meetings
Date: September 25, 2015

The Division of Disability of Rehabilitative Services (DDRS) would like to take this opportunity to thank the many family members, participants and providers who attended the town hall meetings the last couple of weeks. Your feedback is extremely important as we plan for the future of the waiver program.