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Next Neurodiversity Family Support Night: May 1st! ECCO High School. See you there!

Congratulations to Betsy Wheeler, 2023 UO Faculty Excellence in Universal Design Winner! Betsy is such an incredible advocate and inclusion forward thinker. Here's what Betsy had to say about her commitment to UDL principles:

“It means a great deal to me to receive the Faculty Excellence in Universal Design Award. I’m happy such an award exists, because it draws attention to a crucial and often-neglected area of teaching. I’ve gained and implemented my knowledge of Universal Design in Learning gradually, following the “Plus One” principle I learned from Marla Wirrick at UO Online: each time you teach a class, add one more accessibility feature. Some of these features are technical, like adding headers to documents, turning the captions on, and assigning accessible pdfs from eBook chapters or UO Libraries Scan and Deliver instead of my old hand-scanned versions. Some UDL features are policies, like the banning of timed tests and a clear protocol for making up absences. Some features are interpersonal and communicative, like welcoming students warmly, writing clear and transparent assignments, and allowing students to complete classroom tasks on their own as an alternative to groupwork. I disclose my own disabilities, ask students for their patience and accommodation of them, and promise them the same consideration. My course content also constitutes a form of access, allowing students with disabilities to see themselves reflected in the curriculum and all students to learn how they can implement access. I use Universal Design features as teachable moments, showing students how the world at large should work.”

2023 Faculty Excellence in Universal Design Winner | UO Accessible Education Center The Faculty Excellence in Universal Design for Learning Award committee is very pleased to announce Dr. Elizabeth (Betsy) Wheeler as the 2022/2023 award recipient! Betsy has made numerous and powerful contributions to the University of Oregon. Her leadership, innovation, and dedication to students a...

Rachael Young, my friend and local ADHD coach, gave an outstanding presentation on ADHD: Executive Functioning & Empowerment this week at our Neurodiversity Family Support Night. She shared great ideas for understanding and training the brain! Rachael works with teens and families with ADHD with an additional focus of supporting girls, women, and 2e youth. ECCO High School has been so supportive to host us since we started in January, and I couldn't do this without my super collaborator, Dani Crowley! Thank you to everyone who came and shared your journeys!

I just love Self-Advocacy BINGO. I learn something new every time. B (Bad ideas from history - some horrific but important to know), I (Influences on the SA Movement like the Parent Movement and the American Indian Movement), N (Noteworthy People like Ed Roberts and Judy Heumann), G (Government and laws like Olmstead and IDEA), O (Outstanding ideas like inclusion and collaboration). Thank you CAC for all the hard work and fun of putting on the event, and thank you City of Eugene Adaptive Recreation for the space and support!

Thank you to Lane DD Services for giving me time last week to facilitate sharing of community resources with Services Coordinators (case managers). There are such significant gaps in services - we need to get the word out on all the options out there! Most folks haven't heard of F**T. So many people in the criminal justice system have developmental disabilities and end up involved because they don't have adequate support. F**T's wraparound services can help.

Forensic Intensive Treatment Team F**T works with individuals who have a behavioral health disorder and are booked into a jail an average of four or more times in the previous year. F**T also supports clients who are high-utilizers of criminal justice resources, hospitals, urgent care resources, or institutional placements. F**T aim...

I was fortunate to renew my Oregon Intervention Systems (OIS) certification last week with fearless leader, Shawn Mode, from Oregon Supported Living Program! He fostered a strong sense of community for learning and was kind enough to let me add my two cents on the brain science of co-regulation here and there. ;)

OSAC came to us! The Oregon Self Advocacy Coalition is traveling the state taking input from advocates. CAC members and I got to chime in. Thanks to the The Arc Lane County for hosting!

Turnout was great Friday for the Strength in Neurodiversity Festival! CAC members and I had our tabling tasks dialed in! AbleFind and the duckies were a big hit!

Very much looking forward to this interactive presentation! Rachael is wonderful! ADHD 101 at our monthly ND Family Support Night. ECCO High School. April 3rd 6:00-8:00.

Thank you, Arc Families Connected, for inviting me to share my Practicing Boundaries workshop with kids and parents this week! It's full of practical tools, like this simplified version of consent.

Honoring Nadia Telsey's memory w/ parts of her Safe, Strong, and Free curriculum.

BINGO! Come have fun while learning disability rights history. This is a Community Advocacy Council - CAC event that I get to support, hosted by City of Eugene Adaptive Recreation. Contact them for registration 541-682-5311.

Can't wait to see everyone at the Strength in Neurodiversity Festival at Sheldon High School this Friday, 3/15 5:00-8:00!

Great connections in Roseburg Friday evening with parents and educators at FEATT where I shared a presentation on talking with our kids with disabilities about s*x. The when and how are a lot to navigate, but it's never too early for conversations around body positivity and healthy relationships! Let's protect our kids with education! Medically accurate language, normalizing s*xual health as a part of overall health, and conversations about how we respect ourselves and each other get easier the more we practice.

CAC members and I are getting more practiced at tabling! We got to connect with so many advocates this week at Full Access's Prepare-a-palooza including folks from Cognitopia and Adaptive Recreation.

Neurodiversity Family Support Night #3! Where I shared co-regulation science and strategies with parents and teachers.

I had a great time yesterday at Full Access's Prepare-a-palooza leading an interactive workshop on how the brain responds in an emergency. Dr. Dan Seigel's flipped lid model makes this information so accessible. The audience got into it! Special thanks to CAC members and folks from City of Eugene Adaptive Recreation for their participation!

I'll be speaking at this event on March 6 at Venue 252. Your Brian in an Emergency!

Prepare-A-Palooza: Emergency Preparedness Fair Join community partners, first responders and other local resources for a day of fun and inclusive emergency preparedness!

UO Disabilities Studies Minor is growing! Several Community Advocacy Council - CAC members have been advisors. https://duckfunder.uoregon.edu/project/40875

So much fun! I got to train Creating Options LLC staff in the Four Tendencies last week. They are masterful at providing person-centered support, and I was so excited to give them a new creative approach to do it with!

OR Self-Advocacy Coalition coming to Eugene! They want our input on next year's Inclusive Leadership Summit. (Last year's was a blast!) Listening session is March 23rd, 3:00-5:00, 505 S. A St. Springfield.

This week it was my honor to train folks from Live. Grow. Share. I am thrilled that this pioneering peer-run behavioral health org now has the tools of Self-Reg to deepen their work. And we had fun with lots of brain boosts!

Another 4j school district parent and I started this Neurodiversity Family Support night the first Wednesday of every month. It's open to all parents and others who support kids (teachers, grandparents, etc.) with any school or no school affiliation. ECCO High School 6:00-8:00 March 6th. I'll be presenting on The Brain Under Stress with lots of opportunity to share and hear from other attenders. Please join us!

We had a powerful presentation yesterday in our CAC meeting from a member who uses Cognitopia for self-determination. It's like a One Page Profile gone high tech!

We had our second Neurodiversity Family Support Night last night with a robust conversation about advocacy! Then we workshopped One Page Profiles for our kids! Next meeting: March 6th 6:00-8:00.

Section 504 is LONG overdue for updates! Please give your input on preventing healthcare discrimination for adults and kids with disabilities. https://disabilityrightsoregon.salsalabs.org/submit-comments-section-504-update?wvpId=6a0ed977-5dd8-4ada-a810-9e5b0f874207

I got to share Self-Reg with 150+ advocates at the Inclusive Leadership Summit by the Oregon Self Advocacy Coalition! Table brainstorm afterward: What can we do to support the mental health of people with developmental disabilities in Oregon this year?

More Inclusive Leadership Summit pix! Thank you Oregon Self Advocacy Coalition for an amazing event!

The CAC Community Advocacy Council and I had such a great time learning, networking, and adventuring at the Inclusive Leadership Summit in Salem last week!

I had the privilege of sharing The Four Tendencies with Relief Nursery staff (first Eugene, then Springfield) in a half-day training. What an incredible group of early childhood therapeutic interventionists! We are so lucky to have all their heart and skill in our community! We had so much fun! What's your tendency?