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Updated 01/03/12
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Nebraska Advocacy Services, Inc. (NAS), The Center for Disability Rights, Law and Advocacy, is a private, non-profit organization designated by the Governor to protect and advocate for the rights of Nebraskans with significant physical or mental disabilities.
Established in 1977, NAS is the protection and advocacy system in the State of Nebraska. We work along with people who have disabilities to secure their rights and to achieve a vision which is supportive of the ideals of interdependence, productivity, human dignity, personal integrity and full participation for individuals with disabilities in their community.
Nebraska Advocacy Services, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) corporation. Donations are tax deductible to the extent allowed by tax law and gratefully accepted.
Please tell how you will be affected by the proposed cuts and changes to Medicaid by completing this survey.
Children's Mental Health Awareness Week
The National Federation of Families for Children’s Mental Health declares the first full week in May as National Children’s Mental Health Awareness Week. This week is dedicated to increasing public awareness about the triumphs and challenges in children’s mental health and emphasizing the importance of family and youth involvement in the children’s mental health movement!
Social Role Valorization 2012
June 6-8, 2012
Nebraska Wesleyan University
With Darcy Elks
QUESTIONS If you have any questions regarding Social Role Valorization, contact Dianne DeLair (dianne@nas-pa.org), John Murphy (john@nas-pa.org) or Jennifer Monjaras (jennifer@nas-pa.org) at Nebraska Advocacy Services, Inc., 402-474-3183 or 800-422-6691.
Registration Deadline - May 25, 2012
Statement from HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius on Mental Health Month
Last year, 45.9 million adult Americans had a mental illness, according to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s (SAMHSA) National Survey on Drug Use and Health. These conditions affect individuals, their families and loved ones, and communities............
Focus Group Invitation
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln and the Mental
Health Association of Nebraska are conducting a research
project designed to learn how peer support helps
individuals who are experiencing mental health problems.
Consumers and peer providers are invited to help develop a
peer-led support and education group.
Space is limited, please contact (402) 441-4371
Going fishing or camping?
Check the list of wheelchair accessible state parks before making your plans.
ADA Transportation Survey—We Want Your Views
DREDF is unveiling a short web survey, Public Transit Choices By People With Disabilities, as part of our transportation research on the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
We hope many people in the disability community across the country will participate in the survey, which can be found at: Public Transit Choices
Please take the survey, and disseminate this notice so others take the survey. Your responses will help us understand what factors are most important to riders with disabilities when deciding which transit mode to use.
