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DOCUMENT RESUME ED 466 066 EC 309 034 AUTHOR Newton, Priscilla, Ed. TITLE TASH Newsletter, 2000-2001. INSTITUTION TASH, Baltimore, MD. PUB DATE 2000-00-00 NOTE 311p.; For 1999-2000 issues, see ED 447 622. AVAILABLE FROM TASH, 29 W. Susquehanna Ave., Suite 210, Baltimore, MD 21204 (available to TASH members only). Tel: 410-828-8274; Fax: 410-828-6706; TDD: 410-828-1306; Web site: http://www.tash.org. PUB TYPE Collected Works Serials (022) JOURNAL CIT TASH Newsletter; 26-27 2/3-12/1 Feb/Mar-Dec/Jan 2000-2001 EDRS PRICE MF01/PC13 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS *Academic Standards; Adolescents; Augmentative and Alternative Communication; Autism; Court Litigation; Criminals; Early Childhood Education; Educational Change; Educational Environment; Elementary Secondary Education; Environmental Influences; Foreign Countries; Health Services; *Inclusive Schools; Predictor Variables; *Self Determination; *Severe Disabilities; Sex Education; Sexual Identity; Sexuality; Supported Employment; Victims of Crime IDENTIFIERS Guatemala; Iceland ABSTRACT Nine year 2000 issues of the newsletter of TASH, formerly The Association for Persons with Severe Handicaps, comprise this document. Each issue typically contains news items, a column by the organization's executive director, reports from special interest groups, legislative testimony, conference information, and several major articles relating to equity, quality and social justice for people with disabilities. The February/March 2000 through December 2000/January 2001 issues address: (1) 1999 TASH conference highlights, including excerpts from keynote addresses by Rich Villa and Kyle Glozier, and Inclusion and Universal Cooperation (Rosangela Berman Bieler);(2) inclusive schooling, with articles such as Including Students with Disabilities in Standards Based Education Reform (Kathy Boundy), Collaboration at Whittier High School (Mary Falvey and others), Whole Schooling: Linking Inclusive Education to School Renewal (Michael Peterson), The Inclusion of a Youth with Significant Disabilities in a Community Environment (Teri Jasman and others), and Reinventing Community in the Age of Globalization (Wayne Sailor);(3) embracing sexuality, which includes articles such as Moving beyond Denial, Suppression and Fear to Embracing the Sexuality of People with Disabilities (Pamela S. Wolfe and Wanda J. Blanchett), But I Thought Sexuality and Teens with Developmental Disabilities (Dave Hingsburger and others), Absence of Evidence: Myths about Autism and Mental Retardation (Anne Donnellan);(4) issues in supported employment, which includes Are We There Yet? Trends in Employment Opportunities and Supports (John Butterworth and Dana Gilmore), The Ticket-to-Work and Supported Employment: How Will It Work? (Dan O'Brien), and "Systems Change and Supported Employment: Is There Empirical Evidence of Change? (David Mank);(5) the victimization of people with developmental disabilities in the criminal justice system, which includes Doing Justice: Criminal Offenders with Developmental Disabilities (Joan Petersilia), Serious Issues Facing Today's Offender with Mental Retardation (Leigh Ann Davis), and Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made from the original document. Violence against Women with Developmental Disabilities: The Hidden Violence (Catriona Johnson);(6) the agenda and workshop descriptions for the 2000 TASH conference;(7) international perspectives, which includes Providing AAC Systems for Children in a Guatemalan Orphanage: How Do We Help Others in Culturally Responsive Ways? (Janet M. Duncan), Mental Health, Mental Retardation and Protection of Rights under International Law (Mental Disability Rights International), and New Voices in Iceland: Growing Up with a Disability (Dora S. Bjarnason);(8) early childhood, which includes Variables that Contribute to Self-Determination in Early Childhood (Elizabeth J. Erwin and Fredda Brown), What Children and Families Need in Health Care from Birth through Adulthood: One Parents Experiences and Advice (Kris Schoeller), Re-thinking Guardianship (Dohn Hoyle and Kathleen Harris), and Increasing Childrens Learning Opportunities in the Context of Family and Community Life (Carl J. Dunst and Mary Beth Bruder); and (9) highlights from the 2000 TASH conference.(CR) Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made from the original document. TASH Newsletter Priscilla Newton, Editor Volumes 26 27 Numbers 2/312/1 Feb/Mar 2000Dec 2000/Jan 2001 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Office of Educational Research and Improvement PERMISSION TO REPRODUCE AND EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION DISSEMINATE THIS MATERIAL HAS CENTER (ERIC) BEEN GRANTED BY X Thisdocument has been reproduced as received from the person or organization originating it. P. Newton CI Minor changes have been made to improve reproduction quality TO THE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC) Points of view or opinions stated in this document do not necessarily represent official OERI position or policy. BESTCOPY AVAILABLE DDD ON'71)T-'171-47iNT'C''71) 1-\ 0 Also Inside: Excerpts from Conference Keynote Addresses, 2000 TASH Public Policy/Legislative Update and The First International Conference on Self-Determination and Individualized Funding 1 2000 Calendar of TASH Chapter and Member-Sponsored Conferences May 2000 "13th Annual Issues on Aging Conference" First International Conference "Crossing dis/Ability Borders: May 15-17 (May 17 will focus on Aging and on Individualized Funding Beyond the Myth of Normal" - Developmental Disabilities) & Self-Determination Facilitated Communication Wayne State University, Institute of July 29 - 31, 2000 Institute Annual Conference Gerontology Westin Seattle Hotel, Seattle, Washington May 1-2 Troy, Michigan For additional information on registra- Preconference Day - April 30, 2000 For more information, call tion, sponsorship, or scholarships, Sheraton University Hotel and Confer- (313) 577-1180 contact Denise Marshall, TASH, 410- ence Center, Syracuse University E-mail: [email protected] 828 -8274, ext. 103 or E-mail Further information about the Web site: wwwiog.wayne.edu [email protected] conference is available on the FC Institute web site, http:// Italy Seminar - "Education in Italy: "15th Annual Early Intervention and soeweb.syr.edu/thefci An Inclusive Approach" Early Childhood Summer Institute" May 16-June 11 July 31August 4 "Pioneer Spirit - Blazing New Site visits to schools in Rome, Florence, Williamsburg, Virginia Trails" International Parent to Parma, and a rural village near Naples. Co-sponsored by Child Development Parent Conference 2000 Contact: Dr. Carol Berrigan, Seminar Resources and the College of Will- May 5-7, 2000 Director, Syracuse University iam and Mary School of Education Reno, Nevada. Phone: 315-443-3851 For more information contact Lisa Host: Nevada University Affiliated E-mail: [email protected] McKean, Phone: (757) 566-3300 Programs Fax: (757) 566-8977 Phone: (775) 784-4921 July 2000 E-mail: [email protected] FAX: (775) 784-4997 "The Toronto Summer Institute on Inclusion, Community and Diversity" December 2000 Annual Originally scheduled for July 8-14, 2000 TASH Conference in Toronto, Canada, has been post- December 6-9 poned until July 2001. Miami, Florida The Fontainbleau Hilton Resort & Towers To have your event or conference added to our web site December 6, 2000 Pre-Conference please send information to Denise Marshall Workshops & Opening Reception at [email protected] or fax to 410-828-6706. December 79, 2000 Annual TASH Conference ARE YOU A UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR? TAM has a Student Membership Program! The program was developed through discussions with Regardless of how many students join, TASH provides professors who wanted to encourage professional identity a year's worth of back issues of the journal to all students through student membership in a strong advocacy organiza- signing up under this plan. This means your students will tion while assuring that their students had access to enough start the semester with a year's worth of cutting edge issues of JASH for them to be able to complete a variety of research on their shelf and can build their collection over journal article review and comparison exercises they assign. the years to come. Under this plan, students receive all of the regular membership benefits during the coming year The package works like this: in addition to an extra full year's worth of journals! Professors can either assign TASH membership as one An introduction to TASH is likely to be one of the would a text book or package of readings, or can offer it as most valued resources you can offer students as they enter an option.Either way, if ten or more students join, they the disability community in their professional capacities. receive a discount off the already low associate member rate. To receive materials or to learn more about TASH's Student The discount amount increases as the number of students Membership Program, contact Rose Holsey, 410-828-8274, signing up increases. ext. 100 or e-mail: [email protected] PAGE 2 TASH Newsletter, Feb./Mar. 2000 FEBRUARY/MARCO-0 2000 wilvaa TABLE OF CONTENTS From the Executive Director Page 4 TASH Public Policy/Legislative Who Do B Contact?? Update Page 5 M For issues of policy, chapter or committee support, or 1999 Conference Keynote Address: general concerns and suggestions, call: Nancy Weiss, Executive Director, at Rich Villa Page 8 (410) 828-TASH, Ext. 101, e-mail:[email protected] 1999 Conference Keynote Speaker: El For information on conferences, regional