
NEWS AND EVENTS
Information listed below is a simple listing of events happening around the area that may be of interest to our community.
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COUNCIL & MEMBER AGENCY EVENTS
Please confirm dates, times and event details with the host organization.
IDD Council Events
Additional events of interest
- Tim Tebow Night to Shine Proms
- Families for Effective Autism Treatment (FEAT-NT) Group Meet-ups
- Tween Social Group
- Parents of Children with Autism
- Teen Social Group
- Down Syndrome Partnership Activities for Families and Self-Advocates
- Saturday, December 7, 2019: Club 321 Christmas Party
- Wednesday, January 22, 2020: SPEAK session
- Friday-Sunday, March 27-29, 2020: Self-Advocate Retreat
- Green Oaks Education Community Speaker Series
- January 25, 2020: Healthy Lifestyles for People with Intellectual Disabilities: Nutrition and Exercise
- April 18, 2020: Mental Wellness and Healthy Aging
- Texas Education Agency Free Webinar Series
- December 4: Data-Based Individualization
- January 21: ESC Special Education Liaisons
- Danny Scarth Community Engagement Award Nominations
- Due Thursday, December 12, 2019
- UTA Disability Studies Accessible Park Survey
- UTA Disabilities Studies seeks input on a Public City Park inclusive of people with disabilities. Click here to answer 11 short questions.
- Transportation Works: Stop, Collaborate and Listen!
- Wednesday, January 15, 2010
- Camps and Adapted Recreation Resources
- UTA Disability Studies Recruitment for Wheelchair Proficiency Study
- Ongoing dates available
- We Have A Voice Season 2019-2020 Advocacy Theater Company
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Bi-weekly (email for details)
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Community Film Screening: "Including Samuel"
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Tuesday, December 3, 2019, 10 a.m. - Noon
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Evaluating Children for the Presence of a Disability
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Thursday, December 5, 2019, 6 p.m. - 8 p.m.
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Abilities Expo Dallas
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Friday - Sunday, December 13 - 15, 2019
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UNT Health Science Center Research Study Opportunities
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A Look Ahead Quarterly Conference Series
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UTA Movin' Mavs Adapted Sport Clinic
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The 3rd Saturday of each month
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Next Chapter Book Club for ages 18 and over
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Tuesdays, 10 a.m. - 11 a.m.
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Free Intensive Training for Parents of Children with Autism at Child Study Center
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iFLY All Abilities Night
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The 2nd Wednesday of each month
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South Tarrant Sibshops
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Sibshops open to typically developing brothers and sisters of individuals with disabilities to network and connect with other siblings who 'get it'.
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- Tarrant County College Southeast Campus First Choice and Autism Program Tours
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Held bi-monthly. Email Nita Halliburton for details.
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TCU Research on Learning in Adolescents Ages 10-17
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Seeking typically developing children and children with an ASD diagnosis to better understand how to improve learning, memory, and perceptions in memory.
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TCU Research Registry for Autism
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Currently seeking families to join a research registry to investigate the social and emotional development of infants and children.
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TCU Seeking Research Participants Ages 6-12
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Cast for Kids at Lake Benbrook
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Saturday, May 23, 2020
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Sing Your Way Home Adapted Lessons, Music Groups and Music Therapy
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Chamberlain Performing Arts Dance Program
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Each Saturday morning
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Chuck E Cheese Sensory Sunday
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The 1st Sunday of each month
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BEAT Services Center Stage Performers
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Each Thursday, 6 p.m. - 7 p.m.
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Gluten Free 101 Class
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Email GIG North Texas for details
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RecMania Adaptive Recreation Night - Handley Meadowbrook Rec Center
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Movie Days - AMC Theaters
- Movie Days - Studio Movie Grill
- Varying Saturdays of each month
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Northwest Lions Club Movie Days - Texas Movie Bistro
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The 1st Saturday of each month
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Special Family Saturday's at Jumpstreet Indoor Trampoline Park
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Email for details
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Friday Night Live - Greenbriar Recreation Center
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The 2nd Friday of each month. Due to low attendance, call first to ensure they are hosting that month.
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Sensory Saturdays at Amon Carter Museum
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The 2nd Saturday of each month
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Sensory Story Time at Summerglen - Fort Worth Library
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Each Saturday, 11 a.m.
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Born to Stand Out: A Special Needs Storytime - George W. Hawkes Downtown Arlington Library
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Each Thursday, January - April, 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
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Arlington Mayor's Committee on Persons with Disabilities (AMCPD)
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Advocacy Theater Company and We Have A Voice
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Urban Air Sensory Friendly Jump
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The first Sunday of the month (time/date may vary per location)
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Chuck E Cheese Sensory Sensitive Sundays
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The first Sunday of the month (select locations only)
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28th Annual Texas Autism Conference
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Date to be announced January 2020
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In the News
UNT Health Science Center Autism & Developmental Disorder Research Seeks Self-advocates and Caregivers to participate in an online survey about autism related services.
June 2018
Texas ABLE Program
A savings program for Texans with Disabilities
Abused and Betrayed (A special series on the hidden epidemic of sexual violence faced by people with IDD)
A National Public Radio Series | January 2018
FDA Grants 'Breakthrough Therapy' Status To Potential Autism Drug
Disability Scoop | January 30, 2018
CDC Says Developmental Disabilities Are On The Rise
by Shaun Heasley | November 29, 2017
DATES OF INTEREST | 86TH LEGISLATURE
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Sunday, June 16 (20th day following final adjournment of 86th Legislature, Regular Session) Last day the governor may sign or veto bills passed during the regular session.
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Monday, August 26 (91st day following final adjournment of 86th Legislature, Regular Session) Date that bills without specific effective dates, other than bills with immediate effect, become law.
Tarrant Cares Information Resource Center and Community Calendar
Tarrant Cares is an online information service for individuals, families, caregivers and agencies. This one resource can provide countless solutions for issues your family may be facing. You can also create personal health records, join blogs, and see events in the area on the Community Calendar.
Medicaid Waiver Programs / Interest Lists
Waivers let states use Medicaid funds for long-term home and community-based services for people with disabilities or special health-care needs and the elderly. There are seven waiver programs in Texas. Because some of these programs have lengthy waits, some even 10+ years, you should call immediately to be placed on the "interest list"! You do not have to qualify to be added to the interest list. Our partners at MHMR have provided a handy call list with numbers and more information on each waiver service. Download your copy.
January 09, 2020
**SPECIAL DATE** IDD Council Monthly Meeting - January
8:30 a.m. - 10 a.m.
Easter Seals North Texas
1424 Hemphill Street
Fort Worth, TX 76104-4703
Money Follows the Person Demonstration (MFPD) was designed to help older adults and people with disabilities move from institutional settings back into their communities. Join us as Project Director, Elizabeth Jones, with Health and Human Services Commission in Austin, explains the program, and how funds are used to provide supports for individuals to live in the community, provide opportunity for integrated employment and affordable, accessible housing.
This meeting will also serve as the Annual meeting for 2020-2022 Board of Director elections.