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2026 AL AHEAD Spring Workshop EMPOWERMENT THROUGH INNOVATION: SELF-ADVOCACY STRATEGIES & AI TOOLS FRIDAY, FEB. 27, 10 A.M. - 3 P.M. DR. RACHEL THOMPSON, Director of UA's Center for Instructional Technology Session: Innovation in Action: How Al Empowers Students and Staff TAMMY BLUE, Case Manager with Alabama Disabilities Advocacy Program Session: Advocacy in Action: Equipping Students for Lifelong Empowerment

2026 AL AHEAD Spring Workshop

EMPOWERMENT THROUGH INNOVATION: SELF-ADVOCACY STRATEGIES & AI TOOLS
FRIDAY, FEB. 27, 10 A.M. - 3 P.M.
Register: buff.ly/kvqkTZB

Save the Date - Upcoming UAB RAN Events Lunch and Learn March 11 - Managing Challenging Behaviors at Home March 26 - Project Transition May 20 - Your Wellness is Their Strength Community Education Workshops April 10 - Challenging Behaviors, St. Clair County Board of Education 9:30 AM - 12:30 PM April 28 - Safe Screens and Sound Minds, Lineville Baptist Church 5:30 - 7:30 PM May 18 - Medicaid Waivers, Hunter Hills Church, Prattville 5:30 - 7:30 PM

Save the Date - Upcoming UAB RAN Events

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The AUCD Policy Glossary provides plain language definitions of commonly used policy and advocacy terms, organized A–Z.
www.aucd.org/policy-terms...

Cecilia Ballinger speaking at the annual ADHD Conference at the University of Alabama

Cecilia pictured beside Christina Norris at the ADAP table

Two amazing ADAPers!
Cecilia Ballinger speaking at the annual ADHD Conference at the University of Alabama (first photo), also pictured beside Christina Norris at the ADAP table (second photo)!

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Happy Holidays! We’ll return to the office on January 2nd, 2026!

Please note: we will be monitoring our voicemail and waitlist while our office is closed, so you can still leave a message or head to our website! (800.826.1675, adap.ua.edu)

Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: PTI Sample with polls. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting. Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: PTI Sample with polls. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.

🥪 Join the Alabama Parent Education Center for a Lunch and Learn!
🕦 When: Tuesday, December 16, 2025 11:30am - 12:30pm
🌐 Register here: buff.ly/u2RZSjC
❓ Questions?
☎️ Call 866-532-7660

Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: APEC Open House and Program Advisory . After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting. Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: APEC Open House and Program Advisory . After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.

🗒️ You can join an advisory meeting prior to the Open House at 4pm! Registration is required: buff.ly/xP5oRYT

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🚨 From the Alabama Parent Education Center:🚨

Join Us for an Open House! 🎄
🕞 When: Thursday, December 11th, 2025, 3:30pm - 6:00pm
📍 Where:Open House will be held at our office located at:
Alabama Parent Education Center
10520 US Highway 231
Wetumpka, AL 36092

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We wish all of you a happy, heartfelt, and healthy Thanksgiving holiday! Our office will be closed tomorrow and Friday. We’ll be back on Monday, December 1st!

Alabama Medicaid A variety of boards, committees and workgroups meet throughout the year to advise the Agency on clinical and program policy issues. To view archived boards, committees and workgroup view the…

Applications are open for the Medicaid Beneficiary Advisory Committee!
Anyone with experience can apply. The Agency is looking for:
Current or former Alabama Medicaid recipients
Family members of recipients
Paid or unpaid caregivers of recipients

MORE INFO here: buff.ly/i5ELYNL

Red and white flyer - Hosts: Candi Williams, State Director, AARP Alabama, Anna Pritchett, State Advocacy, AARP Alabama Guests: Nathaniel Ledbetter, Speaker, Alabama House of Representatives, Sen. Garlan Gudger, President Pro Tempore, Alabama Senate, Rep. Ginny Shaver, Committee Chair, Children & Senior Advocacy, Alabama House of Representatives

You can tune in line to this tele-town hall for a 2026 legislative session preview! This event is sponsored by AARP of Alabama.
When: Thursday, Nov. 13th at 11am
Where: Toll-free at 855.436.3547 OR facebook.com/alabama.aarp

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The People's Justice Council, Rebuilding Together of South Alabama, and We Rise present a Home Energy Renovation Workshop for Choctaw, Clarke, and Washington counties!
When: January 20th, from 9am-3pm
Where: Jackson Library, 213 College Ave, Jackson, AL. You can register here: buff.ly/yAs2gST

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Governor Kay Ivey and disability advocates around a desk, smiling for the camera.

Governor Kay Ivey enacted several proclamations this week - ADAP Executive Director Shannon Shelley-Tremblay attended the signing and is pictured here!

National Disability Employment Awareness Month: buff.ly/Zgl5Gp2
Family Caregivers Month: buff.ly/AMTJaMd

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Have you checked out Accessing Potential Through Assistive Technology (APTAT)? They help people of all ages discover and access assistive tech! You can learn more about them here: accessingpotential.org

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NDRN is gathering stories outlining the voting experiences of people with disabilities. ESPECIALLY if you have ever voted absentee or using a mail-in ballot, NDRN would love to hear from you!

Share your experience here → buff.ly/D92XfNP

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Fox 6 had a great spotlight last night on Abilities at Work - a whole 30-minute spotlight on disabilities in the workplace!

Arc of AL: buff.ly/qcTpuCl
AIDB: buff.ly/gsDLTlS
Lakeshore Foundation: buff.ly/3s73LoE
United Ability: buff.ly/GymBPmL
WEInc: buff.ly/w3cmohV

Three people wearing conference badges, smiling from behind a table with ADAP brochures, flyers, and other fun ADAP items!

ADAP will be at the Assistive Technology Complex today until 1pm! Come say hello to us at the Birmingham-Jefferson Convention Complex (BJCC, 2100 Richard Arrington Jr Blvd N, Birmingham, AL 35203)!

Pictured, from left: Tammy Blue, Cecilia Ballinger, and Christina Norris, all smiling at the camera!

A graphic reads, “Know Your Rights. Know Your Power.” The body text of the graphic reads: “Vote privately and independently; Vote in a way that is accessible to you; tip: if you vote in person, ask to use the accessible voting machine or ballot marking device!; Get help with any part of the voting process from a person you choose; Note: States may have rules about who can or cannot help you vote. Check your state laws when you make your plan.” The graphic features an image of a young Black woman with red dreads in a manual wheelchair. She wears a REV UP t-shirt and is holding a sign that says, “I vote because why not me”

A Black person, a white person, and three Asian people pose together smiling at the camera. They are all wearing REV UP t-shirts. Above them is the title “Every Election Your Vote Matters.” Below their photo is a text box that reads: Local politics shape our lives: state officials decide how Medicaid and Medicare work; city councils and city officials make decisions around transportation, housing, parks, policing and more; School boards decide program funding and education policies.” A banner at the bottom reads: Disability Voting Rights Week, aapd.com/disability-voting-rights-week.

Voting Rights Advocate Nicky Watkins at the ADAP table, smiling for the camera - the table is covered in ADAP flyers, stickers, and other assorted items. Pictured also is the RevUp banner. RevUp is the American Association for People with Disabilities (AAPD) voter education and registration coalition, of which ADAP (among others) is a proud member!

A family of people, all with disabilities, who came to the market and were very excited to learn about our presence there. (Not pictured are another family member and a grandmother, also with disabilities, but a little camera-shy!)

What issues do you care about most? Chances are, they’re on the ballot this year. State and local elections will determine these issues for your community, and make a real impact on your everyday life.

ADAP celebrated National Disabilities Voter Registration Week this past weekend in Huntsville!

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Check out our amazing new video content on how the Client Assistance Program (CAP) can help you! It's featured on the front page of our website. You can check it out here: adap.ua.edu

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The Alabama Department of Rehabilitation Services (ADRS) is looking for a parent or caregiver of a child with special health care needs!

ADRS is looking for Local Parent Consultants for their Birmingham and Selma offices Interested? Email your resume’ to financedirector@eastersealsca.org!

Flyer with yellow and red paint background with lots of text and logos of sponsors. "Voting is Community Care. National Disability Voting Rights Week (DVRW). Voter registration, Express Vote Demos, "Ask an Election Worker", Overcoming barriers, Girl Scout Civics Bingo, Building Advocacy Skills, TheAlabamaChannel.org Demos, Hands-on Activities, and more!" Saturday, September 13, 2025: 12pm-4pm in the Lowe Mill Arts and Entertainment 1st Floor Connector Space, 2211 Seminole Dr. SW, Huntsville, AL 35805 For more info: https://bit.ly/DVRWHuntsville

On Saturday, September 13, we are coming together to celebrate Disability Voting Rights Week (DVRW)!

Where: Lowe Mill Arts and Entertainment District, First Floor Connector Space
Date: Saturday, September 13, 2025
Time: 12:00 PM - 4:00 PM

UPCOMING WEBINAR Stories That Spark Change: An Interactive Film Experience on Workplace Inclusion September 18, 2025 | 1:00 PM ET

Ever wonder how to start meaningful conversations about disability and neurodivergence at work? Join ReelAbilities for an interactive film experience!
When: September 18, 2025, 1pm EST (12pm Central)
Where: Zoom (Register here: jccmanhattan-org.zoom.us/meeting/regi... )

Executive Director Shannon Shelley-Tremblay, Congresswoman Terri Sewell, and Representative Curtis Travis posing for the camera and smiling.

ADAP Executive Director Shannon Shelley-Tremblay, Congresswoman Terri Sewell, and Representative Curtis Travis of Alabama’s 72nd district talk together about disability rights and issues important to our community at Rep. Sewell’s “Congress in your Community” tour!

Colorful bubble graphic: Hey…it’s VOTING DAY! You have until 7pm today to cast your ballots! Use the link to: tell us about your polling location; is it accessible? This helps us talk with election officials about making our polling locations accessible for ALL OF US! Report on Access; tinyurl.com/AccessReporting

GO VOTE TODAY! You have until 7pm before the polls close! Let us know about your experience and report on the accessibility of your polling location: tinyurl.com/AccessReporting

Municipal elections are almost here!

Check out our Insta story on upcoming Alabama elections!
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Abstract cartoon image of people with disabilities looking off into the distance. COMMUNITY INPUT SURVEY We will be closing out our survey TODAY! As a Protection & Advocacy agency, it's our job to find out what YOU - people with disabilities, their loved ones, and community members - want us to focus on in the upcoming year! You can take our Community Input Survey here: tinyurl.com/CommunityInput2025 HELP US GET TO 100% We're close to receiving input from ALL of Alabama's 67 counties!

🚨 TODAY is the last day to give ADAP your input on what matters most to you! 🚨

Abstract cartoon image of people with disabilities looking off into the distance. COMMUNITY INPUT SURVEY We will be closing out our survey this Friday! As a Protection & Advocacy agency, it's our job to find out what YOU - people with disabilities, their loved ones, and community members - want us to focus on in the upcoming year! You can take our Community Input Survey here: tinyurl.com/CommunityInput2025 HELP US GET TO 100% We're close to receiving input from ALL of Alabama's 67 counties!

We're closing out our community input survey THIS FRIDAY! We are SO CLOSE to receiving responses from ALL of Alabama's 67 counties, so take a minute and let us know what matters to you - your priorities will shape our work in the coming year!

Reminder that today is the LAST DAY to register to vote in upcoming municipal elections! Local issues matter for our community, especially when it comes to public transportation, accessibility, parks, and even housing and utilities.

You can register online at AlabamaVotes.gov!

Graphic with colorful bubbles and text: To Register: Scan QR Code or email: usaran@health.southalabama.edu Life After High School Presented by: Andrea Mixson, Senior Staff Attorney and Tammy Blue, Case Advocate Alabama Disabilities Advocacy Program Planning for the Future Presented by: Jordan Albright, Ph.D. University of South Alabama, Department of Psychology Accessible venue FREE and open to the public! Organizations Present: USARAN, USA Passage, Arc of Gulf Coast, SHOW Baldwin, Cindy Haber Center, Horizons School & ADAP.

Join our free workshop for teens & young adults with disabilities!
When: August 14, 9:00am-12pm
Where: Christ Wesleyan Church 151 Van Buren St., Daphne, AL