Each year across the country, thousands of military personnel leave active duty and seek to return to the civilian workforce. Between October 2001 and February 2008, more than 30,000 veterans returned home with service-connected disabilities. Veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan have experienced a higher proportion of both traumatic brain injuries (TBI) and post-traumatic stress […]
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Child Care
Child Care Services Provides information on choosing child care and a list of providers by town. Vermont Social Rehabilitation Services 103 South Main Street Waterbury, VT 05671 (802)241-2158 http://www.state.vt.us/srs/childcare/ (Website) Child Care/Day Care Resources Provides list of licensed providers by city or town http://www.childcareresource.org/ (Website) National Network for Child Care Provides information on child care […]
Employer’s Perceptions Video
“Employer Perceptions” is a five-minute excerpt from the video “Work Works!” Work Works! is a 30-minute documentary-style video that looks at how work plays an important role in the lives and recovery of people with mental illness. Through interviews with a wide range of people in the community, this video speaks frankly and from the […]
Benefits
Social Security There are two programs under Social Security: 1. Social Security Disability Income (SSDI) 2. Supplemental Security Income (SSI) SSDI is based on prior work under Social Security, while SSI is based on financial need. Persons ineligible for SSDI because they lack enough prior work history may be eligible for SSI. It is also […]
Assistive Technology
Programs that provide equipment, appliances and assistive aids that enable people to increase their mobility and/or ability to community and live more comfortably. Vermont Assistive Technology Project The VATP is to effect systems change to insurance the integration of Assistive Technology within all services to Vermonter’s with disabilities. 103 South Main Street, Weeks Building Waterbury, […]
ADA
ADA Information Line Provides information on the Americans with Disabilities Act. US Department of Justice Civil Rights Division PO Box 66738 Washington, DC 20025 (800) 514-0301 (Voice) (800) 514-0383 (TTY) http://www.ada.gov ADA Questions and Answers 22 pages of common ADA questions including issues around employment http://www.ada.gov/qandaeng.htm New England ADA Technical Assistance Center Information and guidance […]
Accommodations
ADA Technical Assistance Information and guidance on the Americans with Disabilities Act (800) 949-4232 (Voice/TTY) http://www.adata.org Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) Offers general information regarding reasonable accommodation. 131 M. St. , NE Washington, DC 20507 (800) 669-4000 (Voice) (800) 669-6820 (TDD) http://www.eeoc.gov For publications: (800) 669-3362 (Voice) (800) 800-3302 (TTY) Job Accommodation Network (JAN) Assists […]
SRC Glossary of Rehabilitation Terms & Acronyms (S – Z)
SAMHSA = Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration [Snelling Center] SBS = Success Beyond Six [Snelling Center] CIS = Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) = Damage or trauma to the spinal cord that results in a loss or impaired function causing reduced mobility or feeling. Common causes of damage are trauma (e.g. car accident, gunshot, […]
SRC Glossary of Rehabilitation Terms & Acronyms (O – R)
OAA = old age assistance [Snelling Center] OCD = Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder = A neurobiological anxiety disorder affecting more than 2% of the population, equally distributed among males and females. Symptoms typically begin during the teenage years and early adulthood, but up to one-third of cases begin in childhood. Sufferers of OCD experience both obsessions and […]
SRC Glossary of Rehabilitation Terms & Acronyms (I – N)
I & R = information and referral [Snelling Center] I Team = Implementation Team, a team within DVR that implements the Strategic Plan. ICF-MR = Intermediate Care Facility for the Mentally Retarded: Overseeing body for community homes and larger facilities for people with mental retardation. [ARCDallas] ICF-RC = Intermediate Care Facility for Related Conditions: Same […]