Snow Day

CeDIR will close early today due to the snow.


Bundle up and drive safe!

Alliance for Full Participation

Indiana's Alliance for Full Participation State Team has put together a new website with an overview of its goals. The AFP is a coming together of eleven national organizations serving people with developmental disabilities, including the national ARC, Association of University Centers on Disabilities, Autism Society of America, National Alliance for Director Support Professionals, NISH, TASH, United Cerebral Palsy and more.

The new site contains a bullet-point plan of what needs to be done in Indiana, as well as videos by Dr. David Braddock explaining how Indiana compares to other states in its treatment of individuals with disabilities.

Also check out the State Team's Facebook page!

TDI Vlogs

TDI, formerly known as Telecommunications for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, Inc, has begun a series of video weblogs, or "vlogs," posted on YouTube.


In the last vlog of 2009, or #2 in the series, Executive Director Claude Stout reviews the accomplishments towards securing services for persons with hearing impairments in 2009. In speech and sign, he and TDI staff members commend new laws, the efforts of sister groups and individuals, and cheer significant gains like Google/YouTube adding autocaptioning to their videos.

You can watch this video here.

National Braille Literacy Month and the TBBL

For resources in braille, visit Indiana's Talking Book & Braille Library in Indianapolis. The TBBL is part of a national network funded by the National Library of Congress with hundreds of materials in braille or on CD/tape. TBBL also has subregional branches at the public libraries in Evansville, Merrillville, and Columbus, as well as "Talking Book Service Centers" in Allen County, Anderson, Kokomo/Howard County, Morrison Reeves (Richmond), St. Joseph County, Tippecanoe County, Vigo County, and our own Monroe County Public Library.