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©National Consumer Law Center 2013
Elesia Ashkenazy Director of Community Outreach
National Youth Leadership Network (NYLN)
Jessica HiemenzNational Consumer Law Center
November 19, 2013
Disability and Rural
Communities: Making
a Difference in Small
Towns
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Presenter – Elesia Ashkenazy
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• Diagnosed on the autistic spectrum and profoundly deaf, Elesia Ashkenazy is passionate about Disability Rights and self-advocacy. She seeks to promote widespread understanding of the needs and rights of people with disabilities.
• Elesia is the Director of Community Outreach for National Youth Leadership Network (NYLN).
• She is also the Community Council Chair/Research Assistant for Academic Autistic Spectrum Partnership in Research and Education (AASPIRE). Elesia is a Board Member/Editorial Coordinator for Autism Women's Network (AWN).
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RuralXChange
www.ruralxchange.net
and
facebook.com/ruralxchange
We’ll post updates and follow-up discussions related to this webinar here.
Please join us!
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Disability in Rural
CommunitiesMaking a Difference in Small Towns
Elesia Ashkenazy
Director of Community Outreach
National Youth Leadership Network
nyln.org
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National
Youth
Leadership
Network
A team of leaders
building power and
community among youth
with disabilities
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50-minute presentation
10-minute Q&A
Advocacy - Community - Inclusion -
Interdependence - Needs - Networking -
Resources
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Presentation Overview
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Medical Model of Disability
• Disability is seen as a
negative.
• Disability is
shameful.
• People with
disabilities are
deficient and/or
abnormal.
• The remedy for
disability is to make
the person
“normal”.
• Professionals are the
only ones who know
best about
disabilities.
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Social Model of Disability
• Disability is viewed
as a difference.
• How society treats
people with
disabilities is
directly related to
disability.
• Communication
between people with
disabilities and
society as a whole
impacts accessibility
and integration of
people with
disabilities.
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Social Model of Disability
ContinuedSystemic barriers,
negative attitudes,
and exclusion by
society contribute to
disability-related
challenges.
When society fails as a
whole to consider the
needs of people who
are at all points on
the spectrum of
humanity, that is
when the challenges
of disability truly
begin to limit us.
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Social Model of Disability
Continued
The remedy for
disability is advocacy,
in addition to societal
education.
Professionals have a
place within making
society and life
better for people
with disabilities,
however, we are the
true experts on our
lives and support
needs.
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Why people enjoy and want to live in rural
areas
• Independence and
interdependence
• Easier to navigate
• Tranquility
• Friendlier
communities
• Connection to nature
• Slower-paced
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Staying in the Face of Challenge
• Safety and
familiarity
• Better easier
solutions are not
guaranteed in a
bigger city
• Pioneer mentality
support
• If we support the
idea that every
person in every
community has a
right to be an equal
participant, this
includes people with
disabilities
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Common Needs
• Centers for
Independent Living
(CIL’s)
• Vocational
Rehabilitation (VR)
offices
• Flexible work
environments
• Peer and family
support systems,
groups, organizations
• Efficient public
transportation
• Affordable
accessible housing
• Recreation
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Common Needs Continued
• Advocacy
• Leadership
• Mentorship
• Equality
• Accessibility
• Up-to-date
information
• Inclusion
• Respect
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Creating Resources
• Skill trade
• Correspondence
• Outreach
• Networking
• Education
• Shared resources
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Remember:
• Everyone has a
purpose.
• Purposes grow and
even change over
time.
• Resources should be
kept current.
People with
disabilities know best
what does and does
not work for us.
There’s a lot we can
learn from each
other. Together, we
can make a
difference.
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Resources
• Association of
Programs for Rural
Independent Living
(APRIL)
www.april-rural.org
• Rural Assistance
Center (RAC)
www.raconline.org
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Resources Continued
• Project Action
www.projectaction.or
g
• Job Accomodation
Network (JAN)
www.askjan.org
• Research and
Training Center on
Disability in Rural
Communities (RTC:
RURAL)
http://rtc.ruralinstitu
te.umt.edu/
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Resources Continued
• National Youth
Leadership Network
(NYLN)
www.nyln.org
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Questions and Answers
Q & A
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