Participated in monthly calls with the National Association of Governor’s Committees on People with Disabilities Met with Dr. Anne Corn, recent inductee to the Texas of Fame Women’s Hall on issues related to people who are blind or have visual impairments Met with professors at The University of Texas at Austin on a grant they have obtained to provide peer-to-peer counseling and other support services to veterans with disabilities returning from war Facilitated the annual office Christmas project with Rosedale School in Austin for its students with disabilities Facilitated a meeting with the American Council of the Blind of Texas and the Office of Governor Rick Director of Policy Perry’s Participated in the Annual Accessibility Awards in partnership with Accessibility Professional Association at the Marriott in Round Rock, Texas Developed and distributed the biennial Committee on People with Governor’s Disabilities 2013-2015 83rd Legislative Session Policy Recommendations Tracked legislation throughout the session related to Texans with disabilities and produced a post-legislative report sent out to the public Participated in the Office of Disability Employment meetings in Policy’s collaboration with the National Association of Governor Committees on People with Disabilities Worked with Department of State Health Services on the accessibility on the TexasPrepares.org website Gave a legislative presentation to the Texas PVA (Paralyzed Veterans of Texas) on bills that have been filed related to veterans with disabilities Participated and provided feedback on the ePolicy Works Demonstration in collaboration with the National Association of Committees on Governor’s People with Disabilities related to the SharePoint site Attended the Texas Emergency Management Conference and presented on a panel discussion of the Disability Stakeholder Advisory Committee
Participated in monthly calls with the National Association of Governor’s Committees on People with Disabilities Met with Dr. Anne Corn, recent inductee to the Texas Women’s Hall of Fame on issues related to people who are blind or have visual impairments Met with professors at The University of Texas at Austin on a grant they have obtained to provide peer-to-peer counseling and other support services to veterans with disabilities returning from war Facilitated the annual office Christmas project with Rosedale School in Austin for its students with disabilities Facilitated a meeting with the American Council of the Blind of Texas and the Office of Governor Rick Perry’s Director of Policy Participated in the Annual Accessibility Awards in partnership with Accessibility Professional Association at the Marriott in Round Rock, Texas Developed and distributed the biennial Governor’s Committee on People with Disabilities 2013-2015 83rd Legislative Session Policy Recommendations Tracked legislation throughout the session related to Texans with disabilities and produced a post-legislative report sent out to the public Participated in the Office of Disability Employment Policy’s meetings in collaboration with the National Association of Governor Committees on People with Disabilities Worked with Department of State Health Services on the accessibility on the TexasPrepares.org website Gave a legislative presentation to the Texas PVA (Paralyzed Veterans of Texas) on bills that have been filed related to veterans with disabilities Participated and provided feedback on the ePolicy Works Demonstration in collaboration with the National Association of Governor’s Committees on People with Disabilities related to the SharePoint site Attended the Texas Emergency Management Conference and presented on a panel discussion of the Disability Stakeholder Advisory Committee
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