May 2022 Meeting Dates Ohio SILC Full Council Meeting  (Hybrid) May 26, 2022 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM SILC Meeting Registration   Community Advancement and Advocacy Committee (Virtual) May 24, 2022 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM Meeting Registration     Education and Outreach (Virtual) May 25, 2022 11:00 AM – 12:30 ...
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Congratulations OSILC Council Member Nichole Davis!! She was named one of the Modern Healthcare's 'Top 25 Emerging Leaders' in health care. "Nicole Davis, Enterprise Administrator, or Surgical Processing, Enterprise Surgical Operations at Cleveland Clinic, Davis has managed and oversees enterprise-wide projects, including surgical instrument standardization, managing a multi-million-dollar budget, and ...
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Governor DeWine has made 3 new appointments to our Council: Nichole Davis of Cleveland is clinical researcher at the Cleveland Clinic, Board Certified Patient Advocate, and founder of Wayfinder Patient Advocates Tom Webb of Dayton is a board member of the Access Center for Independent Living, the Director of Disability ...
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COVID-19 vaccines are designed to protect you from severe illness, including hospitalization or death. While there is a chance, particularly with the Omicron variant, for fully vaccinated Ohioans to get COVID-19, the good news is that when you’re vaccinated, you can feel confident that your risk of developing severe disease ...
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Community Perception Survey The Ohio Statewide Independent Living Council is currently working on gathering information on what people in Ohio think about disability issues and Independent Living.  We would appreciate your participation in a brief survey, your honest feedback will help in our future planning efforts and activities. The results ...
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Presented By the Ohio Olmstead Task Force and Ohio Centers for Independent Living Thousands of Ohioans with disabilities are in crisis: they cannot find people to work as in-home direct care workers to help them with daily living tasks. These direct care workers help people with disabilities live independently in ...
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Assessment of Vocational Rehabilitation Service Needs Every three years, the OOD Division of Employer and Innovation Services assesses the Vocational Rehabilitation service needs of individuals related to five primary disability categories: Blindness and Low Vision, Deaf and Hard of Hearing and Communicative, Physical Disabilities, Psychosocial Disabilities, and Cognitive Disabilities. The ...
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Hear from people with disabilities, their families and direct support professionals on why they got or are looking forward to getting, the COVID-19 Vaccine. Watch video: https://youtu.be/uH42fX7a0Gw If you are looking for more information about the COVID-19 Vaccine or have questions, learn more here.   https://www.ucucedd.org/vaxlearnmore/ ...
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October 20th and 21st the Ohio SILC will hold it's public meetings in person. The location - Crowne Plaza Columbus North - Worthington, 6500 Doubletree Ave, Columbus, OH 43229 There will also be a planning session for the State Plan Committee to discuss the Statewide Needs Assessment on October 19th ...
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National Disability Voter Registration Week takes place September 13-20, 2021 . The power of the disability vote can be substantial…but only if everyone in our community registers and votes.   Can you help further our community’s important needs with two actions? 1. Register to vote or check your registration 2 ...
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