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Class Action Settlement

CLASS ACTION SETTLEMENT - COLLECT YOUR $100!

If you use a wheelchair, walker, cane, crutches, or a scooter and you have visited a Café Brazil restaurant or would have visited a Café Brazil restaurant but for an architectural barrier at the property, you are entitled to $100 award. Download and fill out the form, follow the instructions, and send it in. Collect your award! More on this settlement

Consumer Employment Survey

Texas is working, through a federal grant called the Medicaid Infrastructure Grant (MIG), to improve employment support services for people with disabilities in Texas . As part of that effort, the UT School of Social Work (UTSSW) is conducting an on-line consumer employment survey for persons with disabilities. The survey asks questions about your work history, the nature of your disability, job accommodations, the use of personal assistance services, self-employment, transportation, etc. The purpose of this survey is to examine gaps in existing employment support services for people with disabilities and to identify ways that the system might be improved to better meet the needs of people with disabilities.

The survey is being distributed through advocacy groups, state agencies, MHMR centers and provider associations. Please share this information with others you know who may be interested in completing the survey. The survey may be completed in either English or Spanish. The links below will take you to a cover letter for the survey. In the cover letter you will find links to the survey that will allow you to access the survey.

English version: http://webspace.utexas.edu/streeter/www/cvrltrENG.doc

Spanish version: http://webspace.utexas.edu/streeter/www/cvrltrSPA.doc

A hard copy of the survey is also available. If you would prefer to answer the hard copy survey, please contact Dr. Streeter at (512) 471-0543 or by email at cstreeter@mail.utexas.edu.

Your help in completing this survey will contribute to a better understanding of how the existing employment support system works and how it might be enhanced to better serve Texans with disabilities.

If you have any questions regarding the survey, please contact Dr. Calvin Streeter at the following address:

Calvin L. Streeter, Ph.D.
The University of Texas at Austin
School of Social Work
1925 San Jacinto
Austin , TX 78712-0358
Phone: (512) 471-0543
Fax: (512) 471-9600
email: cstreeter@mail.utexas.edu

ARE YOU PREPARED FOR COLLEGE OR THE WORKFORCE?

Are you a teenager with a disability with Dreams and Goals when you graduate?

REACH of Fort Worth and DARS-Division for Rehabilitation Services are networking with local high schools in various districts to transition youth with a disability from adolescence to adult roles:

Cartoon students standing next to a college

Resume Building
Money Management
Dress for Success
Dorm/Apartment Living
Financial Aid for college/trade schools
Personal Hygiene
MITS Ambassador Training
Guest Speakers
Field Trips

If you need more detailed information about this program, please contact Miaka Palmer at (817) 870-9082 or
(817) 654-9614 Metro.

Helping teens with disabilities REACH independence

Persons with Visual or Auditory Disabilities Who Do Not Have Cable or Satellite TV

Needed for Half-Hour Research Study: $60

Bentley University is seeking persons who are blind, have low vision, are deaf, or hard of hearing and who do NOT currently have cable TV or satellite TV to take part in a 30-minute survey about the upcoming television broadcast “digital transition.”

During the 30-minute interview, we will ask you to comment on the best ways for the agencies involved in the digital transition to provide information to persons who have visual and auditory disabilities.

In return for your participation in this study, you will receive $60.

This is not a sales or promotional event, but an opportunity to improve national communications to persons with disabilities.

If you are interested in participating, please contact Kim at 508-523-5294 or kimberlydevane@yahoo.com