NYAIL Newsletter, Issue 10, 2021

NYAIL News Issue 10:

Emergency Management, TRAID Tuesdays, and We're Hiring

Webinar Series Continues

We are continuing our NYAIL Webinar Series this December. The series will continue into 2022. Free advance registration is required for each webinar. There will be ASL and CART for every webinar.

Recordings and presentation materials are added to the Training and Education section of our website under 2021 - 2022 Webinar Series.

Tomorrow, December 2nd at 9:30 AM:

Emergency Management Access and Functional Needs Disability Awareness Training with Dave Whalen

Disabilities Awareness specific to Emergency Management
Access and Functional Needs defined to include Universal Design
Understanding how the whole community concept is imperative to proper response to individuals with disabilities and how to involve them.
The Americans with Disabilities Act relative to Emergency management and response.
Community resources and other materials that assist Emergency Management in proper response
Disaster Preparedness and Planning
Inclusive Planning and Active Participation
NYS Core Advisory Group
COVID-19 and Persons with Disabilities

We're Hiring

Did you know that NYAIL has a job listings page on our website? It's our Careers webpage, where you can find job listings from NYAIL and other ILCs.

Added this week to our job opportunities list:

Olmstead Statewide Housing Specialist Liaison at NYAIL
Rapid Transition Housing Program Specialist at NYAIL

TRAID Tuesdays with SAIL

Transport wheelchairs, walkers, grabbers, bottle openers, a special ice tip for a cane, and much more. Southern Adirondack Independent Living (SAIL) provides loans of assistive technology and durable medical equipment through its TRAID program. TRAID stands for Technological Related Assistance for Individuals with Disabilities. The TRAID program is available throughout New York with 12 regional centers.

TRAID Tuesdays

SAIL's TRAID program is on Facebook every Tuesday with videos and pictures of new tech and demonstrations of existing items. The videos and pictures help people see what is available and how to use items in addition to on-site assistance when you visit.

Click here to see the latest from #TRAIDTuesday with SAIL.

TRAID is the busiest department in SAIL on a daily basis. Each day dozens of people come into SAIL in Queensbury or Ballston Spa seeking to borrow medical equipment for someone who has a disabling condition. TRAID loans out all kinds of equipment for 30 days at a time and up to about 90 days. Borrowers have the opportunity to try out medical equipment just at the time they need it the most.

Find your local TRAID Center here. Listed below are ILCs with TRAID programs. ILCs may also offer assistive technology or equipment outside of a TRAID program. All ILCs can provide referrals, it's worth the time giving your local ILC a call.

ILC TRAID Centers

Southern Adirondack Independent Living Center

Counties Served: Albany, Columbia, Greene, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady, Schoharie, Warren, Washington

AIM Independent Living Center

Counties Served: Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Chemung, Schuyler, Steuben

Southern Tier Independence Center

Counties Served: Broome, Chenango, Delaware, Otsego, Tioga

Suffolk Independent Living Organization (SILO)

Counties Served: Nassau, Suffolk

Now Accepting Donations

You can now make a donation to NYAIL through our website. Starting yesterday, Giving Tuesday, we added a button to the top of our webpage where a donation can be processed by credit or debit card through PayPal.

Your local independent living centers are also accepting donations.

The New York Association on Independent Living administers several statewide and regional programs in collaboration with its member ILCs, all of which are focused on helping people with disabilities live independently in the community.

Learn more about NYAIL programs by visiting: ilny.us/programs