TASH- Equity, Opportunity and Inclusion for People with Disabilities
Nominations for the 2012 TASH Awards Program are now being accepted. To ensure consideration of your nomination, please return the award form to TASH by Thursday, September 13, 2012.
Each year, TASH honors those whose contributions have advanced equity, opportunity and inclusion for people with disabilities, and whose actions set a high standard for human rights every day. Recipients will be acknowledged during the 2012 TASH Conference, November 28-December 1, in Long Beach, California. TASH invites you to review the following award types and submit your nomination for consideration. The following award types are available, and descriptions and links to award forms are provided below:
Larry J. Brumond Supportive Relationship -
This award annually honors two individuals who have maintained a mutually supportive relationship for at least five years in which the dreams and aspirations of the support recipient are supported in that person’s chosen home and community.
TASH shared a link.
Award Programs | TASH
TASH | Equity, Opportunity and Inclusion for People with Disabilities - since 1975 - We Want You to SHARE TASH! Help us SHARE TASH with those who can benefit from and contribute to our vision for equity, opportunity and inclusion.
Support the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilties - July 26, 2012 Update 2: The Senate Foreign Relations Committee has approved the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities! The treaty may now be brought to the Senate floor for ratification! This is a critical step toward ratification, but please continue to urge your Senators to support the CRPD!
Nominations for the 2012 TASH Awards Program are now being accepted. To ensure consideration of your nomination, please return the award form to TASH by Thursday, September 13, 2012.
Each year, TASH honors those whose contributions have advanced equity, opportunity and inclusion for people with disabilities, and whose actions set a high standard for human rights every day. Recipients will be acknowledged during the 2012 TASH Conference, November 28-December 1, in Long Beach, California. TASH invites you to review the following award types and submit your nomination for consideration. The following award types are available, and descriptions and links to award forms are provided below:
The purpose this award is to honor the important and courageous contributions of individuals and school districts in advancing inclusive education and equitable opportunities for students pre-school through grade 12, particularly those with the most significant disabilities and support needs. Nominations are requested for individuals, schools and districts that are consistent with TASH’s mission regarding inclusive education. Awards categories include: School District, Administrator, Teacher, School, and Advocate/Family/Self-Advocate
This award is presented to an individual who has made a significant contribution to increasing access to community, integrated employment for persons with significant disabilities. The focus of the award may be related either to a lifelong body of work or to work performed within a current year. Recipients may include employment professionals, researchers, state agency personnel, professors, legislators, family members or employers.
This award is presented to a doctoral student enrolled in a program in education or a related field, and who demonstrates potential for leadership in teaching, scholarship, and service on behalf of people with significant disabilities. The individual needs to have demonstrated an ongoing commitment to working in partnership with people with disabilities. The Alice H. Hayden Emerging Leader Award is available in the following award categories: Leadership in Teaching, Leadership in Scholarship and Research, Leadership in Service
The TASH Positive Images in the Media Award honors presentations in print, film or other forms of media that promote positive images of people with disabilities in all aspects of community life. Awardees are recognized for their contribution to the elimination of stereotypes by portraying people with disabilities and their lives accurately with recognition of the complexities of being human. Awardees are requested to have their material available in alternative formats that are optimally accessible to all viewers and participants.
This award annually honors two individuals who have maintained a mutually supportive relationship for at least five years in which the dreams and aspirations of the support recipient are supported in that person’s chosen home and community.
TASH shared a link.
Do you know a doctoral student you'd like to honor with the Alice H. Hayden Emerging Leader Award?
Award Programs | TASH
TASH | Equity, Opportunity and Inclusion for People with Disabilities - since 1975 - We Want You to SHARE TASH! Help us SHARE TASH with those who can benefit from and contribute to our vision for equity, opportunity and inclusion. 
TASH -"Offers Free Parent Guide on Restraint and Seclusion - ‘Shouldn’t School Be Safe?’ is a free resource developed for parents and by parents that offers insight and advice to respond to and prevent restraint and seclusion.
Support the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilties - July 26, 2012 Update 2: The Senate Foreign Relations Committee has approved the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities! The treaty may now be brought to the Senate floor for ratification! This is a critical step toward ratification, but please continue to urge your Senators to support the CRPD!
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