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South Florida Counties Served:

Broward, Charlotte, Collier, Glades, Hendry, Lee, Miami-Dade, and Monroe.

 

Events


An Emergency Preparedness Conference for Persons with Disabilities

Saturday May 17, 2008
8:30 am-4:00 pm
Chapman Conference Center
300 Northeast 2nd Avenue, Bldg. # 3, 2nd Floor
Miami Dade College, Wolfson Campus
Miami, FL 33132

For more information, contact Shelley Gottsagen at the Center for Independent Living of South Florida, (305) 751-8025 or e-mail shelley@soflacil.org

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Highlights from Florida Spinal Cord Injury Awareness Week

The FAAST South Florida Regional Center hosted an Open House in celebration of Florida Spinal Cord Injury Awareness Week. The event featured vendors, non-profit organizations and community service agencies such as the Florida Department of Health, the Brain and Spinal Cord Injury Program, as well as assistive technology demontrations showcasing what is possible with AT.

 

Cordless amplified telephones
The League for the Hard of Hearing
2800 W. Oakland Park Blvd. Suite 306
Ft. Lauderdale, FL- The League for the Hard of Hearing is able to provide to eligible Florida residents with cordless amplified telephones at no cost.  Walk-ins on Tuesday or Thursdays from 9:00 am to 12:00 pm and 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm. Appointments can be made on Monday, Wednesday, or Friday.  Call the League for the Hard of Hearing 954-731-7200.

 

Free hearing screenings
The League for the Hard of Hearing
2800 W. Oakland Park Blvd. Suite 306
Oakland Park, FL- The League for the Hard of Hearing will provide a free day of hearing screenings, available to the public Thursdays from 9 am to 12:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m. to 3 p.m. No appointment needed.  For free screening for children, please call  (954)-731-7200. Specialized Amplified Telephones will also be provided at no cost to all eligible Florida residents with hearing loss by Florida Telecommunications Relay, Inc. 

 

Alliance for Families with Deaf Children

AFDC is a 501(C)3 non-profit organization whose ultimate goal is to see every deaf and hard of hearing child enjoy success in life through empowering families with resources, services and support. You can donate to AFDC by taking advantage of SunTrust's My Cause Promotion.

The promotion gives individuals a unique opportunity to reinvest in their communities and support their charities of choice. With the help of My Cause, our organization can raise funds through your donations and kick off AFDC's 2008 fundraising efforts.

Now through March 29, 2008, you can choose to have SunTrust give $100 to AFDC when you open a new SunTrust Personal or Business Checking or you can donate your SunPoints (SunTrust's reward points system) to AFDC. For more on the promotion, visit https://promotion.suntrust.com/mycause/ or www.affwdc.org


 

Newsletter Download

The Florida Outreach Project Family & Friends Newsletter

 

Apply for a grant from My Safe Florida Home

The State of Florida is offering up to $5,000 per home to Broward County's low-income homeowners through the My Safe Florida Home hurricane mitigation program. Grants for home mitigation projects, such as shutter installation, garage door replacements, and several other home fortifying techniques, will be made to individuals whose household income is 80% or less than the Annual Median Income for Broward ($48,500 for a family of four), who own single-family, site-built homes with an insured value of less than $500,000 and who have a homestead exemption. For more information, click here

 

NO COST AMPLIFIED PHONES, TTY/TDD and CAPTEL
The League for the Hard of Hearing is the local distribution center for Florida Telecommunications Relay, Inc. As part of this statewide program we are able to provide to eligible residents specialized telephone equipment at no cost.  Walk-ins on Tuesday or Thursdays from 9:00 am to 12:00 pm and 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm. Appointments can be made on Mondays, Wednesdays, or Fridays.  Call the League for the Hard of Hearing 954-731-7200 (Voice or TTY). Email: ckeyes@lhh.org

 

 

 

Device Lending Library Inventory

Devices are currently being updated. Please contact the center with questions.

FAAST located at Florida International University
Contact: Camille Davidson
FIU Disability Resource Center
University Park GC190
11200 SW 8th Street
Miami, FL  33199
Voice: (305) 348-7585
Fax: (305) 348-3850
Email: cdavi019@fiu.edu

 

 


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