<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:garamond,serif;font-size:large"><div class="et_pb_module et_pb_text et_pb_text_0 et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 21.8594px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:18px;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-position:50% 50%;background-size:cover;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;color:rgb(102,102,102);font-family:"Open Sans",Arial,sans-serif"><div class="et_pb_text_inner" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:0px 0px"><h2 style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 10px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:26px;vertical-align:baseline;background:0px 0px;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:1em;font-weight:500;text-align:center"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:0px 0px;color:rgb(25,134,141)"><div style="text-align:left"><span style="line-height:inherit;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px">This Saturday, Nov 21 at 3pm ET, the Alliance for Citizen Directed Supports is kicking off a new series of webinar meet-n-greet's with members of the self-direction community. These meet-n-greet's are a chance to ask questions and learn about the many complex aspects of starting, managing, and advocating for self-direction. Our featured speaker this Saturday is Caroline Signore. Caroline has been self-directing her supports as a disabled, tetraplegic woman for over 15 years. She has a lot of tips and advice to share about managing a team of support staff/caregivers, building friendships and natural supports, and balancing a demanding career. The webinar is free and ASL-interpreted. </span><span style="line-height:inherit;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><strong style="line-height:inherit"><a href="https://u14186921.ct.sendgrid.net/ls/click?upn=w-2FQiYY6gAWd0Xg6GBDvP5uBATFTBdrAJ7-2FLXA-2BAiT5Ku9-2Bj-2Bm-2BAKKyB8DejVMxS-2Bhax2Ghg7w9IwQ-2FJ4vryGmB9rnUZYdWZ06rOTJ3EMeDdnMvrjraZ4g513Vkdauea3ph4a_6GJnzgGtkIcTPNQPHhiUTEjeG-2FtWULvDY8-2Bi3ArARdhqxz-2B-2BlsxEkWMKH6cPZkEYImF-2BydZic6Ovc1SwMnFTTkdSKMdYDFmvb1UyXt-2FwQpFpXzKAXLnYNpElsmHxP64EbnjC-2B8Tc0XUUkUfMvjgbTBCFVYHfiAs7sBy8Rn9xbprz7k-2B-2Fmervei6mBpO27sK2Q8cKCu-2Fn9Pvx1gxAqv-2BeHJZICc7rHpmfJFojOXgpJoh229DDnJIJ5OEck71mBkNKidf7vQ-2FRX7NAy26b1bBXpntFtw-2FP8iih-2FDEOCabJjOOwB9UoJ1ifHjI6-2Fs6ZpPaKktpk0tugqmcp0cPu9dbYGrBluvV9q4jJ-2FogFIQyUehS7ByUwTc8y-2BP08ugkawSWPwBBTS6XgUAJw-2F05Jrp-2F3jSrgbEAO-2F9YKuAJVs5NWH98-3D" rel="noopener" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(58,174,224);line-height:inherit">Register now on Zoom!</a></strong></span><br></div><div><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;text-align:start"></div></span></h2><h2 style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 10px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:26px;vertical-align:baseline;background:0px 0px;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:1em;font-weight:500;text-align:center"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:0px 0px;color:rgb(25,134,141);text-decoration-line:underline"><br></span></h2><h2 style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 10px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:26px;vertical-align:baseline;background:0px 0px;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:1em;font-weight:500;text-align:center"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:0px 0px;color:rgb(25,134,141);text-decoration-line:underline"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:0px 0px;font-weight:700"><a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_jky6CiLfQ5OdTddi97pqWA" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:0px 0px;color:inherit;text-decoration-line:none">Learn about Self-Direction from Caroline Signore on November 21, at 3PM ET</a></span></span><a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_jky6CiLfQ5OdTddi97pqWA"><font color="rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:0px 0px;font-weight:700;border-style:initial;border-color:initial;outline-color:initial;outline-style:initial;background-image:initial;background-position:0px 0px;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"></span></font></a></h2></div></div><div class="et_pb_module et_pb_text et_pb_text_1 et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 21.8594px;padding:0px 0px 28px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:18px;vertic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ding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:0px 0px">Are you a parent, sibling, friend or the head of an agency who supports people who have extensive daily support needs?</span></li><li style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:0px 0px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:0px 0px">Do you or your family member wants to move out of an aggregate care facility and into a neighborhood?</span></li></ul><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:0px 0px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:0px 0px;font-weight:700"><a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_jky6CiLfQ5OdTddi97pqWA" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:0px 0px;color:rgb(25,134,141);text-decoration-line:none">If any of these descriptions fit you, or you have your own questions, register today for our meet-n-greet!</a></span></p></div></div><div class="et_pb_button_module_wrapper et_pb_button_0_wrapper et_pb_button_alignment_center et_pb_module" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 21.8594px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:18px;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-position:50% 50%;background-size:cover;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;text-align:center;color:rgb(102,102,102);font-family:"Open Sans",Arial,sans-serif"><a class="et_pb_button et_pb_button_0 et_pb_bg_layout_light" href="https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_jky6CiLfQ5OdTddi97pqWA" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;border:10px solid rgba(210,159,104,0);outline:0px;font-size:16px;vertical-align:baseline;background:50% 50%/cover no-repeat rgb(25,134,141);color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-line:none;border-radius:50px;font-family:Oswald,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida,sans-serif;display:inline-block;text-transform:uppercase;letter-spacing:3px;padding:0.3em 1em;line-height:1.7em">REGISTER HERE</a></div><div class="et_pb_module et_pb_text et_pb_text_2 et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 21.8594px;padding:0px 0px 28px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:18px;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-position:50% 50%;background-size:cover;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;color:rgb(102,102,102);font-family:"Open Sans",Arial,sans-serif"><div class="et_pb_text_inner" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:0px 0px"><h2 style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 10px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:26px;vertical-align:baseline;background:0px 0px;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:1em;font-weight:500"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:18px;vertical-align:baseline;background:0px 0px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:0px 0px;font-weight:700">About Caroline:</span></span></h2><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 1em;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:0px 0px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:0px 0px">Caroline is Deputy Director of the Division of Extramural Research, at the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD). In 1996, Caroline Signore had just finished her residency training in obstetrics and gynecology and entered a private practice in the Denver suburbs when she sustained a cervical spinal cord injury in a motor vehicle accident. It was the day after Thanksgiving, and she was 30 years old. Her injury is at the C6-C7 level, which means she is tetraplegic: she has no sensation or motor function of the legs and torso, and limited sensation and function of her arms and hands. She completed inpatient rehabilitation in April of 1997 and since that time has brought in personal care assistants to help with activities of daily living.</span></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 1em;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:0px 0px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:0px 0px">She has enjoyed the good fortune of independently employing a group of 3 caregivers who have been with her steadily for more than 15 years. Caroline works full time and lives independently in the Northern Virginia suburbs of Washington DC. </span></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:0px 0px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:0px 0px;font-weight:700"><a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_jky6CiLfQ5OdTddi97pqWA" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:0px 0px;color:rgb(25,134,141);text-decoration-line:none">Register now and join Caroline for a <span style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:0px 0px">chat on November 21</span>, at 3pm ET.</a></span></p></div></div><div class="et_pb_button_module_wrapper et_pb_button_1_wrapper et_pb_button_alignment_center et_pb_module" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:18px;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-position:50% 50%;background-size:cover;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;text-align:center;color:rgb(102,102,102);font-family:"Open Sans",Arial,sans-serif"><a class="et_pb_button et_pb_button_1 et_pb_bg_layout_light" href="https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_jky6CiLfQ5OdTddi97pqWA" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;border:10px solid rgba(210,159,104,0);outline:0px;font-size:16px;vertical-align:baseline;background:50% 50%/cover no-repeat rgb(25,134,141);color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-line:none;border-radius:50px;font-family:Oswald,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida,sans-serif;display:inline-block;text-transform:uppercase;letter-spacing:3px;padding:0.3em 1em;line-height:1.7em">REGISTER HERE</a></div></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>