Institute for Disability Studies
Youth Notes
November 5, 2008

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Welcome to the latest issue of IDS Youth Notes, a youth e-newsletter for high school and college age youth with disabilities. IDS Youth Notes continues to include information on education, career and job opportunities, recreational activities, health information and much, much more. If you have resources or information that you want to share with others, please contact Susan Phillips at susan.phillips@usm.edu or Jerry R. Alliston at
jerry.alliston@usm.edu.

Inside this issue:

1) Entries Needed for Logo Contest

Are you creative? If so, then the 2008 YIRTC Technical Assistance (TA) Institute Logo Design Contest may be for you! The winning design will be used for Institute materials and placed on the YITRC Web site. The contest winner will receive a free trip (airfare and hotel) to Washington, DC to attend the TA Institute. This year's theme is "Strength in Action:
Leadership for the Next Generation." The winning entry should be able show issues that are important to youth and emerging leaders with disabilities.
The contest is open to youth and young leaders with any disability, ages 13-30.

Each entry must be the original work of the person submitting the artwork and can be done using any medium (pen and ink, crayon, paint, digital,
etc.). Entries must be received by November 21, 2008. You can e-mail or
mail your entry to:

Peggy Stevenson
Enterprise Services & Technologies, Inc.
912 Thayer Ave., Suite 202
Silver Spring, MD 20910
p.stevenson@ent-s-t.com

Please make sure you include your name and the name of your project. The winner will be announced by December 5, 2008. Good luck!

To see last year's winning entry and meet the winner, please visit http://www.addyic.org/ADDYIC_Previous/index.htm. For more information about Youth Information and Training Centers (YITRC), please visit http://www.addyic.org/.

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Training, Resources and Information for the Advancement of Degrees (TRIAD) is a project of the Institute for Disability Studies (IDS) at The University of Southern Mississippi, Mississippi’s University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities, funded by the Administration on Developmental Disabilities (GR# 90DN0228).  TRIAD focuses on assisting youth with disabilities transitioning from school to adult life in accessing postsecondary training opportunities.  For more information, call 1.888.671.0051 or visit IDS on the Web at www.usm.edu/ids.

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