Tennessee Disability Coalition News Blog

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View the preliminary program (in PDF only)
Scholarships to attend (disregard application deadline)
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First Tee of Nashville is hosting an adaptive golf clinic on August 23 from 9:00-10:30 AM for both amputees and people with spinal cord injuries.  It will be held at the VinnyLinks Golf Course in Nashville and space is limited.  All equipment will be provided including adaptive golf carts, and there will be instructors on [...]

Training for Patients, Family Members, Lawyers Advocates, Social Workers, Home Health Agency Nurses.
What will you learn at this meeting?
1.    New TennCare Letter concerning reduction in benefits.
2.    Patient appeal rights under Grier
3.    Appeal Process
4.    Why Ask for a in-person (face-to-face) hearing with an Administrative Law Judge

Knoxville Training
Friday, August 15th
1pm to 3:30pm
East TN Area Agency on Aging [...]

The Tennessee Performing Arts Center is proud to present audio description for select performances of the 2008-2009 Broadway series.   A trained describer provides a live, objective narrative of the visual elements on the stage, in between the actors’ dialogue, also delivering program notes 20 minutes prior to the performance and during intermission.
Headsets to receive this [...]