Traveling with children who have special healthcare needs or disabilities can be challenging. However, with these tips from Family Voices of Tennessee, you can make your next family trip a little bit easier.

1. Your Child’s Car Seat
Make sure that your child’s car seat is installed correctly.  You can make the seat a little more comfortable by adding a layer of quilt batting underneath the seat cover.

Effective communication in health care settings is critical for people with various types of disabilities and families/caregivers. This webinar will teach you about the obligations of private health care providers to provide effective communication in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). You will also learn about the Southeast ADA Center, the ADA Network, Family Voices National, Family Voices of Tennessee, and available resources and tools.

Effective communication in health care settings is critical for people with various types of disabilities and families/caregivers. This webinar will teach you about the obligations of private health care providers to provide effective communication in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). You will also learn about the Southeast ADA Center, the ADA Network, Family Voices National, Family Voices of Tennessee, and available resources and tools.

Project BRAIN's "Concussion and Traumatic Brain Injury: Information For Families" is a compilation of four brief, helpful video clips and several state and national websites.  This resource can be viewed by families while at the hospital or anyone needing to better understand this injury and where to learn more. This video is captioned and also available in Spanish.

The Tennessee Disability Coalition partnered with the Tennessee Secretary of State and Disability Rights Tennessee to develop a brief video demonstrating an accessible polling place and voting process for Tennesseans with all types of disabilities. This video is a resource for election officials, pollworkers, and the disability community.

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The Tennessee Disability Coalition is the State Affiliate of The Southeast Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Center

The Tennessee Disability Coalition is an alliance of organizations and individuals joined to promote the full and equal participation of people with disabilities in all aspects of life. To support this mission, the Coalition offers the following programs:

Public Policy Program advocates for good public policy for people with disabilities and their families.

Advocacy 101 – Tips for a Successful Meeting with your Legislator

Tip 1: It’s all about relationships! Life at the Legislative Plaza can be a lot like high school. The more people you know and the better you know them, the greater the influence you can have. Just like in high school, there are certain movers and shakers who you really want to build a good relationship with and these might include party leaders and chair persons of key committees.

Alongside disability, veteran and human rights organizations all over the world, we continue to work in support of the CRPD (Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities). The United States Senate has successfully passed an international treaty protecting fish and now we need them to protect us.