Training Programs

Training for Asians and Pacific Islanders

Our Training Programs may include:

1. "Disability awareness etiquette 101" in-service training to API CBO staff
   • The whole aspect of “disability,”
   • communication and people-first language
   • the “medical model” vs. “independent living model”
   • Disability advocacy resources
2. The civil rights of people with disabilities - what they are and what they mean
   • The Americans with Disabilities Act. (ADA), such as employment rights of people with disabilities, public accommodations, fair housing rights, etc.
   • Supportive services (including in-home) critical for a person's right to live in their own home in their own community (everything from low wages for workers, to persons denied or unaware of services)
3. APIDC Leadership Institute on Disabilities
   • The purpose of the APIDC Leadership Institute on Disabilities will be a series long training to provide API's with disabilities with training to enhance advocacy skills and knowledge of disability laws and the disability right movement.