Iowa COMPASS Newsletters

The Iowa COMPASS newsletter is produced every other month. It covers a variety of topics and features information about services, highlighted assistive technology devices and funding.

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2013

May
English (PDF)
English (TXT)

Features: Tips for Travel, Low Tech Assistive Technology for Work, Accessible Parks and Recreation

Español (PDF)
Español (TXT)

Topicos: Consejos para viajar, Tecnología de Asistencia Básicas en el Trabajo, Parques Accesibles

March
English (PDF)
English (TXT)

Features include: Recreation & Sports, Tax Facts for People with Disabilities, Low Tech Assistive Technology for Home, Section 504, Social Security Work Incentives and iPad Accessibility

Español (PDF)
Español (TXT)

Topicos: Recreación y Deportes, Datos de Impuestos, Tecnología de Asistencia en el Hogar, Sección 504, Los incentivos de Trabajo de Seguridad Social, accesibles características en el iPad

January
English (PDF)
English (TXT)

Features: Dressing for people with physical disabilities, Low Tech Assistive Technology for School, Centers for Independent Living

Español (PDF)
Español (TXT)

Topicos: Vestirse Cuando Usted Tiene Dificultades Físicas, Tecnologías de Asistencia Básicas para la Escuela, Centro para Vida Independiente

2012

November
November 2012 (PDF)
November 2012 (text)

Features: Assistive Technology Gift Ideas, Medicaid Waiver Changes, DME Repair, National I&R Day, Movie Captioning Glasses, Service Dogs, search keyword update

September
September 2012 (PDF)
September 2012 (text)

Features: Emergency Preparedness, sComm, UERS Success, ICATER Education Assistive Technology Tips, Disabilities Parking Permit, Disability Rights Iowa

July
July 2012 (PDF)
July 2012 (text)

Features: BEEP Baseball, Medicare Preventative Benefits, Assistive Technology Legal Project, Guide to Medicaid, Iowa COMPASS on YouTube, Self-Employment Trainings

May
May 2012 (PDF)
May 2012 (text)

Features: Autism Product Searches, Loan Closets, Selecting & Obtaining Assistive Technology, Special Olympics Summer Games, Wheelchair Track & Field Clinic

March
March 2012 (PDF)
March 2012 (text)

Features: Summer Camps, Appealing HCBS Waiver Terminations, School Scholarships, Visual Smoke Alarms

January
January 2012 (PDF)
January 2012 (text)

Features: Adapted Indoor Games, Alternative Format Textbooks, Assistive Technology Web Tips, Tax Facts for People with Disabilities

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