Broward: NSU to Host Free Expo and Free Workshops for People with Disabilities

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NSU to Host Free Expo for People with Disabilities

The DisAbilities Expo will be held on Saturday, Oct. 15

Location: Alvin Sherman LIbrary and the Don Taft University Center

at Nova Southeastern University.

3100 Ray Ferrero, Jr. Blvd.

Davie, Florida

Nova Southeastern University will host one of Florida's largest and longest

running expo for people with disabilities on Saturday,

Oct. 15. at the Alvin Sherman Library, Second Floor.

The 32nd DisAbilities Expo will offer many opportunities for people with

physical, emotional, and psychological disabilities. The free event, which will

be held at NSU's Alvin Sherman Library and Don Taft University Center, will

provide health information, educational seminars, exhibits, sports, and more.

The expo is open to people with disabilities, their family and friends, and the

general public.

Free seminars will address what's next after high school for youth with

disabilities and others on special needs planning, wills, trusts and

guardianships. In addition to these two seminars, an ESE parent workshop and a

wheelchair basketball tournament featuring The Miami Heat Wheels.

Special Needs : Legal and Social Issues- Finding Your Way Through

The Maze

Presented By Jerry Cohn, M.Ed., JD

Civil Rights Attorney

Room 3015

Session 1: 9:30am - 10:45am

Session 2: 11:00am - 12:15pm

A workshop for parents, caregivers and special needs professionals

featuring special needs future planning: Eligibility for (and sometimes denial

of) public and private benefits; capacity, guardianship, and alternatives; and

other legal issues of interest.

Benefits and Tax Planning for Special Needs Families

Presented by: F. Greenberg and Jaret L. Vogel

Prosperity Life Planning

Room 3018

Session Time 11:00am - 12:30pm

This workshop will provide A- to- Z information about how to get the most

benefits from Social Security, creating a support plan for your child, tax

deductions you may not have thought of, trusts, guardianships and more.

Greenberg is a special needs mom, tax expert, and director of PLP, and you'll

learn how she developed a life plan for her son. This is information every

special needs parent should know.

The 32nd DisAbilities Expo will offer many opportunities for people with

physical, emotional, and psychological disabilities. The free event, which will

be held at NSU's Alvin Sherman Library and Don Taft University Center, will

provide health information, educational seminars, exhibits, sports, and more.

The expo is open to people with disabilities, their family and friends, and the

general public.

The Expo aims to provide the latest services, resources, products and

information for individuals with developmental, sensory, emotional or physical

disabilities. There will be over 60 exhibitors, as well as entertainment and

educational activities.

Participants can learn about local South Florida disability agencies,

organizations and businesses that will provide services, programs, resources,

free goodies and products for children, teens, adults and seniors with

disabilities.

Activities for children will include musical performances, sign-language bingo,

arts and crafts, shows, and appearances by pirates. Wheelchair basketball and

recreational activities will also be a featured at the event.