Developmental Disabilities and Autism ECHO connects individuals and their comprehensive care system to subject matter experts for regular real-time collaborative sessions to advance learning and practice in serving individuals and their families.

Upcoming webinars:

7/24/2026: Waiver Homes, Supported Living

• Waiver Homes

• Independent living options for adults not in waiver homes/apartments

• Supported Living

7/31/2026: Denied Services, Next Steps

• What to do when denied services

• Where else to look

8/7/2026: Medicaid, Medicare, Medicaid PA

• Medicaid

• Medicare

• Medicaid PA, Home Health

8/14/2026: Charting the LifeCourse-CtLC

• CtLC domains

• Providers connecting resources to domains

8/21/2026: Transition to Adulthood

• Research on smoother transition to adulthood

• App development-conversational user interface for mindfulness based on CBT-worn on wrist

• Transitioning out of school and into community

• Socially assistive robot

Join the webinars here (via Zoom).

Presented by Hands in Autism DD & Autism Project ECHO. For more information contact asdecho@iu.edu.

Join us for Ask The Arc—a free webinar series where we talk about topics that matter to people with intellectual and developmental disabilities and their families.

Once you sign up, you’ll automatically be registered for this month’s webinar and all future sessions, held on the second Thursday of each month at 6:00 p.m. EST.

Tonight’s topic: New HCBS Waiver rules taking effect August 1, 2026. The state has recently announced the rate reduction for live-in caregivers who provide waiver services, and FSSA has announced their implementation plan for Medicaid Work Requirements. It is a LOT of information, and it is confusing.

In this session, we are going to share information on Medicaid work requirements, the rate reduction for live-in caregivers and what that really means, and who can be a paid caregiver under the new waiver rules. We know people have a lot of questions, so please join us. While this webinar is scheduled for an hour, we will continue until all questions are answered.

Presented by The Arc of Indiana.

Free registration.

Join us for three-part virtual workshop series to help your youth find, keep, and grow in meaningful employment. Each workshop will focus on topics such as exploring your young adult's strengths and interests, how CareerForce programs can support education and employment goals, and understanding how your youth can sustain meaningful employment while receiving county services or medical assistance.

Read the full description of each workshop at the registration links below.

Register for the workshops:

• July 21: Building the vision

• August 18: Building experience

• September 15: Building supports

Presented by PACER Center.

Note: PACER Center is in Minnesota so there will be some MN specific information. But much of the information is cross-state, informative, and encouraging.

Parent Cafe is a support session that explores balancing family life, managing struggles and growing through challenges.

Presented by Noble, Inc. For more information contact Johnda Knight by email or phone (317-469-1097).

Free registration. RSVP by July 13, 2026.

The DDRS Advisory Council was established by IC 12-9-4 to assist the Division of Disability, Aging and Rehabilitative Services in ensuring individuals with disabilities are as independent and self-sufficient as possible.

2026 DDRS Advisory Council Calendar

• January 21 9:30am - 12:30pm IGC Conference Room A

• March 18 9:30am - 12:30pm IGC Conference Room C

• May 20 9:30am - 12:30pm IGC Conference Room C

• July 15 9:30am - 12:30pm IGC Conference Room B

• November 18 9:30am - 12:30pm Virtual Only

For more information about the DDRS Advisory Council click here.

Attend this webinar to explore assistive technology tools that can help individuals with low vision live more independently. Participants will discover solutions for daily tasks, mobility, and accessing information.

Presented by PACER Center.

Free registration.

Attend this workshop to learn about technology that can help teens and adults with disabilities build the skills they need to get and keep a job. Participants will see demos of apps and devices that can support them through managing time, staying organized, and getting tasks done—like alarms, calendars, to-do lists, reminders, and task directions. They'll also explore how executive function tools like these can help them gain more confidence and succeed at work.

Presented by PACER Center.

Free registration.

The Bureau of Disabilities Services is hosting a virtual webinar to share information about upcoming changes to Medicaid waiver case management. Mark your calendar for June 29, 2:00 p.m., and save this link: 

​​​​​Case Management Transition Webinar - Link to Attend

The Division of Disability, Aging and Rehabilitative Services (DDARS), Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) Services, in collaboration with the Center on Community Living and Careers (CCLC) at the Indiana Institute on Disability and Community (IIDC) at Indiana University, invite you to attend the following webinar:

Resources & Updates: Benefits and Financial Planning Services for Individuals with Disabilities
June 24, 2026, 2-3pm ET

This webinar will include:

• Highlights of the enhancements and modifications to DDARS’ VR Benefits and Financial Planning (BFP) services, available to VR participants.

• An overview of statewide resources and tools available to support job seekers or potential job seekers with disabilities to navigate employment and benefits (e.g., SSI, SSDI, Medicaid and other supports).

This webinar is ideal for VR participants and other individuals with disabilities, families, case managers, employment specialists, DDARS staff, and other stakeholders who support and serve individuals with disabilities.

A key goal of the VR program is to improve competitive, integrated employment for individuals with disabilities. Benefits and financial planning are critical to supporting this goal. The enhancements and modifications to VR BFP services aim to accomplish the following:

• Simplify and streamline VR benefits planning service provision

• Improve consistency around benefits and work incentives counseling that encourages individuals to maximize employment earnings while reducing misinformation and fears

• Reduce duplication and better leverage available benefits planning resources

• Improve capacity for timely provision of benefits and work incentive counseling services

• Support a continuum of benefits planning services, before and after employment

We hope you can join us for this upcoming webinar.

Free registration.

In collaboration with the Division of Disability, Aging and Rehabilitative Services (DDARS), Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) Services, we at the Center on Community Living and Careers (CCLC) invite you to attend the following webinar: "Resources and Updates: Benefits and Financial Planning Services for Individuals with Disabilities."

This webinar will include:

• Highlights of the enhancements and modifications to DDARS’ VR Benefits and Financial Planning (BFP) Services, available to VR participants.

• An overview of statewide resources and tools available to support job seekers or potential job seekers with disabilities to navigate employment and benefits (e.g., SSI, SSDI, Medicaid, and other supports).

This webinar is ideal for VR participants and other individuals with disabilities, families, case managers, employment specialists, DDARS staff, and other stakeholders who support and serve individuals with disabilities.

A key goal of the VR program is to improve competitive, integrated employment for individuals with disabilities. Benefits and financial planning are critical to supporting this goal. The enhancements and modifications to VR BFP services aim to accomplish the following:

• Simplify and streamline VR benefits planning service provision

• Improve consistency around benefits and work incentives counseling that encourages individuals to maximize employment earnings while reducing misinformation and fears

• Reduce duplication and better leverage available benefits planning resources

• Improve capacity for timely provision of benefits and work incentive counseling services

• Support a continuum of benefits planning services, before and after employment

Register today: go.iu.edu/sVuA5i

Attend one week, all four, or anything in between.

• Monday, June 1: Government Benefits and Programs

• Monday, June 8: Special Needs Trusts

• Monday, June 15: Guardianship and Alternatives and ABLE Accounts

• Monday, June 22: Life Care Planning

Presented by Indiana Family to Family and Gordon Homes, Financial Advisor & Special Care Planner.

Free registration.

The Indiana Bureau of Disabilities Services will be hosting eight in-person and three virtual Meet and Greets for individuals and families to have the opportunity to meet with the Case Management Organizations that were awarded contracts to continue to provide Case Management for the Bureau of Disabilities Services. 

The case management companies selected to continue to provide waiver case management services for are: 

• Aging & In-Home Services of NE IN, Inc.

• Indiana Professional Management Group

• Inspire Case Management

• Unity of Indiana

• The Columbus Organization

Each one of these case management organizations will provide case management statewide and for all of the following waivers: 

• Family Support Waiver

• Community Integration & Habilitation Waiver

• Health & Wellness Waiver

• Traumatic Brain Injury Waiver

• PathWays Fee for Service

• Money Follows the Person (Pathways, Health & Wellness, or CIH)

If an individual is currently using one of the case management organizations listed above, there is nothing they need to do at this time to keep their current case management organization.

If the individual’s case management organization is not one of the above case management organizations, they must choose a new case management organization starting June 1, 2026. They must choose a new case management organization no later than July 15, 2026.  

Beginning August 1, 2026, only the case management companies listed above will be able to continue to provide case management.

Three opportunities to participate:

Click here to attend on May 20, 2026, 2:00pm ET
Click here to attend on June 3, 2026, 10:00am ET
Click here to attend on June 22, 2026, 4:00pm ET

Please consider joining us during one of these opportunities. 

OASIS Community Invites you to attend an open house to learn more about OASIS Community.

This event is especially geared to neighbors of OASIS Community.

Attend one week, all four, or anything in between.

• Monday, June 1: Government Benefits and Programs

• Monday, June 8: Special Needs Trusts

• Monday, June 15: Guardianship and Alternatives and ABLE Accounts

• Monday, June 22: Life Care Planning

Presented by Indiana Family to Family and Gordon Homes, Financial Advisor & Special Care Planner.

Free registration.

Ask The Arc—a free webinar series where we talk about topics that matter to people with intellectual and developmental disabilities and their families.

Once you sign up, you’ll automatically be registered for this month’s webinar and all future sessions, held on the second Thursday of each month at 6:00 p.m. EST.

Tonight’s topic: PA, Home Health, Attendant Care, PAC - We live in a world of alphabet soup, and it is SO CONFUSING! We just want people with disabilities to have the services and supports they need. In this session, we are going to talk about the different services available, how different services can work together, and how to maximize what you have to live the life you want to live. All of this can be so confusing and overwhelming, so please bring your questions as we navigate the disability services world.

Presented by The Arc of Indiana.

Free registration.

Join this CtLC Live Session to explore how Integrated Supports help people build a good life through strengths, resources, and opportunities.

In this session participants will:

• Learn why integrated supports matter when planning around outcomes or concerns

• Explore the 5 areas of integrated supports

• Discover Charting the LifeCourse tools to:

  • Map current supports and service

  • Identify gaps and future needs

  • Problem solve and plan next steps

This webinar will also be live on Thursday, June 11, 2026 9:00am - 10:00am.

Presented by Nisonger-Family Resource Network of Ohio.

Free registration.

Attend one week, all four, or anything in between.

• Monday, June 1: Government Benefits and Programs

• Monday, June 8: Special Needs Trusts

• Monday, June 15: Guardianship and Alternatives and ABLE Accounts

• Monday, June 22: Life Care Planning

Presented by Indiana Family to Family and Gordon Homes, Financial Advisor & Special Care Planner.

Free registration.

Join this CtLC Live Session to explore how Integrated Supports help people build a good life through strengths, resources, and opportunities.

In this session participants will:

• Learn why integrated supports matter when planning around outcomes or concerns

• Explore the 5 areas of integrated supports

• Discover Charting the LifeCourse tools to:

  • Map current supports and service

  • Identify gaps and future needs

  • Problem solve and plan next steps

This webinar will also be live on Thursday, June 11, 2026 9:00am - 10:00am.

Presented by Nisonger-Family Resource Network of Ohio.

Free registration.

The Indiana Bureau of Disabilities Services will be hosting eight in-person and three virtual Meet and Greets for individuals and families to have the opportunity to meet with the Case Management Organizations that were awarded contracts to continue to provide Case Management for the Bureau of Disabilities Services. 

The case management companies selected to continue to provide waiver case management services for are: 

• Aging & In-Home Services of NE IN, Inc.

• Indiana Professional Management Group

• Inspire Case Management

• Unity of Indiana

• The Columbus Organization

Each one of these case management organizations will provide case management statewide and for all of the following waivers: 

• Family Support Waiver

• Community Integration & Habilitation Waiver

• Health & Wellness Waiver

• Traumatic Brain Injury Waiver

• PathWays Fee for Service

• Money Follows the Person (Pathways, Health & Wellness, or CIH)

If an individual is currently using one of the case management organizations listed above, there is nothing they need to do at this time to keep their current case management organization.

If the individual’s case management organization is not one of the above case management organizations, they must choose a new case management organization starting June 1, 2026. They must choose a new case management organization no later than July 15, 2026.  

Beginning August 1, 2026, only the case management companies listed above will be able to continue to provide case management.

Three opportunities to participate:

Click here to attend on May 20, 2026, 2:00pm ET
Click here to attend on June 3, 2026, 10:00am ET
Click here to attend on June 22, 2026, 4:00pm ET

Please consider joining us during one of these opportunities. 

Attend one week, all four, or anything in between.

• Monday, June 1: Government Benefits and Programs

• Monday, June 8: Special Needs Trusts

• Monday, June 15: Guardianship and Alternatives and ABLE Accounts

• Monday, June 22: Life Care Planning

Presented by Indiana Family to Family and Gordon Homes, Financial Advisor & Special Care Planner.

Free registration.

Join a Virtual Input Forum for People with Disabilities!

INSILC invites people with disabilities across Indiana to help shape disability services and supports by sharing what matters most in daily life. Join an upcoming virtual input session to share your experiences and priorities about life with a disability in Indiana.

Your feedback directly informs the Statewide Plan for Independent Living (SPIL)—a statewide roadmap that guides efforts to improve access, opportunity, and independence for people with disabilities. The SPIL helps identify shared goals around things like community supports, housing, transportation, and self-determination. When people with disabilities share their lived experiences, the plan becomes stronger, more relevant, and more effective.

INSILC is hosting four virtual forums to gather input for the next statewide plan. These conversations ensure the plan reflects real needs and real solutions from across Indiana.

We will ask questions like:

• Are your needs being met?

• Do you have access to the services you need?

• Are there resources you wish were available?

• What challenges do you face?

Add your voice to help improve independent living and strengthen disability services statewide. Your input helps build a more independent Indiana for everyone.

CART and ASL Interpreters will be provided. For questions about the forums or if you have an accommodation request, email info@indianasilc.org.

Upcoming Virtual Input Forums:

• Wednesday, May 6 10:00 - 11:30am. Register here.

• Wednesday, May 13 2:00 - 3:30pm. Register here.

• Thursday, May 21, 6:00 - 7:30pm. Register here.

• Friday, May 29, 10:00 - 11:30am. Register here.

For more information, please contact info@indianasilc.org.

Join a Virtual Input Forum for People with Disabilities!

INSILC invites people with disabilities across Indiana to help shape disability services and supports by sharing what matters most in daily life. Join an upcoming virtual input session to share your experiences and priorities about life with a disability in Indiana.

Your feedback directly informs the Statewide Plan for Independent Living (SPIL)—a statewide roadmap that guides efforts to improve access, opportunity, and independence for people with disabilities. The SPIL helps identify shared goals around things like community supports, housing, transportation, and self-determination. When people with disabilities share their lived experiences, the plan becomes stronger, more relevant, and more effective.

INSILC is hosting four virtual forums to gather input for the next statewide plan. These conversations ensure the plan reflects real needs and real solutions from across Indiana.

We will ask questions like:

• Are your needs being met?

• Do you have access to the services you need?

• Are there resources you wish were available?

• What challenges do you face?

Add your voice to help improve independent living and strengthen disability services statewide. Your input helps build a more independent Indiana for everyone.

CART and ASL Interpreters will be provided. For questions about the forums or if you have an accommodation request, email info@indianasilc.org.

Upcoming Virtual Input Forums:

• Wednesday, May 6 10:00 - 11:30am. Register here.

• Wednesday, May 13 2:00 - 3:30pm. Register here.

• Thursday, May 21, 6:00 - 7:30pm. Register here.

• Friday, May 29, 10:00 - 11:30am. Register here.

For more information, please contact info@indianasilc.org.

FREE EVENT for families with children of all ages are invited to learn more about other community disability services and resources, connect with other families with similar interests, learn from professionals in the disability field, and support each other through interaction.

• Refreshments

• Activities for children

• Registration encouraged, but not mandatory

Thursday, May 21 | 5:00 - 7:00 p.m.

Easterseals Crossroads NEW Sensory Garden

4740 Kingsway Drive | Indianapolis, IN 46205

Free registration.

Parent Cafe is a support session that explores balancing family life, managing struggles and growing through challenges.

Presented by Noble, Inc. For more information contact Johnda Knight by email or phone (317-469-1097).

Free registration. RSVP by May 18, 2026.

The Indiana Bureau of Disabilities Services will be hosting eight in-person and three virtual Meet and Greets for individuals and families to have the opportunity to meet with the Case Management Organizations that were awarded contracts to continue to provide Case Management for the Bureau of Disabilities Services. 

The case management companies selected to continue to provide waiver case management services for are: 

• Aging & In-Home Services of NE IN, Inc.

• Indiana Professional Management Group

• Inspire Case Management

• Unity of Indiana

• The Columbus Organization

Each one of these case management organizations will provide case management statewide and for all of the following waivers: 

• Family Support Waiver

• Community Integration & Habilitation Waiver

• Health & Wellness Waiver

• Traumatic Brain Injury Waiver

• PathWays Fee for Service

• Money Follows the Person (Pathways, Health & Wellness, or CIH)

If an individual is currently using one of the case management organizations listed above, there is nothing they need to do at this time to keep their current case management organization.

If the individual’s case management organization is not one of the above case management organizations, they must choose a new case management organization starting June 1, 2026. They must choose a new case management organization no later than July 15, 2026.  

Beginning August 1, 2026, only the case management companies listed above will be able to continue to provide case management.

Three opportunities to participate:

Click here to attend on May 20, 2026, 2:00pm ET
Click here to attend on June 3, 2026, 10:00am ET
Click here to attend on June 22, 2026, 4:00pm ET

Please consider joining us during one of these opportunities. 

The DDRS Advisory Council was established by IC 12-9-4 to assist the Division of Disability, Aging and Rehabilitative Services in ensuring individuals with disabilities are as independent and self-sufficient as possible.

2026 DDRS Advisory Council Calendar

• January 21 9:30am - 12:30pm IGC Conference Room A

• March 18 9:30am - 12:30pm IGC Conference Room C

• May 20 9:30am - 12:30pm IGC Conference Room C

• July 15 9:30am - 12:30pm IGC Conference Room B

• November 18 9:30am - 12:30pm Virtual Only

For more information about the DDRS Advisory Council click here.

Join Wabash Center's Arc of Tippecanoe County upcoming Saturday Social Event—a fun gathering for individuals with disabilities. This event is free, open to the public, and designed to foster a sense of community. The next Saturday Social, an Adventure themed event, will be held on Saturday, May 16th at 1PM at Grant's House. There will be crafts, games, snacks, prizes, and more! 

These socials are held on a recurring basis, and we’d love your help in spreading the word to individuals, families, and caregivers you support. It is also important to note, that these are open to anyone in the Disability Community, not just those served by Wabash Center. You’ll find the flyer attached and an RSVP link below.

 RSVP here: https://form.jotform.com/240644312241040 

Please reach out to saturdaysocial@wabashcenter.com with any questions that you may have.