{"id":7194,"date":"2012-05-11T09:55:27","date_gmt":"2012-05-11T13:55:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/?p=7194"},"modified":"2012-05-11T15:07:27","modified_gmt":"2012-05-11T19:07:27","slug":"disability-advocate-earns-military-spouse-of-the-year-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/disability-advocate-earns-military-spouse-of-the-year-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Disability Advocate Earns Military Spouse of the Year Award"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_pop\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/gallery\/share-button-gray.png\" style=\"border:0px\" alt=\"Share\" \/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\",\"StumbleUpon\",\"Digg\",\"Reddit\",\"Bebo\",\"Delicious\");var hupso_icon_type = \"labels\";var hupso_background=\"#FFFFFF\";var hupso_border=\"#FFFFFF\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_twitter_via=\"wrightslaw\";var hupso_url=\"\";var hupso_title=\"Disability%20Advocate%20Earns%20Military%20Spouse%20of%20the%20Year%20Award\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.defense.gov\/news\/newsarticle.aspx?id=116292\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" style=\"border: 1px solid black; margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 5px; float: right;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/images\/jhilton.msoy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"171\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a>Contratulations Jeremy!<\/p>\n<p>On Military Spouse Appreciation Day, May 10, 2012, Jeremy Hilton received the Military Spouse of the Year Award.<\/p>\n<p>Jeremy has championed the progression of disability policy and the exceptional family member program for military families.<\/p>\n<p>Upon receipt of the award, Hilton, who has a daughter with special needs, lauded fellow finalists from the other services, and shared what also inspired his efforts to advocate for military families impacted by illness or disability.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cFive of the six spouses of the year are significantly impacted by a disability or chronic medical condition,\u201d Hilton said, adding that about 54 million people, or one in six, in the U.S. are also impacted by a disability.<\/p>\n<p>Hilton explained that any type of family is subject to facing the challenging circumstances brought on by illness, injury or genetic aberration.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor some, this will happen in a split second, whether from an (improvised explosive device) or from the doctor telling you that something is wrong with your baby,\u201d Hilton said. \u201cFor others, it will be the shocking realization of the road you\u2019re about to travel as you deal with your (multiple sclerosis), cancer or Alzheimer\u2019s.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Suzie Schwartz, wife of Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz and Paula Roy, wife of Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force James Roy, attended and introduced Hilton. Deanie Dempsey, wife of\u00a0 Army Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, presented Hilton the award.<\/p>\n<p>Complete article posted by Amaani Lyle here: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.defense.gov\/news\/newsarticle.aspx?id=116292\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">American Forces Press Service, WASHINGTON, May 10, 2012<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" style=\"border: 1px solid black; margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 5px; float: left;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/images\/jeremy.pete.copaa.2011.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"180\" height=\"135\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Pete Wright and Jeremy Hilton presented &#8220;The Military Child: Special Education Problems, Solutions, and Resources at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.copaa.org\/\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates (COPAA)<\/span><\/a> Annual Conference in San Antonio, March 2011.<\/p>\n<p><strong>More about Jeremy Hilton<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/info\/mil.child.sped.exc.parent.pdf\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">The Military Child and Special Education<\/span><\/a> at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/info\/mil.child.sped.exc.parent.pdf\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/info\/mil.child.sped.exc.parent.pdf<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/apps.mhf.dod.mil\/efmp\/book\/2012\/May\/\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">The Exceptional Advocate<\/span><\/a> at\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/apps.mhf.dod.mil\/efmp\/book\/2012\/May\/\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">http:\/\/apps.mhf.dod.mil\/efmp\/book\/2012\/May\/<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.prweb.com\/releases\/2012militaryspouse\/05oftheyear\/prweb9487753.htm\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">It&#8217;s a He!<\/span><\/a> at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.prweb.com\/releases\/2012militaryspouse\/05oftheyear\/prweb9487753.htm\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">http:\/\/www.prweb.com\/releases\/2012militaryspouse\/05oftheyear\/prweb9487753.htm<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/video.foxnews.com\/v\/1633102214001\/2012-military-spouse-of-the-year\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">http:\/\/video.foxnews.com\/v\/1633102214001\/2012-military-spouse-of-the-year<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6lPRMVsN9fs&amp;feature\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6lPRMVsN9fs&amp;feature<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Learn more about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/info\/dod.index.htm\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Military and Department of Defense (DoD) Special Education<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Contratulations Jeremy! On Military Spouse Appreciation Day, May 10, 2012, Jeremy Hilton received the Military Spouse of the Year Award. Jeremy has championed the progression of disability policy and the <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/disability-advocate-earns-military-spouse-of-the-year-award\/\">Continue Reading \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[486],"tags":[697,698,927,928],"class_list":["post-7194","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-military-families","tag-efmp","tag-exceptional-family-member-program","tag-jeremy-hilton","tag-military-spouse-of-the-year"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7194","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7194"}],"version-history":[{"count":22,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7194\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7213,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7194\/revisions\/7213"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7194"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7194"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7194"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}