Deaf Student Denied Interpreter by Medical School Deaf Student, Denied Interpreter by Medical School, Draws Focus of Advocates By JOHN ELIGON Speaking with the parents of a sick infant, Michael Argenyi, a medical student, could not understand why the child was hospitalized. During another clinical training session, he missed most of what a patient with …
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Americans with disabilities may be the best workers no one’s hiring Walgreens actually prefers disabled employees because they’re more efficient workers, explains a new report BY THE MONITOR’S EDITORIAL BOARD Walgreens and now a report by the National Governors Association show businesses can benefit by seeing disabled workers not as charity cases but employees with uncommon …
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Deaf Student Denied Interpreter by Medical SchoolDeaf Student, Denied Interpreter by Medical School, Draws Focus of Advocates By JOHN ELIGON Speaking with the parents of a sick infant, Michael Argenyi, a medical student, could not understand why the child was hospitalized. During another clinical training session, he missed most of what a patient with a …
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Americans with disabilities may be the best workers no one’s hiring Walgreens actually prefers disabled employees because they’re more efficient workers, explains a new report BY THE MONITOR’S EDITORIAL BOARD Walgreens and now a report by the National Governors Association show businesses can benefit by seeing disabled workers not as charity cases but employees with …
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State of the Science Conference on Lifespan Health and Function of Adults with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities: Translating Research into Practice
National Task Group Early Detection Screen for Dementia (NTG-EDSD) Manual. L. Esralew, M.P. Janicki, M. DiSipio, N. Jokinen, S.M. Keller and Members of the National Task Group Section on Early Detection and Screening. (2013). NADD Bulletin, 16(3), 47-54.
Guidelines for structuring community care and supports for people with intellectual disabilities affected by dementia. Jokinen, J. Janicki, M.P., Keller, S.M., McCallion, P., Force, L.T. and the National Task Group on Intellectual Disabilities and Dementia Practices. (2013). Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities, 10(1), 1-28. Link to full document
Efficacy of the HealthMatters Program Train-the-Trainer ModelMarks B, Sisirak J, Chang YC. (2013). Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 26, 319-334. Article Link AbstractBACKGROUND: This study examines the efficacy of a staff-led, health promotion intervention entitled HealthMatters Program: Train-the-Trainer Model to improve health among adults with intellectual disabilities. While data support the benefits of health …
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Moran, J.A., Rafii, M.S., Keller, S.M., Singh, B.K., & Janicki, M.P. (2013). Consensus Recommendations for the Evaluation and Management of Dementia in Adults With Intellectual Disabilities. In press. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23849993
