Source: Toolkit | Home The Diversity & Inclusion Toolkit is one way AUCD provides resources and strategies to, “champion and model diversity, equity and inclusion.” AUCD is continually searching for resources to make available at the Diversity & Inclusion website. In December, 10 recently added resources are highlighted. The focus of these resources includes health […]
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Source: Disability Stigma and Your Patients | Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Aging With Physical Disabilities Download Document on Aging Stigma For people with disabilities, stigma can be a major barrier to participation. Stigmatizing attitudes about disabilities can also affect relationships between patients and providers. However, health care providers can be allies with their patients
Source: Health Care for People with Intellectual and Developmental | I. Leslie Rubin | Springer Offers an unique lifespan approach on Health Care for People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Addresses the Clinical as well as the Systems of Delivery of Health Care Provides a practical approach to dealing with health and well-being of people
Hsieh, K., Murthy, S., Heller, T., Rimmer, J., Yen, G. (2017). Reported gum disease as a cardiovascular risk factor in adults with intellectual disabilities. Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, DOI: 10.1111/jir.12438 http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jir.12438/abstract ABSTRACT Background Several risk factors for cardiovascular disease (CVD) have been identified among adults with intellectual disabilities (ID). Periodontitis has been reported to
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2017, 14(12), 1503; doi:10.3390/ijerph14121503 Kelly Hsieh 1,* , Thessa I. M. Hilgenkamp 2, Sumithra Murthy 1, Tamar Heller 1 and James H. Rimmer 3 1 Department of Disability and Human Development, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60609, USA 2 Department of Kinesiology and Nutrition, University of Illinois
Matthew P. Janicki†, Karen Watchman*, Juan Fortea Ormaechea# and the members of the International Summit on Intellectual Disability and Dementia http://www.who.int/mental_health/neurology/dementia/action_plan_consultation/en/ † University of Illinois at Chicago, USA * University of Stirling, Scotland, UK # Fundació Catalana de Síndrome de Down (FCSD), Barcelona, España y Unidad de Memoria, Departamento de Neurología, Hospital de la Santa
Esralew, L., Janicki, M.P.., & Keller, S M. (2017). National task group early detection screen for dementia (NTG-EDSD) [Chapter 11]. In V.P. Prasher (Ed.), Neurological assessments of dementia in Down syndrome and intelectual disabilities (pp. 197-213, Appendix I). Basel, Switzerland: Springer. DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-61720-6_11
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Karen Watchman, PhD and Matthew P Janicki, PhD (Members of the International Summit on Intellectual Disability and Dementia) The Gerontologist, gnx160, https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/gnx160 Published: 02 November 2017 Abstract An International Summit on Intellectual Disability and Dementia, held in Glasgow, Scotland (October 13–14, 2016), drew individuals and representatives of numerous international and national organizations and universities with a stake in
Professionalism: Working and Training with a Disability Just How Far Have Attitudes Evolved? Source: Working and Training with a Disability Just How Far Have Attitudes Evolved: Neurology Today Professionalism: Working and Training with a Disability Just How Far Have Attitudes Evolved? Hurley, Dan Neurology Today: October 19, 2017 – Volume 17 – Issue 20 – p
Article Citation: Matthew P. Janicki, Philip McCallion, Michael Splaine, Flavvia H. Santos, Seth M. Keller, and Karen Watchman (2017) Consensus Statement of the International Summit on Intellectual Disability and Dementia Related to Nomenclature. Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities: October 2017, Vol. 55, No. 5, pp. 338-346. https://doi.org/10.1352/1934-9556-55.5.338 Source: Consensus Statement of the International Summit on Intellectual
