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HealthMatters Alert Newsletter Volume 2, Issue 1 (January/February 2017)

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Project SEARCH at Cincinnati Children’s Awarded Grant from Ohio DD Council to Incorporate Health Matters Curriculum Cincinnati, OH – Cincinnati Children’s has been awarded a $100,000 grant from the Ohio Developmental Disabilities Council to study Healthy Lifestyles for People with Disabilities. The goal of the project is to incorporate Health Matters Curriculum, a health education …

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Promoting sexuality across the life span for individuals with IDD

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Ailey, SA, Marks, B, Crisp, C, Hahn, JE. (2003). Promoting sexuality across the life span for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities, Nurs Clin N Am 38, 229–252. “No group in this country faces the sort of sexual and reproductive restrictions disabled people do: we are frequently prevented from marrying, bearing and/or rearing children, learning about sexuality, having …

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Flourishing From the Start: What Is It and How Can It Be Measured?

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Many practical challenges remain in specifying such measures, and in gaining widespread agreement on their use. Nevertheless, culturally responsive, brief, clear, and reliable measures that could replace those that traditionally have required lengthy surveys, observational assessments, and specialized training would be welcome. Even so, nearly all constructs require that data be collected directly from children …

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Breaking the Stigma — A Physician’s Perspective on Self-Care and Recovery

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Adam B. Hill, M.D. N Engl J Med 2017; 376:1103-1105 March 23, 2017 DOI: 10.1056/NEJMp1615974 http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp1615974 My name is Adam. I am a human being, a husband, a father, a pediatric palliative care physician, and an associate residency director. I have a history of depression and suicidal ideation and am a recovering alcoholic. Several years ago, …

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NTG Caregivers Newsletter on ID and Dementia Practices (Volume 1, Issue 1)

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Welcome to the first issue of the NTG Caregiver News (Volume 1 Issue 1) March 2017. This publication has grown out of the NTG’s Family Caregiver Online Support Group for those who are caring for, or have cared for, loved ones with Alzheimer’s and intellectual disabilities. Once each month, we open the airwaves to share …

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Women’s Refugee Commission – Maternal & Newborn Health and Disability

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Source: Women’s Refugee Commission – Maternal & Newborn Health Worldwide, more than 350,000 women die every year from complications related to pregnancy and childbirth—that’s nearly one every minute. For women affected by conflict or disaster, who are displaced from their homes and communities, the risk of maternal death or injury is especially high. In fact, …

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Disability Rights Consortium At Equip For Equality – Immigration And Disability

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Host: Equip for Equality When Wednesday, March 22, 2017 – 9:30am to 11:00am Where Equip for Equality 20 North Michigan Avenue, Suite 300 Chicago, IL60602 Description Lisa Palumbo and Audra Passinault from LAF will be our featured speakers to discuss the intersection between immigration and disability. Specifically, they will address the recent Executive Orders and …

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Faculty Training Modules: Working with students with disabilities

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UCSF Medical Student Disability Services (MSDS) and UCSF Student Disability Services (SDS) in partnership with colleagues from around the country (Case Western Reserve University, Duke University, Northwestern University, Rush University College of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, The University of Washington, and Weill Cornell Medicine and Samuel Merritt University), developed The UCSF Faculty Training …

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International Summit Consensus Statement: Intellectual Disability Inclusion in National Dementia Plans

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Karen Watchman, PhD1, Matthew P. Janicki, PhD2, Michael Splaine, MA3, Frode K. Larsen4, Tiziano Gomiero, PhD5 and Ronald Lucchino, PhD6 1 University of Stirling, Scotland, UK 2 University of Illinois at Chicago, USA 3 Splaine Consulting, Columbia, Maryland USA 4 Norwegian National Advisory Unit on Ageing and Health, Oslo, Norway 5 ANFFAS Trentino Onlus, Trento, …

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nTIDE February 2017 Jobs Report: Americans with Disabilities Continue to Contribute to Job Gains

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nTIDE February 2017 Jobs Report: Americans with Disabilities Continue to Contribute to Job Gains Source: nTIDE February 2017 Jobs Report: Americans with Disabilities Continue to Contribute to Job Gains by Anna Brennan-Curry | Mar 10, 2017 Kessler Foundation and University of New Hampshire release nTIDE Report – Monthly Update Durham, NH – Employment continues to …

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