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Guidelines: How to Write and Report About People with Disabilities

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Guidelines: How to Write and Report About People with Disabilities (Download PDF) Your Words, Our Image Writers, editors, reporters and other communicators strive to use the most accurate terminology about people with disabilities. However, inaccurate, archaic and offensive expressions are still commonly used, perpetuating negative stereotypes and beliefs about people with disabilities. For example, a person …

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Rights in mind: Thinking differently about dementia and disability

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Tom Shakespeare -University of East Anglia, UK, Hannah Zeilig – University of the Arts London, UK, & Peter Mittler – University of Manchester, UK Download Rights in Mind (2017) Abstract The aim of this paper is to argue for the utility of a relational model of disability, as a way of conceptualizing dementia. We explore whether dementia should …

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The Unique Challenges of Surveying U.S. Latinos | Pew Research Center

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As the U.S. Hispanic population grows, reaching nearly 57 million in 2015 and making up 18% of the nation’s population, it is becoming increasingly important to represent Hispanics in surveys of the U.S. population and to understand their opinions and behavior. But surveying Hispanics is complicated for many reasons – language barriers, sampling issues and …

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Trinity Services, Sertoma, Sparc Testify About Issues Illinois Disability Service Providers Face

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Trinity Services Executive Director Art Dykstra; Sertoma Centre, Inc. Executive Director Gus van de Brink; and Sparc CEO Greg O’Connor discuss the issues Trinity Services and other disability service providers in Illinois are facing because of a lack of appropriate funding from the State. Video courtesy of Blue Room Stream/Advanced Digital Media, Inc.

What is a “Person Month” & How Do I Calculate It? | NIH Extramural Nexus

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A “person month” is the metric for expressing the effort (amount of time) principal investigators (PIs), faculty and other senior personnel devote to a specific project. The effort is based on the type of appointment of the individual with the organization; e.g., calendar year (CY), academic year (AY), and/or summer term (SM); and the organization’s …

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Fitness facilities still lack accessibility for people with disabilities – Disability and Health Journal

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James H. Rimmer, PhD, Sangeetha Padalabalanarayanan, Laurie A. Malone, PhD, Laurie A. Malone, Tapan Mehta Source: Fitness facilities still lack accessibility for people with disabilities – Disability and Health Journal Abstract Background Fitness facilities have potential to serve as places of ‘health enhancement’ for many underserved populations, particularly among people with physical/mobility disabilities where walking …

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Improving hospital care of patients with intellectual and developmental disabilities – Disability and Health Journal

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People with intellectual disabilities and developmental disabilities (IDD) face poorer care and outcomes when hospitalized than patients without IDD. A panel discussion “Hospital care for individuals with IDD: The Issues and Challenges” was held at the Annual Conference of the American Academy of Developmental Medicine and Dentistry, held in Chicago July 8–10, 2016. Among the …

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Preparing for Life After High School: Characteristics and Experiences of Youth in Special Education

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Findings from the National Longitudinal Transition Study 2012. Volume 1: Comparisons with Other Youth (Full Report) Key Findings: Youth with an IEP are more likely than their peers to be socioeconomically disadvantaged and to face problems with health, communication, and completing typical tasks independently. The vast majority of youth with and without an IEP feel …

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Data-Driven, Cross-Sector, and Community-Led Transformation: Place-based Population Health

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Toward Data-Driven, Cross-Sector, and Community-Led Transformation: Academy Health provides an overview of the findings including the who, the what and the how. Download Publication The Community Health Peer Learning Program (CHP), a partnership of AcademyHealth and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC), conducted an environmental scan of multisector initiatives driving toward …

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