Source: Proper Hand Washing Techniques With the outbreak of the coronavirus, Special Olympics wants you to stay safe. Washing your hands properly is just one way to help do that. In the Expert Tip video series, Special Olympics athletes share their know-how on a range of helpful and popular topics. For Global Handwashing Day, October 15, Nyasha Derere, a Health …
With the help of Special Olympics athletes and Program staff, we have developed a 30 minute eLearning course for our Special Olympics community about coronavirus COVID-19. This course is designed to cover some basic information: what is the coronavirus, what are the symptoms, how does it spread, and how you can protect yourself. We encourage …
Homepage Source: Sproutflix Sproutflix hosts the largest and most diverse assortment of films featuring people with I/DD on the marketplace. An ever growing select collection of over 250 artistic and personal films that entertain, enlighten and touch the heart. Sproutflix is programmed and supported by Sprout, a NYC-based nonprofit organization founded in 1979, dedicated to bringing innovative programming …
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Plain Language Booklets on COVID-19 created by Green Mountain Self-Advocates Source: COVID-19 Information By and For People with Disabilities – Green Mountain Support Services Thank you to Green Mountain Self-Advocates for creating this booklet about COVID-19. It was created by people with disabilities, for people with disabilities. Thank you also to the California DD Council for translating it into Spanish.
Source: Alzheimer’s Association > Membership > ISTAART > PIA > Down Syndrome and Alzheimer’s Disease Matthew P. Janicki, PhD has joined the governing committee for the ISTAART DSAD PIA. Individuals with Down syndrome develop Alzheimer’s disease (AD) neuropathology with near conformity in their 4th to 5th decade, and are at a much higher risk of …
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Informal, unpaid caregivers provide important support to family members, friends, and the health care system and might compromise their own health to provide this support. Source: Characteristics and Health Status of Informal Unpaid Caregivers — 44 States, District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico, 2015–2017 Summary What is already known about this topic? Informal, unpaid caregivers …
Source: Disability in Focus: January 2020 | Institute on Disability/UCED Training for Healthcare Providers Improves Disability Competence After taking Responsive Practice: Providing Health Care & Screenings to Individuals with Disabilities, healthcare providers’ ideas about disability shifted away from a medical-model to a more social-model view of disability. In the medical model, disability is seen as a …
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This video series explores the 7 Principles of Universal Design and how they can be applied to products, interfaces and spaces. The series will cover each principle individually and offer examples to those wishing to learn more about the UD Principles. The NIDILRR-funded Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center to Support Aging-in-Place for People with Long-Term Disabilities and the Disability …
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Source: The JAN Workplace Accommodation Toolkit JAN’s Workplace Accommodation Toolkit is a free, comprehensive online resource for employers seeking to move beyond basic compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) in order to create more disability-inclusive workplaces. The Toolkit provides guidance and resources for developing or updating accommodation policies and processes while leveraging the best …
TennesseeWorks, Transition Tennessee, and the UT Center on Literacy, Education and Employment held the first Regional Think Employment! Summit in Knoxville on December 3, 2019. East Tennessee educators, service providers, vocational rehabilitation staff, families, employers, partners Source: TennesseeWorks and Transition Tennessee host Knoxville Think Employment! Summit Author: Elizabeth Turner January 31, 2020 TennesseeWorks, Transition Tennessee, and …
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